NEWS 9
Entrepreneurship goes mobile
The Hawk trailer provides an inexpensive mobile cleaning tool and business opportunity in these difficult times .
With businesses under strain and unemployment on the rise due to COVID-19 , many South Africans find themselves exploring new avenues to generate income . And sometimes , opportunity comes in interesting or unexpected forms . The Hawk Multi-Purpose Mini Drain Cleaning Trailer is a pleasantly surprising and uniquely innovative tool that entrepreneurs throughout South Africa have been finding particularly useful .
This extremely lightweight , affordable and effective drain and general cleaner has taken to the South African roads to provide an inexpensive mobile cleaning tool for drain , roof and general purposes . And it has been generating income for a wide variety of small business owners looking to expand their horizons during lockdown .
For independent plumbers and cleaning services who are unable to lay out large sums of money for bigger trailers , this ‘ mini ’ version allows them to expand their service offering without breaking the bank . There is also a smaller version available for use as a mobile car wash unit . Various optional attachments are also available .
These include a wide variety of specialty nozzles and accessories , storage reels , live hose reels or hydraulically-operated reels with forward and rewind controls .
Melanie Mokawem , director at Hawk says , “ Small businesses and entrepreneurs have felt the pressure more than anyone else during lockdown . But the desire to find new ways of making a living is widespread . We wanted to bring something to market that would specifically provide a tool that would allow these entrepreneurs to carve out opportunity – in urban and rural areas alike . The compact nature of the mini trailer makes it easy to take anywhere .
“ The affordability makes it more accessible , even to sole proprietors and small start-ups . And it can be adapted to a huge variety of business uses . It ’ s a workhorse , designed with South African entrepreneurs in mind .”
The compact , trailer-mounted unit features a petrol-powered engine , a 30l / min at 200bar high-pressure pump , a 200l header tank and a hose reel with 30m of HP hose and a speciality drain cleaning nozzle . Also included is a gun , lance and standard nozzle for surface cleaning . This truly multipurpose tool is lightweight enough to be towed by a domestic car . And , more importantly , it can be pushed by a single person into tight spots . PA
“ This ‘ mini ’ version allows them to expand their service offering without breaking the bank .”
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Melanie Mokawem , director at Hawk , and Ossie Cebekhulu , senior internal sales .
November 2020 Volume 26 I Number 09 www . plumbingafrica . co . za