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Thanks Chris! Yesterday Ron's assistant sent me the info I needed and Ron himself sent a couple of follow up emails to make sure everything was taken care of. I also heard from the moderator I had contacted via email.

I hate to mention another forum on this forum but I need some help from anybody who knows how to contact the administrators of the Pressure Washing Institute Forum. I lost my password and can't log in on the *** forum. They have a link for retrieving password and username but they don't answer the email or send the forgotten password or username. They also have a "Contact Us" button but it brings up a 404 Error message. I've tried multiple times to get through and have contacted one of the moderators but have have heard nothing. I'm not sure if the *** administrators are aware of the problems with their website or not. If anyone has any contact info please send me a private message or email me at richard@nctv.com Thanks!

Hey Micah, yeah man!! I've been using the new 8 gpm machine for several weeks now. The large residential I did today took 3 hours but used to take 6 hours with my 4 gpm machine. 8 gpm is awesome! Great to hear from you. Hope all is well!

Speaking of application, how did you apply the F9? Truck brush on extension pole? Pump spray bottle? By the way, great results!

Tank Depot wants $179.55 for shipping those metal bands that weigh 25 lbs. I can't find an online source for tank bands that has reasonably priced shipping. I don't mind paying for shipping, but $180.00 to ship a 25 lb item? That's just not reasonable to me. I'll probably just make my own tank bands out of conduit and save a couple of hundred bucks or more. But I do appreciate your input Jim. Thanks!

E. Attack, please do send a diagram of how to make the tank bands. I made some before (for a 35 gallon leg tank) by using a pipe bender to bend conduit pipe into the round shape of the tank. But I actually never used them on my 35 gallon tank. Just used motor cycle straps. On my new 225 gallon leg tank I want the metal bands whether store bought or home made. My email is richard@nctv.com Thanks!

I need bands for a 225 gallon leg tank. All the sites I've visited online want $100.00 to 150.00 for shipping alone. That's way more than the straps cost. Who sells the bands for a reasonable price as well as reasonable shipping cost? Thanks!

That trailer looks brand new! Good work!

I think I'll stay with the semi gloss black paint. And it'll probably end up being flat black after a few years anyway.

Yeah, a little shine was what I was shooting for with the semi-gloss but it kinda looked super glosssy when I did a test spot on my trailer. But maybe that's because the shiny spot is surrounded by the old ugly oxidized paint on the rest of the trailer. My trailer is too ugly to post picks of right now. LOL I'm just gonna spray some black paint on the rails and tongue for right now since it's the busy season. Maybe come Winter I can strip the trailer down and do a really nice paint job on it. I may even paint it blue since that's my company color.

For those of you who have your trailer painted black, which do you prefer........gloss, semi-gloss, or flat black paint? I sprayed a little semi gloss on part of one of my trailers and it looks really glossy. I'm thinking about flat black paint instead of gloss. What do you use?

Thanks for the replies with great info guys. I read on another forum that you can put an elbo just before the swivel connection on the Whisper Wash Classic and it will help a good bit in keeping the surface cleaner from lifting too much when using an 8gpm machine. The Pressure Pro 8gpm does sound like a great resi machine. I've been using a 5x10 single axle trailer for about 5 years but just got a 12x6 tandem axle trailer and a 275 gallon water tank so I'm all set for the Pressure Pro 8gpm machine. Can't wait to get the 8gpm unit and get it set up.

I'm looking at buying an 8gpm cold water machine from Pressure Tek. It has a 20 hp Honda engine with an 8gpm (belt drive) general pump rated at 3,000 psi. I've read that the 20 hp Honda doesn't really produce 3,000 psi with the 8gpm pump but I'm ok with that as long as I get a true 8gpm. But will this machine work well with my Whisper Wash Classic for residential concrete? Hot water is not my concern in this particular post. I will get a hot box or maybe even a complete hot water skid later on down the road if I choose to go the hot water route. The Pressure Pro 8gpm cold water machine sells for $2,999.00 which seems to be a really good price. Any thoughts or feedback on this machine? If this machine is not very compatible with my Whisper Wash Classic I can just continue to use my 4gpm 4,000 psi belt drive machine for resi concrete as it does a great job without damaging the concrete and use the 8gpm machine for vertical structures. I do mostly residential power washing but occasionally commercial buildings that are are already my window cleaning customers. Thanks for any and all feedback.

Thanks for the info! I belive the shark cage surrounding the tank is 4X4 width wise but the actual tank is probably 3.5 X 3.5 width wise which by the above formula would be 274.89 gallons. So I guess I've got the 275 gallon tote tank.

How many gallons do the square tote tanks (that are 4'x4' width x 3' tall) hold? Thanks!