John T

Besides recommending a different Powerwasher with more gpm and hot water, if I had to pick one of the above I would go with the 4.5gpm @3500psi. You can always changed the tips to lower the psi but assuming you plan on using this Powerwasher for many different types of cleaning and hot water is not affordable at this time I would want that PSI and Gpm. The psi because let's say you run anywhere from 100-500' of pressure washing hose you can figure you'll lose on average 1psi to 1 foot of hose and if you plan on cleaning some concrete and other hard surfaces you at times will need around 3000+psi. Now if we had other choices I would look for at least 5gpm with 8-10gpm being optimal and 3000-3500 psi with either as a hot water skid or buying a hot box for it when you get more money. Hot water is extremely important in commercial Power washing. Good luck.

If you don't want to go over your plan budget for now because I agree with everything Guy just said but for now at least I would definitely get your phone number much larger and your website should be in bigger letters and also have it on the back of your trailer. Everything else looks good. I like the color combo.

You know I talked to Everett about this a few months ago and if done right it could work but there is just to much to manage with it.. The PWNA is heading the right direction by making a presence at some Roundtable events and offering classes there and at there Yearly conventions. I finally think like Paul does about this. There are plenty of good bb's out there such as TGS, ***,PWN,PtState,and Now PWC(Powerwash community) that are good at what they do.. No point in trying to reinvent the wheel again with a PWNA bb. The ***** has there bb and maybe they can make that one work for there members so you really have all you need if you want to talk Powerwashing on the net.. And you can still talk PWNA on most of those bb's and PWNA members do respond sometimes so the system is working fine.

Looking to possibly get multiple certifications this year in the enviro area. PWNA and Sirocco are 2 on my list for this year. Also may add the PWNA roof certification as well.

What a sad day that seemed inevitable for Whitney. Ever since she married Bobby Brown her life speed balled downhill. What a powerful and beautiful voice she had. I remember when I was in the Navy and around 85 she came out with her first album. What a powerful voice she had. Her music was always playing. Whitney lost her ways with Bobby Brown and Crack Cocaine seemed to be her drug of choice. She's quoted as saying "Crack is wacked" but that drug use along with other narcotics probably ruined her voice and then took her life. I remember dealing with People hi on Crack. They became like a shell of a human being. Skinny and lifeless. Like walking death. When Whitney first came out with her music who would have ever guess she would pretty much rot away from drug use. Such a giant talent who's life was completely destroyed from drugs. What a shame. For anyone who thinks all drugs should be legal should look at what happened to Whitney. If young people today were given the choice to legally have access to crack cocaine you would see alot more Zombie type people walking around and just rotting away. It's a Brutal drug.... To Whitney R.I.P.

Yea Tony quit being paranoid..lol Yea whatever. Take away the cops, the laws, give everyone the same rights whether there convicted murderers, child molesters etc.... Then we have Tony world.. Take away licenses to drive on the roads amd make it for people of all ages.. Hey look isn't that an infant driving a car?? Tony world. Hey how about Someone speeding thru your town.. Oops he just got shot dead by the Joe "The Crack head" who bought his crack at the nearest drug store called "Crack for sale" . Darn that speeder Joe the crack head shot and killed drove out of control and ran over a bunch of Kids playing at the local playground. Way to go Joe the Crack head for shooting at a moving vehicle that was only doing 12 mph over the limit. Hey Joe the crack head.. There are no laws.. Just be a little less cracked up next time you shoot.. Yea yea Tony.. Good rules. Hopefully never in my town.

Hey Tony some drugs such as pot many can make a good point about possibly legalizing it but crack cocaine.. Never. I know this has no bearing on you when I talk from experience because your mind seems to be closed for discussion. Back in the 80's crack was running rampant in NY city which consist of the 5 boroughs Manhattan,Queens,Brooklyn,Bronx amd Staten Island. To see young people walking around like Zombies and dying from this drug and to ever think to make it legal you would be in for a rude awakening. Crack Cocaine makes people violent. They'll do anything to get it and even if they have the means to get it they'll eventually still look to bash your skull in. I would never subject my family to potential harm by allowing a person on Crack from the streets to come into my house. Never. They would have to be off the stuff at the very least. I knew you were going to come into this thread as soon as I put that last line in there about legalizing all drugs. I guess your life experiences has molded you for sure but your an extremist. I still haven't forgotten that post where you defended Child Molesters saying there rights should not be taking away.. What is it with you?? Is your goal in life to be able to take the laws into your own hands and you get to be judge-trial and Jury?? This post is going to head off track because of a political debate now.. But seeing people on this drug and how it ruin there lives, there families lives etc.. It's a tragedy. They made a wrong choice. This drug will grab hold of a person and it will destroy them most of the time. Whitney was a tremendous loss to our arts and culture and more importantly to her family. How to even think to consider supporting legalization of all drugs in this post shows how insensitive you can be. Think about this one thing Tony and forget all the drugs linked in.. Would you actually support someone who wants to make Crack Cocaine legal? Forget the other drugs.. How about Crack Cocaine by itself? Would you support that?

