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More good detective work, Daniel. I had to look twice at the photo credit for Frank Cousins; I thought it was your county sheriff until I saw the date of the photo. I guess it was somewhat before his time. ;) BTW, I work with a guy who is a descendant of Susannah Martin. I don't think Cotton Mather and those other ministers and "judges" were too swift. That story reads like a deadly serious version of a certain scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Sir Bedevere: What makes you think she's a witch? Peasant 3: Well, she turned me into a newt! Sir Bedevere: A newt? Peasant 3: [meekly after a long pause] ... I got better. Crowd: [shouts] Burn her anyway!

That's the guy. He's done a lot of research on old RR right-of-ways. I bet he'll have some good info. He's a pretty smart guy, but he can "talk the handle off a [chamber]pot." ;) Happy huntin'.

Daniel, I know a Scott Currier who is a history buff. Haven't seen him in years, but he lived over Ward Hill way, last I knew. Hope this helps narrow it down.

I looked at the image first, and got something about "the pause that refreshes." Is that right? :D

Certain spaces and environments would be more prone to mold (or mould, as our Canadian brethren call it) growth. I don't know if a visual inspection is enough to confirm the presence or absence of mold, or if it requires some kind of test to make sure. Once the little buggers get airborne, they're trouble. If any of your cleaning work involves (or could involve) dislodging mold spores, you should either be certified and equipped for such, or pass up the job. If you liberate mold spores into a customer's living/working space, you could be looking at a lawsuit. A HEPA mask would be a good idea, but that only protects you. You need technical stuff like negative pressure, etc., to do it right. That said, once you're certified for mold remediation and can properly do the containment, etc., it can be a pretty lucrative specialty field. Disclaimer: I am not an expert in the field. I just know to "not go there." ;)

I'm math-impaired, so this morning I punched the formula for friction loss FL = CQ²L into Micro$oft Excel, and let the program do the calculations as I filled in the values for each variable. The closest hose diameter I could find a coefficient of friction © for was ¾" booster hose, and the figure for 9 GPM through 1000' of hose was around 0.89 PSI per foot.Pretty close to John T.'s answer, and his figure is really closer when you consider that pwasher hose is usually no larger than ⅜". I didn't chime in with that until now because the algebraic stuff was way too complicated when somebody had already posted a good answer. ;)

Dang, I never really understood economics until today. Thanks, Russ. :D

CoxReels sells those guide rollers separately as 3-way or 4-way assemblies. You might even be able to cobble up something yourself. Is there a brake on your reel, to keep it from freewheeling? If not, maybe a strap to anchor the rewind crank to something, and secure the hose with the same strap?

What a great thread. I hope I can remember all the things I just learned in a few minutes of reading this. ;) Okay, Greg says 36" and shorter, and gives some "whys and wherefores." Joe says he likes a 48" wand. Joe, would you enlighten this noob on why you prefer the 48" wand? After reading about those "Busters" company names, I'd be tempted to get an old ambulance, but I'm in the market for a truck with Hy-Rail gear. Having worked in Cadillac and Pontiac ambies back in the Seventies, I don't think I could stuff enough equipment into one, much as I might enjoy owning one. GraffBusters! :cool:

Whew! Sometimes a "hot refuel" turns into a HOT refuel. :eek: Thanks for making my day seem tame by comparison. A lady backed into my car on a job site this morning. I told her if it was the worst thing that happened to me all day, I'd be okay with that. What you went through makes my "paint exchange" seem like pretty small 'taters. You get my vote for first place in the "Why I should have stayed home and in bed on the 13th" contest. I'm glad it wasn't any worse than it was.

Nice find. I've been keeping an eye out for something like that, but with no luck. That one practically flagged you down as you drove by. ;) Did you get the hot box to go with it?

I don't think it's so much that anyone was disturbed by someone wanting to start, as it was wanting to make sure they started right. Definitely. Supposedly someone can learn to swim by being pushed into deep water, but I'm glad I learned through a different method. :D Jake16 already had an idea of what to ask, and he sure knew the right place to ask it.I'm a new guy too, and I've gotten tons of good info from the folks on this site, even if it sometimes seemed like the advice wasn't being delivered in the most patient "tone." While reading the thread, I was listening to a couple of Eric Clapton songs. ("Pretending" and "No Alibis." Kind of appropriate when hacks are mentioned, eh? ;) ) Clapton is kind of an example of what others have said (okay, heavy paraphrasing here): It ain't just in the player's fingers, it's in their head and their heart, too. Can I play guitar? Well, yeah, sorta. Can I play like E.C.? No way! Got the guitar, got the tube amp, got the effects pedals, and it's still "no way." (Some people say I sing like him, though. :D ) But the day I stop trying to learn more than what I already have learned . . . Something tells me Jake16 will do alright as a washin' guy, and do even better once he upgrades his equipment. Go get 'em, Jake.[Note to self: Nothing less than 4.0 GPM. ;) ]

Nice work. Now the owner can see that he has a driveway. That "before" pic looks like some kind of camouflage pattern. ;)

"Satch" is one heck of a guitarist. I've always liked that old instrumental, "Sleepwalk," and besides the original, I've got Jeff Beck's version and Satriani's version in my music files. Good stuff. I'm not a big fan of Sammy, but the two VH songs I got from Napster are from the "Van Hagar" days: "Dreams" and "Love Walks In."

Just about every day, I learn something good from this forum. :cool: So while we're on the subject of tanks, can ya stand a coupl'a noob questions? I'm guessing a belt-drive washer would be just fine from a tank, assuming no obstructions in the supply hose, etc. Is that correct? Something I found from Hotsy when Googling around said that direct-drive washers are better off when fed from a pressurized source because the pump is constantly spinning at 1725 or 3450 RPM, or whatever the motor's revolutions are. When I worked at the local rental center a few years ago, customers often returned electric pwashers with complaints that "it won't work." When the manager drove out to see if he could figure out their problem, some of the time it was because of a bad electrical hookup (GFCI vs. GFCI, or too small an extension cord). The rest of the time, it was because their well pump/pressure tank wouldn't keep up with the water demand. And I'll bet the pump would cavitate long before it started to collapse a tank, but would it be a good idea to take the cover off an "IBC" before starting the washer? I don't know if/how those are vented, but I figure that letting air get in unobstructed might not be a bad idea. Sound right? I just bought a 250-gallon IBC, plumbed with a 2" ball valve. That should feed a washer pretty well, eh? Thanks for input.