Poll: What type of pressure washing rig do you use?

[CLASSICPW]

Ron, you have 11 trailer units? I guess life's good in Arizona.

Tunatussle, I just learned that gpm is the key to all cleaning. I've actually known it for years but never had the funds to support it. Now that I have it, I'll never leave it. If you use your bigger machine at a lower psi with more hose you'll love the diff it makes.

[Ron Musgraves]

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I have been converting to flatbeds, I have two trailers being converted next week onto fords.

I have made some mistakes, I started using 1/4 inch diamond plate on earlier trailers. they where way to heavy, i thought.

I'm going back to the heavy diamond plate. the 1/8 rusted threw and i almost lost a chemical tank.

I stoped using wood years ago, Scott was driving behind me on the freeway and i got a call. your about to loose a hose reel. the wood had completely just fallen apart.

That was the day i started conversion.

[PRESSURE PACKED]

I Have 350 Gallon Tank. 8.0 Gallon A Minute 24 Horse Machine On An Open Trailer. Hose Reels For Garden And Pw Hoses. Then I Have A 50 Gallon Tank With A Shurflo Pump For Degreasers And Chems..i Do Dumptrucks Every Week, 3 Shopping Plaza Customers,tge Rest Is Residential..and Paver Sealing

[Barry M]

I just set up a 6x9 landscape type trailer to haul my 4gpm portable, 100 gallon tank for roof cleaning, 200' of chem hose, shurflo, batteries, some chems, and step ladder. The back of my truck was just getting too small. Funny thing is, I have all this stuff on my trailer now and the back of my truck is still full, pressure hoses that I still keep in a hand coils, same with garden hoses, ext ladder, extension pole, more chems, buckets, and tool box. I bet by next year I'll need a bigger trailer once I buy a surface cleaner, hose reels, and who knows what else. Sometimes it seems like all I do is spend money trying to get set up to make more money to spend. But man is it fun growing in this industry!

[CCPC]

Originally Posted by Barry M

I just set up a 6x9 landscape type trailer to haul my 4gpm portable, 100 gallon tank for roof cleaning, 200' of chem hose, shurflo, batteries, some chems, and step ladder. The back of my truck was just getting too small. Funny thing is, I have all this stuff on my trailer now and the back of my truck is still full, pressure hoses that I still keep in a hand coils, same with garden hoses, ext ladder, extension pole, more chems, buckets, and tool box. I bet by next year I'll need a bigger trailer once I buy a surface cleaner, hose reels, and who knows what else. Sometimes it seems like all I do is spend money trying to get set up to make more money to spend. But man is it fun growing in this industry!

I know what you mean. It seems like everytime I upgrade my equipment, within a few months I need to upgrade again. I just hate ineffeciency, so any thing I can add to speed up my processes without sacrificing quality is hard to avoid.

[PLD]

Yep, never enough space.

Ranger became an F150
F150 became a 6x10 trailer (and a pickup).
6x10 became a 6x14.
6x14 got overhead racks.
Now I want a 7x16...

[Neil_Asheville]

This year I've upgraded from a 5x8 open to a 7x12 enclosed. I like having the room to grow, pro look of a tandem, and getting everything under a roof. The gas mileage...lordy. In a year, though, like Philip Lance and others I'll probably post right back to this same thread saying I need more room!

The toughest transition for me has been having to use the MIRRORS to back this thing! Not looking over the right shoulder to go backwards is harder than it should be. Plenty of humbled moments lately....

Pouring rain here this morning...this makes it barely tolerable to put on the office duds and hold meetings all day. Looking forward to the 'day'...

Everyone have a super Friday.
Cheers,

[mas3372]

I use a 12 x 6 tandem axle trailer.

5.6 GPM machine 24 horse over the wheels with a 55 gallon tank for water shortfall. 2 HP hose reels off the back, 200' and 50' and 100' reel of supply garden hose feeding a water softner then to the tank. Up front on the tounge is a tool box with all my lances and tools and odds and ends. Between the washer and tool box is my chems and my steel eagle plus road cones, etc. Along the side of the trailer is a 4" pvc pipe hosing long lances and extension poles.

Had a 300 gallon tank put proved to be overkill and took up to much room.

[PLD]

Originally Posted by Neil_Asheville

The toughest transition for me has been having to use the MIRRORS to back this thing! Not looking over the right shoulder to go backwards is harder than it should be. Plenty of humbled moments lately....

I was a shoulder guy until I gut the Just takes a few weeks. Once you get used to mirrors, you'll never go back to the old way...

[Russ Spence]

never get rid of the hot water 5.5 ....hold on to it like your life depends on it ...i agree with a previous post i read ,downsize the water tank i would drop to a 225 and mount it all on a5 x 10 or 12,everything should fit easily ,image is a lot to some people and i feel the 225 tank + the hot washer and the cold washer should make for a nice uniform fit that should be pleasing to the eye and it will look more professional than a 50 or 100 gallon tankmounted the same way dont get me wrong it will work i just feel the customers first impression is important ....no offense to anyone its just an oponion

[zapp]

I have a 18 ft enclosed rolling billboard 6.3 gal per min landa with a 325 gal tank ,30 in steel eagle ,cones and all hoses stay on the trailer .3.5 gal MITIM cold stays on the truck (Dodge 2500) as a back up and for tight spots ,chems are loaded onto the truck daily as needed per job I try not to drive around with any extra weight if I don't have to. Going from 6.3 to 3.5 is such a huge difference in time savings .Time is $$$ Keep the rig

[BREEN]

Originally Posted by Mathew Johnson

I have a 5.6 gpm gear drive mounted in a 1 ton van with a bunck of equipment and my deck restoration stuff and a backup unit.

I have a hot water skid and a 4gmp gear drive backup unit in a trailer with my recovery equipment and a 325 gallon tank. we are puttng a filtration/recycle system in the trailer next week also. I will be doing a lot of work in the next few months where recovery is a must

Hey Mat, 90% of my clientel are trucking companies and we recover everything. What kind of recycle system are you talking about?
I am running a 3/4 ton van with a 325 tank, two cheap 10hp 3.4 gpm 3000 psi units out of the back. I pull a 12' utility trailer with a 12' x 36' mat and a 325 recovery tank on it. kind of a pain to go dump the water when it gets full every couple of hours!! I am putting together a trailer behind my truck and learning the residential aspect of things.

[chechnya]

Lets see some pictures of your rigs.

[The Cleaner]

The bigger you go! the more space you need.

[A and J POWERWASHING]

I have a Landa 20 hp hot/cold 3500psi , 5.5 gpm , enclosed trailer at is 20x8 , 225gal tank , multi ladder (little gaint) 55 gal drum for soap, 2 hose reels 250ft high pressure and 100ft garden hose, and a water reclaiming system