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Joe Ortiz

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  1. I dont 2 step I brush. The trucks I was washing at the time, mabey 2 stepping would work on 1 account only. Some truck you just have to scrub. Also i see it as more work to have to rinse a truck more than one time, to get the dirt off. then chems= more cost,less profit. Water is also an issure. I would fill up my tanks and wash. the less water used the less downtime filling up= more money. I still dont see the need to 2 step, other than alum. brightning. 2 guys scrubbing and one on gun is faster to me. But again Im a scrubbing machine


  2. were those coils salvageable? It is a shame that they would throw them away like that. they could have given one to people that cant find a job and are on welfare to clean parts of the highway,courthouses,etc. or even help them start a bizz. "Give a man a fish he'll eat for a day,Teach him how to PW, he will eat till his PW breakes down"


  3. to run 6-8gpm you will need a float tank/buffer tank to keep the pump from starving for water.if you dont have room Id go with a 65 gal. I have an 8gpm and most commercial spigotts cant keep up If i dont fill the tank 3/4 of the way, I will have to stop and refill to finish the job. the advantage of having a big tank is you can do jobs where there is no water hookup, or get to the next location with water and start to work without having to fill up. for 325 gals it will take me 1.5hrs tops to fill up. thats wasted time


  4. how many gal is the tank and what will weigh more?

    are you going to be towing a full tank all the time?

    How many gal in chems do you cary onboard?

    I take all this into account when building a trailer. the plumbing can be run no matter where on the trailer. but the placement of the tank n skid will make a huge difference in the way it tows. you want to try to balance it out and have at least 15% of weight on tounge. too much weight on the back and it will fishtail.


  5. Adrian, when you started PWing did you use it as an outlet?to get a way from music?

    When you use somthing as an outlet too long you get burnedout. I get burnned out when i have to work sevral nights in a row and b!tch and complain at why did i start this bizz.

    then the check comes in and i remember why. But this year i am trying somthing new in the PW bizz.( My bizz)

    you may be bored with the type of work your doing. there are lots of other areas in pressure washing you can get into that would feel like "a newthing" to keep the flame burnin.

    good luck in you choice.

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