Jim Gamble

As I said in Post 12... Check (Communicate) with your local EPA Agencies for the correct answers. Usually if it is too strict, it usually does not get enforced and gets over turned in a short amount of time. Make sure you meet with them face to face. Show that you want to work with them to be compliant. They will work with you. Try to pull the wool over their eyes......well lets just say... They're not stupid and they will remember.

Great in California ! Been a littler warm.. about 85 with low humidity. Feel for you guys back east . . . . . Heard about the High Humidity with the Heat....Too hot and humid for my taste. Low Humidity to "Dry" heat is the best.

Check with your local EPA Agencies for the correct answers. DO NOT TAKE ONE CITY OR COUNTY AND THINK IT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND. Usually if it is too strict, it usually does not get enforced and gets over turned in a short amount of time.

Before anyone gets all excited, First I have not heard of anything about Wood Decks or reclaim from power washing a wood deck. I have heard about spills and having the contractor be responsible for cleaning that mess up the same way as if a painter dumped 5 gallons of oil base paint. This thread sounds like a scare tactic to get everyone all work up. Nothing new. Check with your local EPA Agencies for the correct answers. Do not take anyones word on any BBS and especially DO NOT TAKE ONE CITY OR COUNTY AND THINK IT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND. Usually if it is too strict, it usually does not get enforced and gets over turned in a short amount of time. BMP's need to be reasonable and rational to stay on the books.

I think I already told you before in a previous thead or lots of threads/ posts. I do not know what you really want to know other than what has already been written time and time again in my posts. If you are at a loss or can't find it in the posts that I have written, call me. I will be happy to help you. 510-612-0437

Micky? I was showing the gauge about 1:40 into the video. This gauge is by the reels and I believe is the best secure area to mount a gauge. As far as the jab at the music comment, its not disco, but I am showing my age with the late 80's stuff I agree. I don't know, I just like the 70's and 80's music along with the Beatles. Nothing wrong with that... right? But on a professional note: Since most of the clientèl that I do business with graduated from their Pack 10 Schools in the 70's and 80's, they seem to relate to those times as well. Executive's I do business with still talk to their classmates from their Universities. These executives have classmates who are executives in other business as well. I remember being in this executives office when he called his friend about our videos. I heard him on speaker phone saying.. "John, You remember that song? We use to play that all night in our dorms. " The last thing you want to play is some music that your clients cannot relate to or they get offended by. If that means they like Disco, then I will play Disco and learn to like it. Its that simple. My clientèl likes the 70's and 80's and Country. I get compliments all the time from them watching our video's reminding them of good times in relations to our videos...and thats who counts.... the ones who put money in my pocket. If we have that Event that Ron mentioned in March, Marketing to your client will be one subject that will be covered.

We use temperature and pressure test kits for temporary readout. However, for a permanent solution we use them at the hose reels. Reason for this is because the wand can get heavy after 3+ hours of extreme use. Having at the hose reel is quick and simple. Also lets use know how hot the hose is before we roll it. This prevents possible hose reel expansion issues. Here is our temp gauge at the reel.

Thanks Tony and Scott for the information.

Greg, I think your truck looks great ! I know I have said this before in this thread before all of this hoopla, but I really do mean that. It looks professional and a poses an invite to ask you more... I also have a question about it if I may..... does the lettering come off after a while? Also what do you think about a wrap around vs Vinyl Lettering? The reason why I ask is this.... We are planning on building a trailer similar to a car hauler, except the trailer will carry specialized equipment with possible a very small office/ sleeping area and parts/ repair station. Since the trailer will be over 22 ft long, we was thinking of our first vinyl lettering signage like what you did or going with a full wrap around. I think the wrap around will cost more and may not last as long. What are your thoughts on this Greg?

Ron, Have you noticed that since Tony response in post 8, none of his posts are related to this thread?

This is a THREAT and should be dealt with !

Sure. Not a problem. Oh, and Doug, when you do talk to Sgt Walsh to say thank you for attending your UAMxx event, which I am sure you did...Say Thanks...just thanks.

And what does your posts here have to do with the Gregs thread about lettering Scott, Tony & Doug? Nothing Always seems that its you three that follow me around. Don't get me wrong, it because of you three that the EPA takes notice of me on a national level. If you did not write as much as you do, my rankings would not be as high as they are.... and the agencies that represent enforcement for discharge would not be asking me to give lectures. I believe it is solely because of Scott and Tony's endless responses resulting in myself getting noticed on the Federal and some States platform. For that I say thank you. But again, with you three bringing up 1/2 truths about the past over & over again, what does this have to do with Gregs thread on Vinyl Lettering ? I am sure that everyone here is tried of it. You three sound like a broken record. Be a man, respect Gregs thread and Grow up !

Our prayers are with you and your family Tony.

Very Professional. It really stands out. I like it. Well done !

WOW !!! That really looks good !!!

Everyone can always count on you to create DRAMA Tony **************.

