Metro-Rooter General Pipe Cleaners – Metro-Rooter Drain Cleaning Machine – Power Cable Feed – Flexicore cable for root cutting and tough stoppages in 3” to 6” drain lines.

The Metro-Rooter is a tough root cutting machine in a compact, lightweight package, at a price that’s easy on tight budgets. With 75 feet of 5/8" cable it handles roots and other difficult obstructions in 3" to 6" lines – ideal for city drain cleaners, plumbers and contractors.This easy to use one-person machine is light enough to take down to the basement or up on the roof.

Look what you get as standard equipment:

Heavy-duty powder coated steel drum holds
100 ft. of 1/2" cable for inside lines, 75 ft. of
5/8" cable for roots, or 50 ft. of 3/4" cable for
tough jobs.
Self aligning Flexitube™ distributor tube
reduces cable tangling.
Heavy-duty reinforced frame and drum sup
port shaft takes rough handling in the field.
1/3 hp capacitor motor has plenty of power to
drive more than 100 ft. of cable.
Passive brake system holds the machine in
place on the job and in the truck.
Ten-inch wheels and a truck loading wheel for
easy transport.
Cutter Holder on the frame keeps all the
cutters within easy reach.


Folding Handle The handel is tall enough to make it easy to move to the job, yet quickly folds to take less room in your truck.	Easily Transportable Ten-inch semi-pneumatic wheels troll easily over rough terrain to and from the job. Truck loading wheel in the handle makes it easy for one person to lift the machine into a truck bed.

Flexicore Cable

Wire Rope Center Construction

Heavy-gauge wire coiled tightly around 49-strand aircraft-type wire rope and heat treated. Has unequalled strength and the right amount of flexibility. So tough it carries a one-year warranty against defect or breakage.

Flexicore Patent Nos. 2,244,735 and 2,849,870

Metro-Rooter Units - Complete and Ready to Operate

P-ME-A with 75 ft. x 5/8” cable (75EM4), SRCS-R cutter set and Power Cable
Feed. (Operating Wt. – 153 lbs./Boxed Wt. – 168 lbs.)

P-ME-B with 75 ft. x 1/2” cable (75EM3), EJCS cutter set and Power Cable
Feed. (Operating Wt. –131 lbs./Boxed Wt. – 146 lbs.)

P-ME-C with 100 ft. x 1/2” cable (100EM3), EJCS cutter set and Power Cable
Feed. (Operating Wt. – 143 lbs./Boxed Wt. – 158 lbs.)

P-ME-D with 50 ft. x 3/4” cable (50EM5), SRCS-R cutter set and Power Cable
Feed. (Operating Wt. –143 lbs./Boxed Wt. – 158 lbs.)

Metro-Rooter™ Specifications

Weight: 92 lbs. (42 kg) without cable

Dimensions:
27" deep x 18-1/2" wide x 46" high
(26" high with handle folded down)
68.5cm deep x 47cm wide x 117cm high
(66cm with handle folded down)

Drum Capacity:
50 ft. x 3/4" (15m x 19mm)
75 ft. x 5/8" (22.5m x 15.8mm)
100 ft. x 1/2" (30m x 12.7mm)

Drum Removal:
Remove one bolt and slide drum off shaft.

Motor:
1/3 hp with capacitor start, forward-off-reverse switch,
20 ft. power cord and ground fault circuit interrupter.

Foot Switch:
Pneumatic, with no electrical contact between pedal and motor.

Power Cable Feed:
Drives and retracts cable at variable speed without having to reverse motor rotation.

Wheels:
10" semi-pneumatic with roller bearings.

Wheel brake:
Passive wheel brake system holds the machine in place on the job and in the truck.

Truck Loading Wheel:
Enables one person to lift machine into truck bed.

Cutter Holder:
Cutter Holder on the frame keeps all the cutters within easy reach.

Leather Gloves:
For hand protection when guiding cable.

Cables:
Left-wound Flexicore wire rope center. 3/4" for 4" to 10" lines and 3" lines without sharp bends;
5/8" diameter for 3" to 6" lines;
1/2" diameter for 2" to 3" lines.

Cable Guide Tube: Adds safety when you can’t get machine close to drain opening. 5 ft. extension attaches to cable guide tube.

General Pipe Cleaners, division of General Wire Spring Company
1101 Thompson Avenue
McKees Rocks, PA 15136 USA
800-245-6200 or 412-771-6300
FAX 412-771-2771
info@drainbrain.com