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I have the the trailer unit and all the goodies starting on ebay auction tonight.. listing ID: 290158601564 The roof cleaning equipment (titan reel, 300' hose, and delavan pump) I would rather sell to someone here on the forum ...

They're "Hydro Tek" brand name bought from "Northern Tool" catalog with 1/8" orfice tips .. Rated for temperatures up to 250 Deg... 27" Surface Cleaners.. If you want to drive this far every month I may be able to get you a couple of gas stations to wash every month as well... they pay around 675.00 each every month .. not bad.

The trailer itself is new I bought it roughly 4 months ago for 1100 (tax title etc.) The Skid unit was around 2000 when I bought it 16 months ago ( I put a new Honda Engine ($600) on it a few months ago) (electric start) it powers a CAT Pump 3500 PSI 4GPM The 2 27" Surface cleaners cost me 1,000 for both of them and the extra dewalt pressure washer that rides on the front of the trailer I paid 1100 for. then the 2 100' hoses and 2 50' hoses cost around .... hmm, don't remember .. Anyway I have around $5,900 into this entire unit (I'll throw in a sweet chemical mask (darth vador looking) and a x-jet as well) I'd like to get around 3700 - 4200 for all of it .... (not including the roof cleaning items 1 -3 previous post)

This is funny, I'm getting out of the roof cleaning business without ever getting into it. I'm moving on to another career field.. I bought the following a few months ago and never even took them out of the package .. 1) 300' 5/8" Polybraided Hose - 2) 5 GPM "Delvan" Demand Diaphragm Pump, 60 psi 1/2" inlet and outlet ports. (paid 440.00 with tax & Shipping for items 1 and 2) 3) 28" Stainless Steel Titan Hose Reel (never used) - Paid 636.00 with tax & Shipping (still have receipt in hand) Please contact me "john wren" (225) 278-9892 or john@earthcrawl.com for real images of these items ... I will be taking "best offer" for all of them .. buyer will pay shipping as well.. I will accept a check through the mail .. 4) I also have a trailer mounted Hot Water Cleaning unit 4GPM powered by a NEW 13HP Honda with roughly 300' high pressure hose all together and two 27" Surface cleaners rated for temperatures up to 200 Deg. as well as one more 4GPM Dewalt Pressure washer with a 13HP Honda Engine and 3 years left of it's 4 year warranty ... Any of these items I will sell seperatly but the bigger items Like the items in number 4 would be best if you picked them up, I live 5 miles from Baton Rouge, Louisiana .. - I seriously have never used items 1 - 3 ... Not Even Once !!

These are all great theories, I'll play with all of them and see what happens. With my type of machines you think I should stick with the 1502's or try 2502, 1503 maybe ?? I don't know if they make tips between 02's and 03's ????

I'll keep playing with it and see. I just don't know what it could be, we're cleaning the same gas stations as before, same tips, same units, same speed, but now they're both doing it.. If it was only one, then it would be easier to determine.. but they both do it off both machines ... ?? maybe these new tips are the problem ?? Though they're the same ones as before, that's all I can come up with for now ...

I only have 2 arms on the cleaners. I would like more GPM and pressure, but the thing that gets me is the fact that they just started doing this, I used them the exact same way, same speed, and all with no problems. I put these new tips on them (the same as before) and now there leaving the stripes ... I don't know what the deal is. Like I said, they leave them even when I walk slower.

PS.. Every situation is different, but most of the time the chemical does all the work for me (even on 2 story) and I x-jet it up there and rinse it off.. There will be some times when you have to get on a roof or a ladder to get the dormors or other things that require a different angle ..

Whatever, the guy needs some help ... That's what the forum is for... You will hear people swear by down streaming, and some by x-jetting .. I prefer x-jetting b/c I can get a good batch of chemical pretty high let it set for like 4 minutes then rinse it off with the x-jet as well with the chem. hose unattached. 2) Get your insurance with "Joseph D Walters" I pay like 100 / month for a 2 million policy. the 1 and 2 million are not to far apart so I went with the 2 mil.

Ok here are the specs: I have 2 pressure washing machines 1) 3500 PSI 4GPM 2) 3750 PSI 4GPM And I have 2 of the same type of surface cleaners: 27" Northstar that came with the 1502 tips with it. I have been using these surface cleaners for a while now, and for some reason they both started leaving uneven cleaning patterns. They're not leaving the little twirly circles like they do when one of the nozzles are stopped up. No when I clean a long driveway everything looks great when there cleaning, but when it's finished you can look back and see long stripes that I have to go over and over to blend in with the concrete. I already bought new tips but they're still doing it .And these stripes occur weather I go fast or slow ... Any takers ??? As I'm very agrivated about having to clean things twice ... Any advice would be golden ...

downstreaming and x-jetting both have a time and place. personally I like the x-jet, it shoots out some chemical for sure ... that's what I like, let it sit for 3 -4 min. rinse it off with low pressure ... every bit of it (dirt/mildew)comes off ...

I tried x-jetting my normal SH/Soap/ etc etc .. onto the area, let it dwell, rinsed with hot water from a telescoping wand ... Got some of it off, but there is still a stain there ...

One of my customers has some egg stain on the 2nd level of their home (no balcony) The house has a stucco finish on it, this egg stain has been there for 6 months.. Any ideas as to how to get it off ... (remember the complications involved with the stain being 15 feet up there .. ) - Ideas ?

I think you need to break it down for him a lil.. Some of those terms can be a lil. confusing when starting out .... It's hard to comprehend a downstreamer capable of projecting chemical with any pressure at all behind it when your used to the typical low pressure downstreaming method .... The black tip just doesn't shoot it ...... my .02 cents ....:)

Being a flyboy is fun, but it can be overrated ... the aerial photography is enough to keep me busy on Saturdays, but the rest of the week .... ??? there's a bigger demand for pressure washing... I'm going to be changing my aerial name and pressure washing name ... in fact I'm going to start on that right now ... This is the fun part :)