Equipment Subscription

Stop owning the
equipment problem.

Equipment, parts, and service for one predictable monthly rate. No capital expense, no wear-and-tear invoices, no end-of-life planning. When a machine goes down, we fix it, swap it, or get you a loaner. You just keep cleaning.

Subscription is by application. We buy the machine and carry it for years, so we take on a fleet only where it genuinely works for both sides.

No capex
Money stays in your business.
No big purchase, no capital tied up in equipment. One monthly rate instead of a five-figure spend.
Wear and tear included
One rate covers it.
Repairs, parts, preventative maintenance, replacement — it’s all in the monthly. You budget once and you’re done.
We carry the lifecycle
End-of-life is our problem.
When a machine reaches the end of its life, replacing it is on us — not a capital decision you have to plan around.
The full hand-off

Equipment becomes a utility,
not an asset you manage.

Whether you came here looking for service or looking for equipment, subscription is where both end up — the version where you don’t own the machine, don’t manage the repairs, and don’t plan for the day it dies. You pay one rate and the equipment just works. Here’s what that actually means.

No capital expense

No big purchase, no loan against the equipment, no capital tied up in a depreciating asset. You trade a lumpy five-figure spend for one predictable monthly line item — and the cash you would’ve sunk into machines stays where it earns you money: in your operation.

Wear and tear doesn’t get billed.

The monthly rate covers it — repairs, parts, scheduled maintenance, and replacement. You know exactly what equipment costs you this month, next month, and next year. Unless someone drives a forklift through it, you don’t get a surprise invoice. You budget once.

We carry the lifecycle

A machine goes down, we fix it, swap it, or drop a loaner — as fast as we can, so your team isn’t standing still. And when it reaches end-of-life, replacing it is our call and our cost, not a capital decision you have to plan around. We carry the lifecycle so you don’t have to.

The math

Owning vs. subscribing.

We’re not going to pretend owning is always wrong — for some operations it’s the right call, and we’ll tell you when. But here’s the real comparison, laid out straight. Owning isn’t one cost. It’s a purchase, plus the repairs you can’t predict, plus the downtime when something breaks, plus the day you have to replace it. Subscription folds all of that into one number.

If you own it
You carry the whole thing.
  • Capital up front — a five-figure spend, or a loan and the interest on it, tied up in a machine the day you buy it.
  • Repair bills you can’t predict — the $3,000 surprise that lands the month you least want it.
  • Downtime risk on you — when it’s down, finding parts and a tech is your problem, and the clock is running.
  • End-of-life is yours — the machine wears out, and replacing it is another capital decision to plan and fund.
If you subscribe
We carry it. You budget once.
  • No capital out the door — one monthly rate. Your cash stays in the business doing work.
  • Repairs included — the surprise bill becomes our cost, not yours. The monthly doesn’t move.
  • Downtime is our job — we fix it, swap it, or loaner it, fast, because keeping you running is what you’re paying for.
  • End-of-life is ours — the machine ages out, we replace it. You never plan for it.
What’s included

What the monthly rate covers.

“One rate, wear and tear included” only means something if you know what’s in it. Here’s what a subscription includes — in plain terms.

The equipment itself

The right machine for your floors, in your hands, without buying it. New, used, or refurbished — matched to the job, not the brand we move most of.

Repairs & parts

When something breaks, we fix it — labour and parts in the monthly. No quote, no approval, no waiting on a PO. We just handle it.

Preventative maintenance

Scheduled visits that actually happen, so we catch the worn squeegee or tired battery before it puts you behind — not after.

A loaner when you need one

If we can’t fix it fast enough, we’ll put a loaner in its place wherever we have one available, so the site doesn’t go dark.

Replacement

If a machine can’t be economically kept running, we replace it. The decision and the cost are ours, not a budget line you have to fight for.

End-of-life, handled

When equipment ages out, retiring and replacing it is our problem. You never have to plan for the day the machine dies.

Who it’s for

Best when you’d rather not
own a fleet at all.

Subscription fits the operations that want equipment to just be handled — predictable, off the books as a capital headache, and never their problem when it breaks.

Multi-site operators

Running machines across several locations, where one breakdown can put a whole site behind. You want every site covered without managing a fleet of assets and a stack of repair invoices.

Operators who set a standard

If the equipment in your contracts is part of your reputation in those stores, we make sure it reflects well on you — and that it’s consistent across the whole fleet, whether that’s one city or the entire country.

Anyone who wants it handled

Operations stretched thin on the equipment side — chasing parts, juggling repairs, never catching up on maintenance. You want one rate, one number to call, and your headspace back.

And when it’s not the right fit, we’ll say so. If you’ve got maintenance handled in-house and you’d rather own your machines outright, subscription probably isn’t for you — ProCare or a straight purchase might serve you better, and we’ll point you there. We’d rather get you the right answer than sell you the bigger one.

Why 3C carries it

A monthly rate is
only as good as the
team behind it.

Anyone can put equipment on a monthly plan. What makes it work is what happens when a machine goes down — how fast you’re back up, and whether the people on the other end actually understand that a machine down means a site behind and a client unhappy. That’s the part we built around.

Breakdowns, handled
48h
The response window we hold ourselves to for subscription customers, business days, so a breakdown doesn’t stretch into days of lost work.
Uptime, protected
Loaner
If we can’t fix it in time, we’ll put a loaner in its place wherever we have one available.
Covered, wherever you are
Canada+
Mississauga base, Ontario serviced directly, partner network across Canada. Multi-site or single, your equipment gets covered.
Lifecycle, ours
Repairs, parts, maintenance, loaners, replacement, end-of-life. One partner the whole way through — that’s the whole point of subscribing.
How you get on it

Subscription is by application.

This isn’t something you can add to a cart, and that’s deliberate. On subscription we buy the machine and carry it for years — the equipment, the parts, the servicing, the eventual replacement. That only works if it works for both of us, so we look at the fit before we take a fleet on.

What we look at: where your sites are, what the usage actually looks like, how long your contracts run, and whether your operation is stable enough that a multi-year arrangement makes sense for you as well as for us. Some operations are a clear yes. Some are a better fit for ProCare, where you keep ownership and we keep it maintained — and we’ll say so rather than sell you the bigger thing.

On pricing: there’s no list price, because there’s no list machine. We work out what size equipment the job needs, how many, how hard they’ll work and where they’ll live — then you get one monthly number covering all of it. To give you a sense of scale: a compact walk-behind on light duty starts around $390 a month, and a large walk-behind working hard lands nearer $730. Equipment, parts, preventative maintenance, servicing and replacement are all in that number.

Think it might be a fit? Let’s find out.

Tell us what you need — where your sites are, what the work looks like, and how long your contracts run. We’ll work out whether subscription makes sense for your operation, and if it does, scope it as one monthly rate. If it doesn’t, we’ll point you at ProCare instead.