The origin of the Name: Blue Baron   

Pete Garland

Unites States Air Force Telecommunications Specialist  Studying to be a Teletype Repairman in 1977 Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX

GOD BLESS AMERICA!  & GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS!

I dedicate this page and the name Blue Baron to my Grand Father, Lewis Crosby, (Left) who was a Naval Aviator in WWI Piloting a Fighter Bi-Plane. He fought the Germans in Foreign skies for our Country and almost sacrificed his life when he was shot down behind enemy lines. Fortunately he survived to tell his courageous story to my mom and his family.

Where I was Trained in Telecommunications.

Served from 1977 to 1983 267th Communications Combat Squadron, Wellesly, MA

My journey starts, when born in  1958 1958  Beverly, MA and while growing up in a simple  New England Town  as a young boy enjoyng  Timeless Classics 1964 1964  in the  1960 1967, I  was always fascinated with Mechanical devices; such as taking apart vintage toys like 'The Play Mobile' (Simulated car dash board) as well as building or taking things apart Vespa Scooter, Minibikes and motorcycles.

From early  1970  High school  and as I grew into young adulthood and Graduated from High School in  1976  which was shortly after  Vietnam War ended in 1975 Fall of Saigon ,  1975  I decided to join the  US Airforce Air National Guard in 1977 . This is where I studied complex  Electro-Mechanical 28 ASR Teletype  and the  Kleinschmidt Teletype Machines  as a Telecommunications Equipment Specialist at  Sheppard AFB Wichita Falls, TX  while holding a T.S. Security Status. When I graduated, I was later stationed in  Wellesley, MA Air National Guard 267th Combat Communications Squadron / Otis AFB Cape Cod, MA  for a period of 6 years in which I served a brief tour in Germany on a Strategic Air Force Base Command Post supported by NATO. 

During this period of time, I joined up with a firm known as Computrend, where I would rebuild model  33 teletype  machines from Teletype Corporation. This was all while going to college in the field of Electro-Mechanical Engineering where I later recieved a degree. 

As I journeyed through more than a decade in the electronics field, my ladder job was working for  Raytheon  in  Andover MA.  My job was to test, troubleshoot and repair to the Component Level, Complex Test Equipment in support of the Patriot Missiles Systems for a period of almost 8 years. 

During this time, I began to realize that working for other people was not what it was cut out to be. I decided to start my own cleaning business and purchased a Home in  Nashua, NH in w hich I started my Carpet Cleaning business and soon to purchase my very first Truck Mount Carpet Cleaning Machine. During this time, I was performing a 7 day per week Cleaning Contract Services while employing 6 people on a split shift for a well-known exclusive Athletic Club known as  Hampshire Hills  in Milford New Hampshire. I was also contracted to clean 7 days per week the New England Famous " Turkey Farm Restaurant  as well other local restaurants , business and residential cleaning. The Truck Mount Carpet Cleaning machine replaced my Portable and made a world of difference in not only speed cleaning, but gave professional commercial results.

As the business grew, I was always fixing the Truck Mount whenever problems arose, as well as Buffers, Portables, Auto-Scrubbers and an array of other cleaning equipment. 

I always thought in the back of my mind I would like to start a small Fabrication Shop building truck mounts. While rebuilding and studying various makes and models, I knew where the improvements would lie in the design, as well as the heating and overall layout of these machines while keeping the "End User In Mind".  

As I learned  many Tig & Mig Welding skills and manufacturing processes the Blue Baron TM & Red Baron TM Truck Mount Carpet Cleaning  Machine was Born and from then on it has been a success especially with our New Innovative PATENTED Heat Exchanger System.

My wife and I work together. She does BookKeeping as well as administers marketing  promotions, while I work on building our state of the art machines and training our Customers. 

Thank you for your time reading my story on how it all began.    Sincerely,  Peter Crosby Garland Picture taken from on top of a Bomb Bunker I served on a Special Assignment at the Royal Air Force NATO  Base in Wildenrath Germany in 1980 (Vintage Photos)

I have been in Business since 1982. I have 42 years experience total in the Floor Care industry. I have made Fabrication my business with the Passion of building the Best Truck Mounts this industry has to offer.  Now 13 years Plus and going Strong!

Photos Standing in front of my house in Nashua, NH in the 1980s American Blue Grass

Blue Baron Carpet Cleaning Systems, LLC has been building these"All American Truck Mounts" for now 17 years. Our Fine Units are Engineered and Built here in the USA in Holiday Florida in a Factory Direct facility from a 42 Year Veteran of the Cleaning Restoration Industry.

Yes,  we are not like Jon Don or Interlink Salesmen  Sitting in a Office pretending to know what we are talking about on a Truck Mount Carpet Cleaning Machine we have never used.

We are Proud to say " We are End Users " of the Machines we Build" Experiencing the Dependability and High Performance Unmatched by our Competition.

Our Patented Axis Point Heat Exchanger sets our Blue Baron Factory above and apart from all other Manufacturers and built with Passion, Focus and Commitment while keeping the "End User in Mind." 

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