Floor scrubber finance
A clean warehouse floor is a safety measure as much as a housekeeping one, and a scrubber dryer does in an hour what a mop cannot do at all.
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Can you finance a floor scrubber?
Yes. Scrubber dryers and industrial sweepers are genuine hard assets: serialised machines from well-known manufacturers with a busy second-hand and ex-rental market, so funders write them on hire purchase, lease or contract hire without hesitation. Used machines are readily funded. The practical point is that battery condition governs value on a ride-on machine just as it does on a forklift, and a cheap used scrubber with a tired battery pack can cost more to put right than the difference you saved.
Used kit: Yes — used and ex-rental scrubbers fund well, commonly up to around seven years old, with battery age and brush deck condition driving the valuation.
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What would a floor scrubber cost per month?
Business asset finance is quoted on a flat rate, so that is what this shows — with the equivalent APR underneath, because the two are not the same number. A quick guide only; your actual rate depends on the asset, term, deposit and lender.
Representative example: on Hire Purchase, borrowing £25,000 over 48 months at a 6.0% flat rate (equivalent to 11.5% APR representative), you would repay around £646 a month; total amount repayable approximately £31,000, of which £6,000 is the cost of finance. This calculator is for illustration only — it is not a quote or an offer of finance, and the rate and repayments you are offered will depend on the asset, term, deposit and your circumstances. CW Asset Finance is a credit broker, not a lender, and may receive a commission from the lender that funds your agreement. All finance is subject to status, affordability and lender approval. CW Asset Finance is an Appointed Representative of Rural Finance Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 630701).
How lenders treat it
Genuinely easy assets to place, and often overlooked. Scrubbers from the main manufacturers are supported by national service networks, refurbished in volume by dealers, and sold on through a market that sets clear values, so a funder has evidence to work with. Pedestrian machines are small tickets and usually bundled; ride-on scrubbers and industrial sweepers are substantial enough to fund alone. Contract hire is widely offered by the manufacturers with servicing and consumables included, which suits sites that want a fixed cost and no maintenance burden. On used deals, check the battery date and the hours, and make sure charger and any on-board detergent system are on the invoice. Diesel and LPG sweepers for yard work are treated much like small plant.
Makes and models we fund
Examples of the machines we are asked to fund. This is not an exhaustive list — if what you are buying is not here, it does not mean we cannot fund it. Your supplier quote is what the agreement is written against.
| Machine | What it is |
|---|---|
| Nilfisk SC500 | Walk behind scrubber dryer |
| Nilfisk SC2000 | Ride on scrubber dryer |
| Karcher B 90 R | Ride on scrubber dryer for large floors |
| Karcher BD 50/50 | Compact walk behind scrubber dryer |
| Tennant T500 | Walk behind scrubber dryer for aisles |
| Tennant S680 | Walk behind industrial sweeper |
| Tennant T7 | Mid size ride on scrubber dryer |
| Hako Scrubmaster B45 | Walk behind scrubber dryer for workshops |
| Hako Sweepmaster B900 | Walk behind floor sweeper |
| Numatic TTV Series | Ride on scrubber dryer range |
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Who buys one
Food and pharmaceutical warehouses with audit-driven hygiene standards, distribution centres where forklift tyres track dust across the whole floor, and manufacturers replacing an outsourced cleaning contract with their own in-house machines. The trigger is often an audit finding ahead of a customer visit, a slip incident that has been formally reported, or the plain realisation that the annual contract cleaning invoice would have bought the machine outright several times over by now.
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How it is treated for tax
Bought on hire purchase, business plant and machinery normally qualifies for capital allowances on the full cost even though you pay for it monthly, which is a large part of why hire purchase is the common structure. On a finance lease you generally set the rentals against profit instead. The rules change between budgets and your position depends on how you trade, so treat this as the direction of travel and get your accountant to confirm the detail before you commit.
Floor scrubber finance questions
Is buying a scrubber better than a cleaning contract?
That is an operational question rather than a finance one, but the comparison is worth running properly. Ownership gives you the machine on site whenever you need it and an asset at the end of the agreement. A contract buys labour as well as equipment, which matters if nobody on site wants to drive it.
Can a scrubber be included with a forklift application?
Yes, easily. Both are mobile machines with good residual values, so a funder sees a clean package. Combining them is also the usual answer when the scrubber on its own is a pedestrian model below a funder’s minimum advance, since the forklift carries the facility to a workable size.
Are ex-rental machines a sensible purchase to finance?
Often yes. Rental fleets are serviced on schedule and the machines come with records, which funders like, although the hours will be higher than a privately owned machine of the same age. Check the battery date specifically, since rental use means frequent charge cycles.
Does contract hire include the brushes and detergent?
It varies by provider. Full-maintenance contract hire on cleaning machines commonly covers servicing and wear parts such as brushes and squeegees, and sometimes detergent. Read what is included before comparing it with a hire purchase payment, because the two are not measuring the same thing.
Can we finance a yard sweeper as well as an indoor scrubber?
Yes, and they can sit on the same agreement. A ride-on diesel or LPG sweeper for the yard is treated like small plant and holds value well. Listing both machines with their serial numbers on one schedule keeps the facility simple and avoids two sets of paperwork.
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