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GT Grooming Trailers aren’t the cheapest, they’re just the best!

While most grooming trailer conversion companies built their niche as selling the “cheapest” grooming trailers, we built our reputation by providing the best built trailers on the market.  There are some things that the cheap conversion companies practice to ensure having the lowest quality mobile salons.  Some are:

1. Don’t include needed items such as trailer brakes.

2. Include a “stainless steel” tub that LOOKS like quality, but is actually very thin, flimsy, needs calk to keep watertight, and will ultimately fail.

3. Install a cheap “apartment window” air conditioner instead of a quality unit designed for the application.

4. Use cheap cargo cam-locking doors instead of RV style doors.

5. Advertise “waterproof” vinyl floors but fail to describe how they are not waterproof where it matters; along the walls.  While GT spends about $1,000 waterproofing the floors, low quality grooming trailers have virtualy no protection over the subfloor.

6. Use an electric water heater (or no water heater) instead of a propane water heater.

7. Install a “portable” generator instead of a quality RV or commercial generator designed (and warranted) for a mobile application.

8. Use “big box hardware store” cabinetry that will brake, mildew, and rot in a mobile grooming environment.

9. Include low quality items such as small water tanks, “price point” trailer shells from corner lots, or inferior plumbing components.

10.  ”Frame” the tub and cabinets with wood or other unprotected materials.

This list was too easy, and just scrapes the surface!

This latest testimonial was fun to read!  It came from Emily’s Wags and Whiskers.  Purchasing an all-wether mobile pet grooming trailer was really important to her.  Clearly, she was satisfied.  This was about the 10th black trailer GT has converted for pet grooming.  I must say, with a black truck the salon looks great!

The grooming trailer is AWESOME!!!  All that we have hoped for and then some!! Can’t explain the awesomeness of the trailer. Even in the cold it is not a problem!

GT Grooming Trailers continues to crank out our mobile pet grooming salons to the smartest groomers in the country.  We will be in Los Angeles at the end of March with two new salons (one in Aneheim and another in Santa Clarita).  For those of you in the the city of Angels, let us know if you would like to tour one of our salons; we will do our best to make that happen for you.  Or if you’d like to see a “real” operational trailer by one of our many customers, we can arrange a showing for you.

When shopping for grooming trailers, be sure to ask about some common sense topics–LIKE LOCKS!

We go the extra mile on the trailer doors.  Sure all mobile grooming trailer converters have a key lock on the side door, but only GT actually installs a MATCHING KEY LOCK on the back door!  This makes your trailer look better (because there is no dangling pad lock) and easier because you only have one key to worry about. (more…)

Jillian in Surprise, Arizona (near Glendale and Phoenix) has a new and BOOMING business! Pawsh Spa’s new GT Grooming Trailer is pretty decked out.  She went with the generator, electric jack, fancy wheels, and we had A LOT of fun developing the graphics for her mobile pet grooming business–she was very creative.  In fact, every side of her trailer has different graphics.  Like any good businesslady, she made sure to have (more…)

Deciding on which company to hire to build your mobile grooming salon is one of the most important decisions you will ever make for your new business. With 15-20 conversion companies to choose from at any moment, the decision can be difficult. We’ve collected all the feedback we could from customers and shoppers, and synthesized the data into 10 basic points. When shopping for a mobile pet grooming salon, the businessperson should consider the following: (more…)

One of the most prevalent issues to deal with as a mobile groomer has to do with the grey water (also accepted as “gray” water). Many mobile groomers get away with letting it drain right onto the street. This is ideal if the local authorities are okay with it because the groomer isn’t forced to drain it later. (more…)

It is important to note that most used mobile grooming salons for sale are less than two years old. It is also important to note that most of those salons are expensive vans. The reason for this is because the entrepreneur’s business failed and she could not keep up with the van payments. The vehicle that the mobile grooming entrepreneur chooses is one of the largest business decision she’ll make! When the time comes for you to make this decision, choose a vehicle that realistically fits your budget. If your payments are $1,000 then understand that you will need to groom 20 dogs at $50 every month just to make the payment. Remember, when you first start out you will probably have no clients but that payment is still going to be due. Be careful not to saddle yourself into payments that could actually be profits, if only your vehicle was a little bit less expensive!

I recently read an article written by the proprietor of a company that converts vans into mobile grooming salons. The article was to make the case that vans with generators are better than salons without generators because “plug-in” designs can only operate with 10 amp dryers. It also said that some dogs could take up to an hour to dry because of it. The article also said that the average lifespan of a mobile grooming van is 10 to 15 years! (more…)