I agree. Since we do Parking Garage Decks, we can have up to 26 workers on just 1 site. We have meetings with the site managers the day before a jobsite. A walk thru is a must. This will also be explained in the up coming event on Filtration Units / Parking Garage Cleaning tactics held in Las Vegas next year. Seating is VERY limited.

I agee... Signage has it's place in the advertising world. We also thought the same, but we found that word of mouth is rock solid. This is what gets us the jobs without question or haggling on price. I remember back in 1989 when we advertised. We was bombarded with calls. We was asked to bid on this and that. Some for insurance others was just price shopping and the rest was competitors trying to find out what we charge for our services. I wasted so much time, fuel and resources on that. I new there had to be a better way to get business. This is one of the things we will talk about in the Filtration Event / Parking Garage Deck event that will be held in Las Vegas for the March line up. Real hands on stuff. Small and Large filtration units for different kinds of filtration jobs will be there for your review from the people who use them everyday. I will bring my filtration unit and show it for the first time. Hot and Mighty will bring their unit as represented by Jim Cooney. Robert Hinderliter and Mike Hinderliter will be there showing their filtration units that is just coming out on the market. Hydro Tek will be represented as well along with a few others. If you want to know about filtration, this is the place to be folks.

We thought about putting Vinyl lettering along with our Logo on the new trucks we just ordered. Then we realized that our marketing and also being that we cater to the Industrial Client, that we just do not need to install Vinyl lettering at this time. None of the trucks we bought in the 23 years of cleaning Parking Garage Decks did we ever have any signage on our rigs or trucks. Not saying that is bad or good, just that we never did. These new 3500 Dodge Cummins 4x4 Crew and single cabs are just entering production as of yesterday. These trucks, along with our Dodge 2011 trucks will almost double our fleet of trucks. Just like our current trucks, We won't be leasing these trucks ( leasing from Dodge results in only a 50 dollar a month savings over buying the trucks)... instead we will purchase these Dodges and will be using Dodges 0% for 36 months. The Longhorn will be for myself. The rest of the fleet of trucks will have the Larime's options. Hopefully next year, we will purchase a few more 3500 Cummins 4X4's.

On Long runs of 200 ft or more, we use the 1/2 inch hose. We run 5.9 GPM through them. A 1/2 inch hose will save wear on your pumps as well. You will not have nearly as much loss of pressure as well. You will find that a good quality 1/2 inch hose will last up to 14 months or better. When we used a 3/8 R2 hose, they lasted for 2-3 months and sometimes even less. Our current hoses use a synthetic rubber. This makes the hose a lot stiffer, but the chemicals we use that go after petroleum product do not attack synthetic rubber, thus our 1/2 inch hose will last longer. These hoses aren’t for everybody and they certainly aren’t cheap. They can range over 2 to 9 dollars a foot or more. Our hoses are trade secrets and we do not give the brand name out on these BBS. However, you can find similar hoses on the net, just lower specs for the $2 dollar a ft. range. We have 1 pump that has lasted 18 years running at 13 hour day loads without a rebuild. We have another that lasted 8 years, but only because our sub over rev the pump to 4,000 rpms for 12 hours via our hydraulic systems. We contribute this 18 years to the hoses we use and the open end surface cleaners and maintenance of the pump. In 1989, we used 3/8 hose. It seems like our pumps was being rebuilt every year or two. Since we changed over to the 1/2 inch hose, those frequent rebuilds are a thing of the past. I doubt many can say that who have a close end wand runing off then on, then off then on, again and again for hours while having 200 ft of 3/8 hose. Make your machine work less and it will return the favor. When our new unit comes online in a few months, we will be considering a 5/8 inch R2 Line hose to power our 7+ foot motorized surface cleaner.

Sounds Good to me !

Happy Birthday John !!!

We have for years went with Direct Drive. No problems. Our 3/8 -1/2 inch thick cold rolled steel plate has held up just fine. Our recent build though maybe a belt drive with a little twist to it... meaning not you standard Twin V Belt set up. We may incorporate a serpentine belt drive to power 3 or 4 units with 1 belt. I have yet to see any Pressure Washer unit with this design. We believe this will be the best over all belt system for a MDU (Multi Device Unit). Here is a photo of our Direct Drive unit. The red American Made Hydraulic motors are 28+Hp piston Direct Drive. Because of Hydraulic Drive system, our Kubota Engine runs only at 1,900 RPM's. The Engine is not running at FULL throttle as most pressure washers do, but less then 2/3 speed and right at the " Sweet Spot" for the engine. I would recommend this system to anyone who needs to do extreme washing. [/img]

Hot N' Mighty are Great Washers. I met George. GREAT GUY and extremely knowlegable. Jim Cooney bought Hot N' Mighty Reclaim and filtration rig... He LUVs it. Making him tons of cash. George Podell, Micheal Hinderliter, Robert Hinderliter all leaders in our industry. All respected as such.