building a new set up. what do you all think?

[Cat Powerwash]

I am looking into building a enclosed trailer unit. I just got a price from water research usa. Has anyone ever delt with this company? I do mostly house washing and deck restoration, concrete cleaning. I am building a two gun unit 8 GPM each with hot water capabilities. Do you think this is overkill for the work that I do? I am also thinking of downstreaming with this setup. Will I be using more chemicals? I xjet all my chemicals right now.

 

[OCPW]

I am looking into building a enclosed trailer unit. I just got a price from water research usa. Has anyone ever delt with this company? I do mostly house washing and deck restoration, concrete cleaning. I am building a two gun unit 8 GPM each with hot water capabilities. Do you think this is overkill for the work that I do? I am also thinking of downstreaming with this setup. Will I be using more chemicals? I xjet all my chemicals right now.

8 GPM may be a little much for a mostly house cleaning business. I run 2 machines, both cold water out of an enclosed trailer. One is a 5 GPM and the other is 4 GPM. I mostly use the 4 GPM.

 

[CaroliProWash]

Gallons per minute is your friend We have a 5.6 hot and a 9.6 cold....when heat isn't necessary, that 9.6 will outwash the little one hands down. Time is money and more GPM is just faster. As for downstreaming, come on over - once you do it your x-jet will just be a rinsing tool (unless you're throwing acid for bricks - then it's still unrivaled!)

Celeste

 

[Dave Ott]

What is an X-jet Celeste?

 

[Clean County]

What is an X-jet Celeste?

$$$$$ in my pocket. Just bought another x-jet this week from Tom Vogle. 4th or 5th x-jet over the last couple of years. Can't do without this moneymaker.

 

[Mark]

Here is some info X - Jet Click Here for info! on the X-Jet


Click here for info on X-Jet M version: AKA: X-Jet

 

[clearview]

good grief.

 

[Mark]

Cat

The more GPM the faster you will clean!
Hot water is very important when cleaning
concrete.

You will be more effective in your cleaning
with 8 or 9 gpm out of one gun, than two
guns at 1/2 that GPM.

 

[Cat Powerwash]

Celeste,

do you use your 9gpm for deck work?

 

[CaroliProWash]

Oh yeah - that one was constructed specifically for wood since that is Roger's main focus. Just turns out that when other jobs don't require hot, it kicks the smaller machine's butt on time!

Celeste

 

[Clean County]

john , ( Clean country )

why do you feel that you always seem to have to put your " plug " in for tom.......??

SO many million other ways you could of worded that

Do us a favor ...............>> KNOCK IT OFF WILL `YA !!

I THINK WE ALL KNOW BY NOW WHERE YOU BUY YOUR CHIT

Actually its the first time I bought from Tom but I've been to a few of his roundtables. I haven't bought from Mark yet but I do recommend him to others....Danny boy I think you'll like this one [lm] [moon]

 

[Larry L.]

Heck Dan when I seen the 4th "or" 5th I knew I needed hip boots and a rag to wipe the brown off his nose.

 

[go4dabukz]

Cat

The more GPM the faster you will clean!
Hot water is very important when cleaning
concrete.

You will be more effective in your cleaning
with 8 or 9 gpm out of one gun, than two
guns at 1/2 that GPM.

[hello] I'm brand new here guys and I appreciate all your info. I'm looking into getting out of my corporate job(boring) and starting up a pressure washing business. This would mainly be concrete jobs in a fairly affluent area. 9 GPM seems much higher than most of the PW that I’ve come across. It seems like I’d be running through an entire 300 gallon tank on every driveway with that kind of water flow. Is that overkill for this type of work, will it save that much time, what are the benifits of hot vs. cold, how big are your tanks and where to you get all the water? Thanks for all your help. I’m really excited about getting my hands dirty.

 

[go4dabukz]

[hello] I'm brand new here guys and I appreciate all your info. I'm looking into getting out of my corporate job(boring) and starting up a pressure washing business. This would mainly be concrete jobs in a fairly affluent area. 9 GPM seems much higher than most of the PW that I’ve come across. It seems like I’d be running through an entire 300 gallon tank on every driveway with that kind of water flow. Is that overkill for this type of work, will it save that much time, what are the benifits of hot vs. cold, how big are your tanks and where to you get all the water? Thanks for all your help. I’m really excited about getting my hands dirty.

bumpity bump bump bump [zzz

 

[Mark]

Hello "gofordabukz"

Sometimes you need to spend the $$ bucks before you can
gofordabukz! [hello] LOL! All kidding aside a 9 GPM machine will clean
faster than a 4 , 5, or even 6, 7, or 8 GPM units.

Is it overkill? Depends what you are doing. With a 9 GPM p/w you can
clean the "average driveway" in less than 15 minutes depending how
dirty it is, 9 GPM x 15 minutes = 135 gallons of water.

Benefits of hot vs cold? try a search of this BBS for hot vs cold.

The info is here. Out of time need to run.

 

[go4dabukz]

Hello "gofordabukz"

Sometimes you need to spend the $$ bucks before you can
gofordabukz! [hello] LOL! All kidding aside a 9 GPM machine will clean
faster than a 4 , 5, or even 6, 7, or 8 GPM units.

Is it overkill? Depends what you are doing. With a 9 GPM p/w you can
clean the "average driveway" in less than 15 minutes depending how
dirty it is, 9 GPM x 15 minutes = 135 gallons of water.

Benefits of hot vs cold? try a search of this BBS for hot vs cold.

The info is here. Out of time need to run.

Thanks Mark! My screen name is in referance to "The Ohio State Buckeyes", I'd hate for people to think I'm $$$ hungry.

Where to you all get that quantity of water and how much will that set you back? Again thanks!

 

[Cat Powerwash]

I am purchasing a 8 gpm machine. what size float tank would you guys suggest to use. I wash mostly houses and decks with 10 % flat work. I have a 200 gallon tank right now. Do you think it will handle it or should I go bigger?

 

[Mark]

The 200 gallon tank is more than adequate if you are using it as a "float tank" with a hose hooked to your tank inlet and float controlled.

If you ran off a full 200 gallon tank with an 8 GPM p/w your run time would be approximately 25 minutes.

 

[MR ALAN]

Where to you all get that quantity of water and how much will that set you back? Again thanks!

I get water from the site that I am working at. Only exception is if it is a small job and i alreaady have my tank full, or if they do not have water. Some commercial places have no exterior water hookups.

 

[Cat Powerwash]

What would be the smallest float tank I can get away with? I am trying to build a small open trailer setup.