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I use to use downstream and 2 things 1. I could never get one to last real long. 2. Could never get the right mix I was looking for, always seemed too weak. How would you mix you chems? How much soap and how much 12%?

I guess I still lug the 5 gal bucket around, but I got a bit more hose and can usually reach most of one side of a house. Cuts down on the bucket moving some.

Just wondering how you can get a 3 story with a down stream? With low pressure I wondering how you get it that high?? What is the right tip? 0 Degree? I have 7.5gpm.

Hey Greg my wife said you called but I was very busy with a friend's wife in the hospital on her death bed I spent some time with him today and trying to get everything done. Give me a call tomorrow sometime I will talk a lil. Maybe I will try you tomorrow. Untill then DON"T buy COMET. Think General!!

I prefer the trailer setup. I have three cargo trailers 18' bumper pull 28' gooseneck 32' gooseneck. Trailer is the only way for me, I can unhook them and go do something else with the truck. I know you can't get these into parking garage. Just stretch some more hose. On the 2 bigger trailers we have 1000' of pressure hose.

O by the way I wish I was down there washing. I growed up in the Blue Grass State. West Liberty was my home town. I have a sister and a brother that live in Morehead.

I have 2 diesel p/w rigs. In my one trailer I have a 60hp. Duetz air cooled with 2 general pumps mounted solid on it, it has no clutches what so ever and I wish many times it did but it was not designed for it when we built it(cheap you know) start the engine and it pumps. The other trailer has a John Deere 90hp with 3 pump on slide clutches with just a handle to engage the, and it also has clutch on the engine too. When I built it I had put air cylinders to engage them but had alot of trouble with compressor so I just use the manual handle to turn them on. Let me know if you need them slide clutches I know where to get them.

I would use 2 smaller one and put a slide clutch on the other one, actually the way I have my is I have 3 pumps on one diesel and I have slide clutches on all of them. Lets you work on one and the other 2 are still runnin. Sure helps when you have trouble out on the job and ther is three fella there sitting around because one pump is down. If for some reason you think you need more flow you can make yourself a hose with a T and put both pumps into one hose and double your volume but not the pressure. Just my 2 pennies.

I mix some in with the house wash mix.

I have my insurance thru National Grange and they just sent me a letter last week saying they kicked me off because they found out that we use chlorine, and they say they ain't going to cover that. I guess actually that was for works comp insurace. Anybody else run into that??

I'm going to be in Jacksonville Florida this weekend and was wondering if I was going to be anybody's back yard or not. I have friend getting married down there and just thought if I had time to meet up with someone it would be cool!!!

Anybody out there?? Leaving tonight.

I have tried a lot of different degreaser, and some seem to work not to bad, but go ahead and laugh at me, but the Mean Green that you can get at the Dollar Store just works pretty good. You know how sometimes when you wash a greasy joint out and it kinda splatters the grease on the machine, sometimes that lil smear is hard to get off, a shot of Mean Green works great. Works for me, and it leaves a shine too!! Just 2 pennies...

Does anybody else run Comet pumps?? I have 7-Comet/p 7gpm/3600psi and wish I didn't have any of them!!!!!! I have had an awful amount of trouble with the oil seals on them things, can't figure out what the deal is with them. I have 2 pumps that have 500 hrs and have had 4 sets of seals and it still just running out the bottom!!!:( Just found out must commercial pumps have a brass sleave that does not get scoured up when you bust a connecting rod and Comet does not have it. I think that is "it" with me and Comet. Good pumps but have to own a oil field to keep the lube in them. In the last 2 year I have put around a total of 13,000 hrs on Comet pumps. If you are having trouble now is the time to jump on Comet's hide, We just gave them a real run around this past week, The Dealer/Machanic that works on my washer was just down to GA last week for a Meeting with them and he let them have it, He said that he had the big guys out asking ?? and calling him later. Maybe they will get their stuff together. Anybody else have trouble with Comet seals?? I'm thinking of going with General, any input?? Just wish I didn't have these that I have to wear out first, thankfully the said they will replace 2 of them, I'm trying to get them just to give money for replacement, but that is probley a joke..

Hope you have good luck with it, maybe you won't have the trouble that I have, because my pumps run 8-10 hr. 5-6 days a week. Good Luck to all!!!

Wishing you good luck!!!!!!!!!!!

I have done this for a while now. I have 2- 7gpm@3600 pumps that are ran together, I went with a 1/2 in line to carry the flow. I have a "T" on the end of the 1/2 in hose with quick-connects that I just pull 2 3/8 hoses out put them each to a washer then to the 1/2 in and go. Works great. I did put check valves on each side of the "T", don't know if they are nessary or not??

Between me and the guys we put about 150-175 hrs. a week.

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Home based. Office in the house and the trucks out in the back. Thanks to cell phones and laptops tho...

Thats funny right there I don't care who you are!!!!!!!!!!!!:lolsign:

:groovy: Way to go!!!!!!

Back to the main subject, Here is something that I read today that may be something that you may want to keep in the truck for the next time you get up against the wall. LOL!!!!:) Man beaten with shampooer A Lancaster man was charged with simple assault after borough police said he used a carpet shampooer to attack another man in the 400 block of Fairground Avenue. Edgar D. Torres, no age available, hit the victim with the shampooer and kicked him when the man tried to stop Torres from hitting his vehicle on Sept. 27, police said. — From staff reports

Hey tj I think I would go with the portable one if you use the trailer for other things. Just make it nicer to load and unload. What part of NY are you? I did p/w in the Lowville area for a few months when I first started. Hey good luck!!!!!