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    I do!

    I have a water meter and backflow device installed on my rig, required by city, mine is more semi-permanate rather then like a contractor who take it out for jobs then return when done. I go in every 3 month for a reading and get billed either $1.00 a day or if I use more units of water then that the amount of water. So far have not gone over the $1.00 a day.

    Don't need a cop but any city employee can stop and ask to see my permit, heaven forbid I don't have it with me, I will see a cop then for stealing water and even see some BARS, and yes I have been asked a few times, most know me well now so drive by and wave.

    Jon

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    I don't use the Fury system, I use the Vacuboom and a regular surface cleaner.

    From what I hear all those extra hoses slow you down, cannot say for sure as never tested one but would be nice, your looking at around $10,000 or up for the Fury.

    Also never used a surface cleaner with 4 casters or a hover type.

    I like the Whisper Wash Big Guy and also the Steel Eagle 24in.

    They both have pluses and minus to them.

    A plus for Big Guy, it is higher off the ground so can do the driveways without the spinner bar hitting it, Steel Eagle is much lower and it scrapes if on even the slightest incline/decline.

    How I use the Vacuboom, lower point where water runs off is where it vac pickup tube(s) are setup. Pumps to reclaim tank, though the filters then back to 135 gallon tank to be reused.

    Back to casters, lately I have been reading a lot of people having problems with them, my Big Guy took 4 plus years of abuse and never had one problem with the front caster.

    Jon

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    Joel, two very different words here, reclaim and recapture.

    Careful how you use them, just like waste water and recyled water.

    I reuse the water as first cleaning, it goes though the reclaim filters and back to my tank, one of them anyway, it looks dirty and is to a point, all the petroleum stuff is out but not all the regular dirt.

    I use clean "fresh" water for final rinse.

    Here in CA. the rules for waste water suck, each job must be dumped before going to another, say you have 2 gas stations across from each other, you do one, take that captured water to a certified dump station and dump, then back to the other job. They claim every job, even if exact same businesses must not be mixed claiming different continements might be in the water.

    Now for recaptured water a permit to haul on public street, a permit to dump a permits mean $$.

    If you reclaim, clean and reuse no permits needed.

    Now you can make your own system, I am not the one to help much here but there are guys who have done it. I believe the simplest ones use a 55 gallon drum, some old bed sheets, sump pump and all other stuff to pump in and pump or drain out.

    Cost to buy a unit range from a few thousand up to over $85,000, not kidding I have seen some being built on triple axle trailers, MONSTER rigs too.

    Remeber each city has different ways of interpreting the rules.

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    Kristina a suggestion if not already done, use relatives homes and offer to clean them free for the experience and practic.

    Have a sit down talk with the guys and make sure they both understand well all what is being said here, I am not into cleaning homes but I do know from reading you need to know before what it is your cleaning.

    With the truck wash chemical you will dilute it more, read the mix formula and err on the side of caution, mix weak and add till you get it where it does the job.

    Jon

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