Yup Scott made it. He's living my dream which was always to land that "Mother of a contract". Today I dream small and am getting content to stay reasonably profitable with nothing out of the ordinary But I tip my hat to Scott.. And I mean this when I say this but it couldn't have happened to a more deserving guy.. Then Scott Stone.

Does anyone remember Charo?? She was Yesterdays Shakira. Here's a picture of her around 20 yrs ago when Kathy and I were either in Mexico or Hawaii.. The other Picture is of Me and Kathy cruising to somewhere.. Where has the time gone?? all of this was buried in my office in a stack. I sure have alot of catching up to do.

The big hair shot didnt come out but here's just a couple of more crazy shots...after this the rest are off limits:cool:

This is Kathy with big hair from the eighties.. I saw her and she had nowhere else to go..lol I gave her an offer she couldnt refuse:)

lol. My nickname is Chili... There was a movie loosly based on me years ago that bombed I think.. I never saw it.. "Get Shorty" or something like that...:winking: I'm zoning in soon on the powerplayers and things are going to happen as soon as we get back into full swing Powerwashing again.. Never fails for me.. Everything comes my way when I'm at my busiest. I get the Chingles chilling out...go figure.. Here's some more Crazy pics from my past---------

Hey Tony I didnt read the article either..just thought it was funny you got nailed for not reading it..hahahaha..J/k You know I learned something from you that has nothing to do with Powerwashing. I bring it up on certain occasions and it's when you talk about our forefathers. Thomas Jefferson is the one I bring up.. never would have thought about it until you starting talking about our forefathers.. So your not always wrong:zipit: oops now your going to want to Do a dual.. DOH!

Hey Tony it all sounded good until you got exposed for not reading it..:rotfl: I do not like Obama. I never did and if I had to bet the farm I think he's going to win.. The most powerful guy in NY is getting ready to throw his support to Obama.. And there going to use how we killed Osama Bin Laden under Obama' watch and also how the countries phonies numbers are getting better and how the stock market numbers are climbing(that has no bearing on how this country is doing) I think where going to be in trouble for another bunch of years... The worst though is here now.. 2012. That is because I follow this stuff one of the main reasons why I retired. I worked for 25 yrs to earn what I have and there once I hear the Gov't is going to try and take what I signed up for....and then I researched it..bang. I beat them to the punch... I took it with me by retiring. This country is in a mess. 2013 will see a slow upward swing..but that's because 2012 will be the nightmare.. Sorry for the gloom and Doom.. Just one looooong year get thru that and things should get a little better slowly IMHO

This was Davids wife's post on PWN bb about Davids passing... . Hello,This is Peggy Olson, Dave's wife. I deeply regret to inform this wonderful Forum that Dave passed away on December 23, 2011, from lung cancer. Dave got many hours of enjoyment conversing with all of you on many different topics and threads. Thank you so much for your friendship with him! God bless you all, and keep up the good work and great conversations! Peggy Olson

This is so sad. I looked up to Dave like many did. We exchanged many emails back in the day. He always helped me when I ran into propane issues because his trucks, and what Trucks they were, had propane set-ups. He had the most advanced, professional setups I ever seen in those two box trucks. I had the honor to meet him and we talked for hours at Celeste and Rogers Roundtable about 6 yrs ago. Dave rose as high as an executive board member in the PWNA when he left in the mid 90's. He was a world of knowledge. A truly honest man. He told me things there that were deeply personal within this industry. If Celeste seen this thread I pretty much missed 90% of her RT because me and David just talked and talked. He was a passionate person who cared about others deeply. I learned alot from him and looked up to him as many did. He will be deeply missed. Gone but never forgotten.

