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    These are some of our arger projects the 1st & 3rd pic we do annually, 1st is 35 buildings we do every June, takes about 6-7days. 2nd pic iwas one of the funkiest to rig it was a 17 story building, 3rd pic we do about every 16 months its 6, 3 story buildings and 26 , 2 story buildings, This was the job I went fulltime on , I dont do 3 story buildins now with out a lift unless its 1 or 2 buildings. Im so used to doing condo complexes now , they dont even seem like big jobs. Im working on getting 42 huge , 3 story buildings we will be doing them every 18 months. I love the vinyl condo complexes

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    I have one guy, now a freind of mine who is responsible for I would say over $45,000 of my work last year and has had some part of introducing me to or getting me about 40+% of my work. He's great, he owns a property services company, he does lawn, pool, repair and many other services and I do the pwing. He's responsible for the company who has me looking at all 60 of their properties. He never asks me for anything, all he says is Im his most reliable contractor. I do give him money many times, but its a fraction of all the work he gets me. Im very lucky to know him and now we consider each other Friends.

    JL

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    The hook idea is great! I'll try that. I don't do a lot of condo gutters anymore, but I get some houses with slam packed pine straw, and it is sometimes very difficult to just blow out, but is a pain to have to pull by hand.

    The hook we use is a red handled 4" paint roller handle we get from Lowes, screws right on the wooden extension pole. My worker ( Brother in law) is a pro with the hooks he flies through these gutters and does a great job. Also we have used a small piece of thin flat iron and screwed & taped it to a pole for smaller gutters we just bend the flat iron to the size of the gutter so it fits a little better.

    We also use an electrician fish from Lowes to check the downspouts if needed. Just fish it down and you know if there clear of debris or not

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    Yea that is crazy!! I don't go for that crap!!! NO WAY!!

    I'm sorry Ken that it had to start this way for you!! Lgangry

    Trust me Ken. This fella that I gave you was in the washing biz hisself for 5 years or so (don't know for sure how long it was, maybe more) and has been in the sales now for some time.

    He sets up real washers for people. I have 3 washer that were shop built.

    1- 90 hp John Deere diesel with 3 7@ 3600 comets.

    1- 60 hp Duetz Diesel with 2 7@ 3600 comets

    1-20 hp lombardini diesel with 8@ 3000 admiral pump.

    These were all shop built. I have 3 more washers too that I bought.

    He does know his stuff!!

    Hey Fullblast, I dont know much about equipment but those machines you had built sound like there really something. You could clean alot of houses LOL. What kind of work do you use all this equipment for. Just wondering. Can you post some pics of your setups too

    JL

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    Jeff, what year is your Dodge. I have a 04 Ram 1500 Hemi and I do not see any issues with pulling my 7x14 double axle trailer. This is my first truck so I guess I do not know what I am camparing it to But it pulls great. Gas mileage sucks when I am pulling the trailer. But it makes money when I am pulling it so.. go figure.

    Its a 2001, its a good truck but with my traier full with up to 3 55 gallon drums of chem, 3, 4gpm machines an extra 6-7 hundred ft of pressure house and skid 7 tank and misc stuff its a lot of weight and I can feel it, I had to replace one axle already, but that was already probably wearing prior to pulling trailer and I may have some tranny issues that will be getting checked out Friday

    I want a newer stronger better pulling truck for the trailer and the Dodge I'm keeping to pull my little open trailer and my next skid set up is going to be an open 12 footer.

    The Dodge gas mileage is bad when pulling the enclosed I can watch the gauge go down when I travel 45 minutes away then back. I like my Dodge but I think I'll do better with the newer 2500HD for pulling my big ass rolling billboard

    Thanks everyone for the input

    They had a Chevy 3500 Dually fully loaded a beautiful truck , real nice!!! Maybe I'll get it. It was only listed for $50,000. Crazy 50K but she was pretty

    JL

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    Jeff:

    What's your method for getting pine straw out of gutters?

