COOPER

We called them Banana Spiders when I was a kid.

Probably about time for a pump rebuld. Packings and check valves.

I like the Hydrotwister by Hydrotek. I have a 27" and love it. I have an old steel eagle that works fine, but since I got the Hydrotwister, I haven't hardly used the steel eagle.

I have always had trouble getting the oxidation off also until the other day. I was called to wash a house that had blue vinyl siding. The lady told me that they were having the siding painted (I don't think it is a good idea to paint the siding, but I am not a painter.), so all the oxidation had to be removed. I wasn't worried about discoloring the siding so I mixed up some of our Orange Nitro and Lazer degreaser 1 to 1 and then diluted this mixture 1 to 1 with water. I prewetted all the plants and any sufaces that I didn't want to mess up with strong chems. I sprayed this on a side of the house and the oxidation just rolled off. I rinsed just as if it was a regular housewash and the siding dried and looked as good as new. My normal housewash mix is one quart Nitro or Lazer (both seem to perform just as well) to 3.5 gal. of 12% and the rest water. I downstream this with a 20% General Pump downstreamer.

Where are you located in Ark.

$500 to $600/week

www.bigorangesupply.com

I use a very concentrated detergent called Orange Nitro. I put 1 quart with 4 gal. of 12% and downstream with 0 degree and regular soap nozzle. I rinse with the M-5 X-jet ( I do not apply det. with it just rinse, I like the action it gives when rinsing) I can clean the average 2000 sq. ft. house in 1 to 1.5 hours. The orange nitro costs $382/ drum but is the strongest detergent I have found in over 6 years of cleaning. You can mix it 1 to 1 or 2 to 1 with water and strip a deck with it, and one quart can clean a 2000 sq. ft. house.

Wouldn't be any easier at all you would have to have 2 or 3 tips to do the same thing since the M-5 is adjustable. I have always downstreamed since I started 6 years ago. I tried the X-jet last year and don't care for applying chems with it, but it sure is better than using 2 or 3 different tip to rinse with.

I downstream my soap and then rinse with my M-5 X-jet.

I'll second that. I have had a couple of different brand skids and bought a new Hydrotek back in the summer. To me it is the Cadillac of PWs. Its got the looks and the performance to back it up. I just bought a used one the other day that is 15 years old and it still runs like a new one.

Hey Jeff, I have open trailers now, but when I had an enclosed trailer I used the locks like you can buy at the mini storage places. I don't know who made it but it was round and you could only lock it with the key. I had been using a regular master lock before that and one day I stopped to fill up with fuel, got out and unlocked the trailer, filled up with fuel, locked the trailer and got in the truck -- NO KEYS -- they were laying on the floor of the trailer and the door was locked. I was about 45 mins from home and had to sit and wait for my wife to bring the spare key which was at home. All my tools were in the trailer, so I couldn't even get a hammer or something to knock the lock off with and was too embarrassed to ask anyone else for something. I would get one of those locks. They are strong locks and last too.

Hey Jim, Your 18hp Honda should be the perfect size for the 2021 pump. I have had one on a 14hp Kohler for 4 years and about 4000 hours with no problems out of the motor yet. I only run it at about 2800 psi, so you shouldn't have any problems running 3500psi with an 18hp engine.

Don't buy the welder. My uncle bought one and the wire wads up inside the gun really easy. Very irritating.

I use the twist connects on the end of the wand. A whole lot less o-ring changing. I have a QC screwed into a twist connect for real close stuff. The twist connects last a lot longer with fewer problems for me. I have QCs everywhere else though.

Most of the time, I downstream and rinse with the M-5 X-jet. I don't like messing with the buckets either and just make my mix stronger for the downstreamer.

I would like too see them too. Thanks in advance.

I have had good luck using oxalic acid on the stains. We have dirt dobers bad around here. If I have that problem I usually come back later on in the day or the next morning, after the house has dried most of the way and spray a little oxalic on the stains. The only color I have had this problem on is white.

I have one of the 14" ones, have had it for over 4 years for my supply hose. The only problem I had with it was the plastic tension adjuster broke, but I still use it every day. I don't have a clue haw it will hold up under press. though

Don Phelps, Maybe it was bought seperately, but it is still made with the same parts as all of the brand name skids. Only thing that I could see wrong with a cold water unit with an added hotbox is if it was a direct drive or gear drive washer which may be the case ( I haven't seen the ad) Lou Beach, The Water Cannon pressure washers should be just as good as any of the name brand hot water skid units. It has all the same parts as the higher priced skids. As far as servicing it, you will be a lot better off in the long run to learn how to fox it yourself instead of having to depend on a dealer; you can find out how to fix just about anything from this and other boards and honestly there is not a lot to these machines. Buy a new one and just read up on problems other people are having and learn from how they are told to fix them. Check out higher power supplies they have free shipping on anything over $75 and that includes skid pressure washers!

Hey Michael, would you be interested in a Line Lazer 3000 striping machine? I have one thats about 1 and 1/2 year old for $2600 if interested. I am building a new washer and it seems that everybody around here has gotten into parking lot striping and sealcoating. I have been pressure washing for about 5 years and just added the striping a year and a half ago. I don't really have time to push the striping and for me its not a "fun" as pressure washing. I have about 1/3 the competition pressure washing as I do in striping, so there is a lot of "lowballers" out here sealing and striping. If interested give me a call, I will consider any trades also.

I don't know if this is what they are for, but in someones catalog I saw high pressure check valves that you could put on the end of the pressure lines coming out of each pump, use the individual unloaders for each machine, and then y the two together. You could y the hoses together out of the hose reels and hook to a seperate reel just for the combined setup. I have never tried it, but I am building a new skid myself and I am planning on trying it when I get it together. I built my own skid almost 4 years ago and it is still running strong.

I am glad I dont have enough time to wine about who is a "lowballer or not. Yall need to worry about getting out and getting more business instead of staying on here all the time wining (sp)

Dyersburg, TN about 80 miles north of Memphis