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Those tools are nice except for on shingles. When I was a roofing foreman guys would use those on shingles to keep away from the gutters. The problem was that all of the weight was in one concentrated spot on the shingles. Needless to say it damaged shingles that we had just installed and jobs where we just needed to repair a chimney.Hotter days were the worse. Now for anything else it would work well I quess. Good post and one last Tip: I implemented the cheap piece of wood tool LOL If you need to rest against a gutter take a piece of 1x6 just longer than your ladder and stick it on top of the gutter and under the drip edge. It is wide enough to protect the gutter and the shingles. No more scratches to gutter or broken shingles or holes in roofs where the decking is rotted and you may not know it. That is all for now I will go back to my busy life now, and where is the coffee?

We just keep on spraying.

Wow! I missed this one. So Happy Birthday Celeste and I hope you enjoyed it.

I like that Logo Rental Mathew that is how I felt after I had joined. Then you also speak about the other issues which brings it down to select individuals and that is why we left.

Solvents will also damage plastic (Melting) and that is 50% of trex.

Make sure your mix is not so stong that it damages more than just the nest if you go this option. Now mine would be to remove these nests early in the morning before light or at night (evening) when they are all nestled in to warm up before the cooler night. Preferrably before the job. If you hit them during the day and some have already left the nest and are then searching on the return for the nest you, and your machine omitting noise will anger them and then even bring the anger on until the next day, leaving your customer and their party guests unhappy.

Venting -protects you and employees from dying from no oxygen even with the door open. Which in turn protects you from OSHA accidents and more -protects your machine from not having proper oxygen to run. No oxygen equals dead machine gasping for air -protects your machine from over heating as stated -protects in case of a backfire and a flammable chemical catching fire in the trailer -protects objects in the trailer from being melted that may have exhaust pointing near them or other damage as stated from soot or other The list is endless for safety reasons, and this goes for both your engine and burner exhaust. Have you ever seen flames shoot out of a burner? I have many time at night and it is pretty but also deadly. We have been thankful and so have others that the machines were vented and the danger was in the air outside.

I say rent a helicopter and drop large quantities of cholrine on the house and have a helper ready to rinse. Did that help? I would walk it since I walk them in the winter to shovel them off before we tear the shingles off for roofing, but I have always walked these roofs. Now for you I would listen to Don

I would recommend what Alan is showing for not running dry and hence burning up. Shop Vacs with pump out features are a waste of money. The shop Vac in most cases will have to stop sucking and then you will have to push the switch to get it to pump, and then again to turn vac back on. If you are good enough to figure out how to wire it so you can have both, you will still have the problem of the vac pulling in more than the pump can put out. This is the reason you can't have both as a safety feature on these vacs. Now buy what Alan has offered and has tested many over the years as I have. Also buy a regular shop vac and stick the same pump in pool leaf bag and drop it in the vac and then you will have your pumpout and vac at the same time without the pump getting clogged. Or take the filter bag and affix it to the inlet inside the vac to collect the debris before it reaches the pump and then when done just lift out bag and reuse after you empty it. The disharge for the pump should be drilled into the side and not the top. It makes it easier to remove the top. Also you will want to seal the opening of any gaps to prevent vacuum loss. Just some tricks over the years from a few pro's. Learn from our exploration or waste some good money.

Jeff you need to go hit some of those construction companies out there. You are in a great area for this. I lived out there remember. I will send you an email with some names so nobody gets them from ya. Also head north young man. LOL Lots of tractors and garbage trucks. Throw a card at that speedway truck stop also.

I visit a friend who owns a shop where they repair motors all day long. He has both the same amount of all makes of engines. I also visit a Honda dealer who sells nothing but Honda Pressure washers and other Honda engine equipment. He is always backed up with engine repair. Then we visit another vendor who sells nothing but B&S motors and he is the same as all backed up for repairs Now when you ask all of these what the biggest problem is they all conclude to maintenance. Most contractors put their machines away with same gas and oil from the year before and then just fire them up. They also do not check fluid or change fluids. They run the machines into the ground. Even when the motors overheat from not having proper ventilation or changing air filters and other they will still start them up again, just to get the last bit of the job cleaned without searching for the cause in the beginning. The same with pumps many will just cavitate them to death without checking the feed source. Maintenance of any machine is crucial to its survival. I have lawnmowers from years and years agao that still run perfect today and this also includes all of my ohter machines. I do the required maintenance and beyond what the instructions that come with said equipment recommend (which most will just throw away).

I would agree on your actions John

Leave a donation can . Sorry couldn't resist Mike Mix it with something oily so when they start the machine up it will smoke really bad, and then you will have found them. Then the rest is up to your imagination. Or just use sugar

I look for a well known and dependable Motor and Pump. The shiny armor means nothing to me. I just want dependability.

Replace the screens. As stated it is cheap and at least for me easy. We replaced them all the time in the lumber yard for contractors. Just take the screen out and Tack it in place in all four coners with small nail to keep the screen square but not as high as to hit the screening. Then rip old out and put new in and the lift the screen out of the tacks and you are done and it should be square. Then hopefully all the screens are same size and the frames will fit perfect into the tacks again for the next one. This usually works best with a piece of plywood in the back of truck or a wood table at your shop Remember your business is based on referalls.

looks nice Ken

Larry I did post those for ya. If you get them back let me know so I can take them down

I have 5 gallons of it still from 2 years ago. Why did they go out of business? Maybe I should hang onto it as a souvenier and wait for the bidding to begin.

Thanks for sharing and I hope you find it all in one piece in some idiots yard. I would post that info on the stolen equipment site. You never know who might see it being sold or other.

Wonder if they are going to have waste water recovered since the one near me was nailed.

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I don't get pop ups either. I have my pop-up blocker off for this site to begin with so it doesn't affect my Pm pop-up. You caught something out there.

Actually we rent the movies that are supposed to be good and then they are horrible. Most of the time they get me upset and I can't watch them. LOL

These are the cox that I use and have never had a problem with them. Running for hours on end with hot water in them. This one holds a ton of hose and never have problems with it if I only need a little at a time.

I have the large cox reels with the stacker, and have not had a problem except for the o-rings in the brass swivel. That is a small price to pay for reels that take alot of abuse. I leave my hose on my reels and have never had a problem with my hoses crushing a reel or unwinding themselves into a mess. They wind up very nicely even when your arms are tired even with the hundreds of feet on them.