    Mike almost all the roofs we can walk on, so we use back pack blowers and just blow the stuff out, we also carry with us if they are packed solid with pine straw, we use a little hook on a wooden extension pole, just hook some of the pine straw and start blowing with the blowers. When it gets hooked on the gutter nails just keep moving the blower back & forth and it comes free. Very rarely even have to bend over to reach in gutters. Alot of these gutters arent bad we do them every 3 months. We also use a lift so its real quick to get on roofs and no ladders

    Gutter cleaning of complexes are some of my best money jobs, you should try to get some of this kinds of work, Do they have alot of pine straw where you are

    Have a good one

    JL

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    Pollen has not been a problem yet but those march winds are killing me.I have had to reschedule house washes all week. I feel for the guys around the coastal area.How in the heck do yall do it. Xjet and 15-20 mph winds dont mix.

    Pollen hit heavy today its green yellow everywhere, we'll see how long it last.

    The winds have been a pain, at least most of this week we are cleaning gutters at several complexes. Did 44 buildings gutters Monday & Today another 3 then move to another complex of 14 tomorrow. Pine pollen is a pain , but pine needles in gutters are great

    When the winds blowing cleaning chem all over me its one less bath I have to take LOL

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    Have a few jobs coming up that have smoke damage and just wondering what to use that will best take that off.

    The one is a concrete wall and the other is brick. Have not yet seen the job.

    Thanks.

    Ive used Gutter shock on two very small areas with smoke damage. One was from a fire on vinyl siding took thick black soot right off, the other was a outside fireplace and they wanted it cleaned, a few applicatios of GS and the brick looked great.

    Im sure theres products out there for soot but GS worked well

    JL

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    OKyou all should know Im not very mechanical so I NEED SOME ADVISE

    I prefer to buy a new truck but am looking at used

    Been to a couple chevy dealers and found out a few things I didnt know, just because I have no clue

    Alright this is strickly a work truck Im looking for stripped down vinyl carpet, am/fm auto no power windows

    The Chevy 1500 HD & 2500HD i can get with a 6.0 engine and a 4.10 axle, both have towing rating of 10,300 and the 2500 has 10,500. The 2500 hundred has some better stiffer suspension, but other than that, can I just go with the 1500HD ????

    Now I'm thinking is a 6.0 enough engine???? They have the 8000 vortex 8.0 basically

    I want something that will last and be able to pull my large 16 foot enclosed trailer with a lot of equipment weight in it. Would I be stupid to go with 6.0 its basically what I have now and I fear Im slowing killing my 1500 dodge

    6.0 or 8.0 ???

    Please give me advise

    Thanks

    Jeff

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    Thanks everyone!!!!

    I checked around the prices are right around $95 for the skirt for the Big Guy, as for the set screws I ordered that side of the handle it only cost $19 and once i put the new one on I'll work at getting the allen screws out

    Lot of $$$ just for that skirt, they Wisper Wash know how to make their money

    THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THE HELP

    JL

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    Ken give fullblasts friend a call.

    Fullblast just so you know & your friend knows. Ive talked with Ken several times before and after he purchased this skid unit from this guy and Ive seen the paper work on it and the machine. Ken had this guy set up a trailer rig with trailer, skid unit, 2 hose reels, tank & misc.. The quote page listed everything above and it did say 8GPM hot water 3500psi for $XXXX.XX and Ken got a Karcher skid unit, trailer etc etc etc all set up, for the exact Dollar amount quoted $XXXX.XX. Ken has always stated and the quote verifies it that he want & thought he was getting a 8GPM machine. Ken wanted 8GPM so he could run 2 guns off this machine. MATTER OF FACT the machine he got was only a 6GPM 24hp 3500 psi machine ALSO this dealer has it set up to run 2 guns. Who the hell would want 2 guns running at 3GPM each. It is split at the pump and has 2 seperate pressure lines and guns

    Ken knows very little about machines like many of us when we 1st start out. When Ken came and met me Sunday to get a little on the job experience ( He was helping me do a bank and show him a little about stuff) I was AMAZED when I saw on the pump 6GPM. Now this dealer/distributer LIED out right when he sold this to him and then lied again when Ken confronted him about it today. This is an outright scam, What dealer would split a 6GPM machine to 2 guns, he knew if he split it he might get over on Kens lack of knowledge and he did at first. I suggestted to Ken that he calls Karcher tomorrow and explain whats going on. I HOPE Karcher gives Ken assistance. Karcher sold this unit to this dealer or distributer that then sold it to Ken. I really hope Karcher gets all over this. This hurts the image Karcher has. This guy that sold it to Ken has been in Biz a long time Ive been in this area 6 years and he has ads in several Yellow Pages and a store or 2, he know what he's doing and thats SCREWWING Ken

