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    I haven't tried this, but I'm sure SOMEbody has at some point. So a couple of questions:

    1) I don't see alot of people talking about using the 80" extensions. Looks like most poeple will get out the extend-a-coress :) instead. Any reason not to use the 80"?

    2) If there's really not reason not to use the 80", then why wouldn't I just connect a pair of 80' extensions together (MNTP-MNTP connector) to get alot of reach without the weight of the telescoping.Sure, the bend might be 12" or so (that's a SWAG), but am I missing something here? I think it would defintely need to be stainless, just for strength alone, but I don't see a drawback (then again, I've never grabbed this snake by the tail either!)...

    Why not just spend some money on a 12ft and 18ft aluminium rods and plum them with QCs? That's what I've done.

    On rare occasions I'll have to add a 4ft-er to it for a minute or two but if I'm needing serious length for prolonged periods of time then in comes the lifts.

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    Adrian,

    Sorry you had to experience this and I'm glad to see that you are okay.

    Luckily I don't live in an area where safety is my top most concern @ night. Maybe I should rethink my priorities.....the amish country scenario prooves that anything can happen anywhere.

    When it comes to guns, I too am the type that is afraid of getting a gun b/c I will actually use it. However it would be foolish not to ponder what one would do with mace or pepper spray if you had more than one person approaching you at once.

    ps: I'm going to send you some dog tags and a fake badge to hang around your neck....with all that equipment you're going to look like Dog the Bounty Hunter.:lgsideway

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    Chris from apple was the first thing that came to mind when I first read this post! I'm skeered :)

    Don you are right but there has to be something said about a smaller hose with larger gpm pumps. I have the 3.6pgm and have been using the 3/8" hose since day one. Have no plans of changing at all because I have no intentions of galloping on roof tops.

    My pump's pressure switch is crancked to the max and I use a 6015 tip on a straight through wand. Why is it that my pump does not cycle??

    I attribute it to the length of hose. The size of the hose. The fact that the fluid has to go up 20 feet, down the other side, around the gable and down back again. Possibly the thickness of the fluid due to soaps added (although I think this one is minimal).

    Putting all this into the equation and I'm curious if I were to use a larger hose would the pump cycle.

    I'm guessing that the motor on a 10gpm pump is somewhat larger than on a 1.8 or 3.6, right? Could that be the attributing factor as to why you have no problems with flow? Could it be overriding the above criteria?

    Do you truly get 100% 10gpms at the end of the wand?

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    You'll never get 1.8pgm out of that thing when you start adding more hose to it. Just wait and see what happens when you attach 200ft of hose. You should have bought the 3.6gpm (or is it 3.8?).

    I run 3/8" hose off mine aswell but I'm going to switch within the next week to a Flojet. Don't forget that the 3/8" hose will also restrict the amount of fluid flowing through it and therefore your gpms will drop.

    It works for me b/c I'm used to the speed and don't need to move any faster.........still some guys here use 5/8" hoses.

    Hope this helps

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    Preferred Pressure,

    How long have they been playing around with you? Are talking a couple of weeks or has it been 3-4 months?

    Based on the answer to the above I'd have to agree with everyone else here.

    I expect to be treated as I treat. I've promised to do the work and the quality is there.......now I want to get paid. Period.

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    Hey, I have one that happened this summer while still living in Atlanta.

    Got a call to clean a 3 story 3500/4000 sqft home. With the highest chimney that i have ever seen. Went without my help, could not locate him on this day. So get to the customers home, she not in. Call her on the cell, she say go ahead clean the house and make sure that chimney gets clean. So had to get out the extension ladder and climb up about 40 ft to get on the ladder to clean the back side of the chimney. Once done I notice that the ladder is only sticking up about 1ft above the gutter line. PANIC SETS IN AT THIS TIME....remembering that I did not secure the ladder foots before climbing up on this roof. So I cautiously step onto the top rung and the ladder kicks out from under me and topples to the ground. I pulled myself back onto the roof and there I sat for 4.5 hours BAKING IN THE 102 DEGREE GEORGIA HEAT ON TOP OF THIS FRIKIN ROOF.

    By the time the garbage man came down the road and saw my about 40 feet up sitting as if I was watching the world go by I had one heck tan by the time I got down.

    I tie ladder now at 10ft.

    LOL!!

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    I've lost the trailer aswell when the slim shank ball decided to part from receiver. Thank 'someone' that I had 400G of water on the trailer and that I was rolling in stop-go traffic.

    No damage to the truck but it sure dug into asphalt.

    Funny story: just 15 minutes prior I was being issued a traffic sitation in a private parking lot. The cop that showed up within minutes of me loosing the trailer asked two questions:

    1. What are you pouring all over the place?

    2. Didn't my buddy just give you a ticket a few minutes ago?

    I asked him if he was going to find a reason for serving me again and proceeded to jack the trailer with the truck jack.

    I've never been more happy to be lugging around another receiver and ball.

    To this day I have that broken ball, as a reminder.

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    rig is parked in the drive. I unlock the lock and release the latch. (trailer is being moved and then unhitched in the back yard). Truck dips into driveway-apron and trailer hits the concrete.

    Neighbors watch as I jack the trailer from the ground.

    "Here's your sign!":lgjump:

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    Washaway

    I should have mentioned it while we were on the phone. Have you tried the goodyear (yellow)? We've been running them from the beggining. Heavy, absolutly, but they last. 200 ft.+ on a hose reel, no problems yet. We have about 1500 ft. and may have lost 10 or 12. Cut back 5 ft. and crimp on new conecters. The real pain in the _____ is when you have to hand role at the end of the day.

    You 'must' invest in an electric hose reel. You have no idea how much of a difference it makes.

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    I'm looking for opinions from those that use and abuse their hoses big time.

    I've been using Jet Blue, nonmarking hoses for the past 3 years and for some reason I've been told that they don't exist anymore (don't know if it's true or not).

    I like them very much b/c they're rugged and tend not to warp and coil like the gray non-marking that I've thrown in the garbage.

    What manufactured hoses do you use/recommend and why?

    How have they held up and for how long?

    I need to get new hoses by the end of this week so I'd like to put my order in tomorrow morning.

    Thanks.

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    Florida is notoriously known for it's scam artists and lying, cheating 'professionals' and contractors.

    I've never seen more people promise to show up and then don't nor have I experienced businesses neglecting to return phone calls.

    This may not be as bad further north but down here in the south it's horrible and takes a lot of work to get your client's trust.

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    Kurt,

    Before you start using oxalic for rust removal try going to the good old Lowe's/Home Depot and buy yourself a gallon of Rust Aide. They claim it to be non-acid based and it works without any problems.

    I like it better than anything else I've ever tried and need to find out how to get larger quantities, maybe from manufacturer.

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