I have a belt driven 34hp Kohler engine with a Tsf2021 general pump rated @3600psi @8.5gpm. I want to add a generator to it with the ability to plug in two 120 volt burners to it. What's the lowest wattage belt driven generator can I add to this Powerwasher and how much will it affect the ratings of that pump? My guess is a 4000 watt generator which needs aprox 8hp to run it if that formula is correct which is aprox 2hp per 1000 watts. If that's the case the engine would now be like a 26hp running the tsf2021 pump and would that be enough for that pump and if not what about does it drop that pump rating to?? Thanks

3600 watts seems to be the safest bet but I only seen 4000 watts as the next size. Thanks for the info Chris

Hey Russ what would happen if while the guys are cleanig with hot water and the burners let's say both hit there temp settings so they are off and then they both wer to kick on the same time if I had. 3000 watt generator. Would the fuse trip? I have a 3000 watt generator already but what would you suggest to be on the safe side. This generator will only he used for the burners.

Hey Keenan- we all have different ideas on what you can do by offering advice. There all good idea's including the one your asking above. Personally I use to take newbies out(did it a couple of times) and paid them also. A lower wage because they were learning and I would be working with them along with my helper. One of these guys actually attended 2 of the PWNA conventions. If I had to start over I wouldn't do what I did. I worked 5 yrs on my own without any knowledge and taught myself... If I knew about Schools and Conventions then I would have done that first after knowing what markets I wanted to hit...and the markets werent hard to figure out for me. I wanted to do residential house washing etc first. No commercial. Today I would recommend probably all the above of what the guys are saying. The Nola Roundtable may now be sold out because Thad puts on a rock solid event..here's the link that says it's sold out but maybe you can call his staff to seemif they can get another person in.. His always sells it because he keeps it small and top notch NOLA 2012! February 3th & 4th – Two Amazing Days! | Contractor Events The other two you know already about -the ACR Roundtable ACR Roundtable - Home Is in Toms shop and his is an all around hands on experience with machinery, demo's and classes all around you. Excellent year in and year out. They fill up the place with a 100 or so attendees most years. Tom has 55,000 sq' of storage space there including his shop. You'll have fun and learn a ton there. The Albany Seminar Welcome Matt and Jack does this with class. They put on one of the most exciting events that pretty much has it all for a very reasonable price.. You can get some excellent classwork there and also see some demo's and win all kinds of prizes. There events they give away a Hot water skid and many other items.. They have the Powerwashing Olympics that's always fun and it's just all around a great time. Like a mini Convention. They'll be between 100-200 attendees there. Then later in the year around oct. You have the Grandaddy of them all.. The PWNA Convention. The PWNA - The Power Washers of North America The Conventions are the most expensive but those have alot more to them and on top of that you can join the organization if you want to market your membership. There are other organizations in this industry you can join as well. The very least I would highly recommend one of those other 3 choices first because there all excellent in there own way. In my case because after 16 yrs in this business I'm going to hit the peddle to the metal and attend all 4 and maybe one or two more.. To soak it all up and learn and network network network.. Good luck on your start:)

Thanks Russ.

Hey Mike that's pretty cool. Thats in both Mike's :)

Same here. On my WC audit that's always brought up.. Sometimes I take money out of my business acct. To just get by and then I put it back.. WC audits hate that.

Hey Rob be careful with cash transactions. I'll give you a couple of reasons for that.. I've been audited in the past twice and it was the cash transactions for equipment purchases that came into question. Another reason would be just what recently happened and it's retarded. I took out about $10,000 out of my personal checking account to get ready to buy a vacuum set-up and a few other things. The problem was the vac deal I thought I had fell thru.. I put most of the money back.. And then I bought what required a bank check so I put the other cash back and got a bank check to buy the equipment. This is what's crazy. The bank calls my house and They tell my wife that I deposited a little over $10,000 in cash and then I bought some equipment... What set the bank off was that I put $10,000+ cash in.. The morons didn't take into consideration that I took it out of the acct 2weeks earlier.. So they had to check where I got the cash from..ummm my own bank. Then they said because I also have a business acct I shouldn't be buying equipment with my personal acct.. I would have used my business acct but a parking garage we did didn't pay yet and these deals came up.. Today the parking garage and a few other jobs where still waiting on payment.. I was just told anyday now.. It never ends. Cash is king but buying large purchases with cash be careful. Big businesses hardly ever deal with cash because of what my little business just dealt with..

Hey Jon.. You got on just at the right time. My law enforcement career ended officially @ the start of the new year. You'll be hearing about me somewhere, sometime, someplace because now I can commit like i always did but with one less job and a couple of less titles... I'm in this industry for the duration.. And I'm not getting any younger so I'm going to hit whatever it is I can hit to help this industry to forge ahead and be recognized.. It's going to happen jon. Sooner or later. Glad to see you still standing and looking the exact same for the last 10 yrs..lol. Enjoy life Johnny boy... That's the name of the game.