    Fullblast if your friend can help Ken that would be great Ken needs the assistance and needs it now

    If anyone has connections with Karcher or anyother ideas that may help Ken , give him a hand this is a horrible way to start for Ken

    JL

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    I picked my new rig Friday. Made my way to Shalotte, NC to work with Jeff. He looks at my pump and said , I thought you were getting a 8GPM ? I said yea, that's right. It says 6 on the pump. I took the rig back today, and thay said, O, yea, well, what happened is we changed te gearing so this unit will get more gpm and will go a little over 7. Now, my quote says 8GPM 24HP, 3500 psi. After I met with the owner, he agreed to put an 8 on my machine. This is a Karcher system and looking on the web site, thay only make a 8.5 gpm, not a 8, and it is powered by a 27hp, not a 24. My question is, when they put this 8.5 [ or 8 if they make one ] is the 24 hp large enough for this system ? :lgangry: I can't beleive thay did this. It's like buying a V8 auto and getting home and discovering you got a 6 cyl., going back to the dealer and them saying, O,yea, well we bored it so it will run like a V8.

    TAKE IT BACK get your $$$ this is a scam

    Ken, give me a call, Id be worrying about warrenty, it wont be a Karcher pump so no warrenty by Karcher. I'd tell them I want a whole new skid unit, it will be a battle.

    I was telling the guy who fixes my machine today what happened and he told me of 2 simular cases where -- did the same thing to 2 other guys. One was a 8 GPM machine and they got him a 6 gpm and my mechanic tried to put an K7 for an 8gpm machine and it wouldnt work , because it was for an 8gpm. Theres something going on with that company & its wrong.

    Hope you can get it settled they Knew they sold you a 6gpm and said they geared it for a 7 which is probably BS and they didnt tell you and still charged you.

    Ken call Karcher and tell them whats going on and see if they will help you, they let this guy be their distributer. Im sure they probably wont like whats going on with a brand new machine. Get the serial # and all Karcher

    Good luck to you to bad this is going on

    Jeff

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    I have the 30" Big guy and the brush skirt is worn, actually the metal ring of the skirt is worn and I need to change it. Problem is the skirt has a metal ring that it clips to the body of big guy. Those clips are rivited on the body and one of the clips that are rivitted is broken, because it was badly worn from scraping against wall/concrete.

    1st does that skirt just suppose to unclip and then clip new skirt on? 2nd how do I take broken clip off and replace it?

    One other problem, where the trigger gun on Big Guy is it has 2 allen set screws that help hold the gun in place, they have worn the brass fitting on the gun and now the gun is very loose. The problem is now those 2 allen wrench set screws will not budge and now I have stripped them. What do I do?

    Thanks

    JL

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    Alot of people hold off having homes washed until the pollen is gone. I have a couple complexes that wont let me wash until late May

    Man that stuff is everywhere when it hits, I ve rinsed of my black truck 4-5 times in a day and its back in minutes.

    I never in my life had allergies until I moved here and now I usually get the runny nose for about a month

    JL

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    Did they say why they're closing? Lack of business? High costs of maintenance/operation? Some developer wants to build high rise condos?

    Its REAL prime real estate. Its always made money and is a landmark for the area, but the growth of the BLVD is crazy. They want to get away from the honky tonk feel of the area. Its owned by Burroughs & Chapin and they basically own over half the town or more. Theyve been land owners and everything else since the 1800's

    The Blvd and entire area is buiding like crazy. They are tearing down all the mom & pop, all the small hotels and putting up high rises (Condos Towets)every where. The Blvd is totally changing

    The new towers and old towers are nice , but they dont keep them up anything like Disney, Vegas or anyother areas like this. Its sort of an area stuck between honky tonk & high end, but dirty. I hope this will only help my business

    But its sad to see such a family landmark go away

    We'll see if its for the better in time. The town now is just condo & shops I hope this is a little different

    JL

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