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Larry B

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About Larry B

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    TGS Gold Member
  • Birthday 06/07/1967

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  • Company Name
    Mid Valley Mobile Pressure Washing
  • First & Last Name
    Larry Bicknell
  • City & State
    Salem Oregon
  • Occupation
    Business Owner
  • Biography
    Married w/ 4 kids
  1. quick question

    A good hydraulic store wil have an adapter. I have found hose thread to NPT.
  2. just bought switchback XT

    Mathews makes a good bow and it will last you a long time. I shoot a Bowtech Might Mite and bow season starts on the 25th of this month. I may be moving to Montana though and will miss hunting entirely this year if I do.
  3. Oh Boy I need help Part 2

    My guess is the bleach is drying and deteriorating the exposed fibers in the screen. It is tighten and tearing the weak spots. They are rubber coated screens with cloth inside. Not really your fault but it wasn't quite like that before you washed the house either. Like Celeste says it is pretty inexpensive to replace but just a PITA. Most of them you can leave the screen frames in to make it easier.
  4. Help Name New Company

    Grease pirates is good. Beware the Disney empire though. They could easily put a stop order on that name for infringement. The argument that gets used most often is " would you have chosen that name without the ride/movie being in existence". A lot of people lose because of that argument. A local girl lost her coffee name "Sambucks" to starbucks. BTW her name was Samantha Buck and that didn't help her.
  5. I appreciate that. No sign of any of it yet. Certainly hope soembodygets caught for it. Thanks again, larry
  6. 1/8" pipe

    I buy mine form a place in Portland I can get you the contact info. It comes in 20' sections and I have them cut it for me in 6' lengths.. It is Schedule 80 stainless, around $2 /foot. I thread it myself. Somebody out there in your area has to have it it just takes a lot of phone calls. I like it because it is light and easy to handle. Makes a big difference after 30-40 trucks in a day.
  7. Thanks for the support. I hadn't thought of flyers or anything like that. I keep hoping the trailer will be recovered along side of a backcountry road somewhere. I can't imagine that was their intended target, I think it was more of a bonus that was attached to the truck.
  8. Truck and traler drove off of a job site last weekend. Went in the warehouse to pull down trailer doors and came back out to a missing truck and trailer. They had no keys( in my pocket), equipment was not insured but truck was. I will recover and keep going but I did learn some lessons I thought I might share. Do not keep all of your tools on your trailer when not using them. like x-jets, extra wands etc.. if you do try to have a spare in the shop. Have a backup system no matter how small. If you have keys for customers gates, trucks etc.. make copies. You could just lose them instead of having them stolen. Much easier than than trying to get replacements from you accounts. Keep you cell phone on you. At least I put it in my pocket for a change. If you can't work without an x-jet, extend-a-wand, long wands or whatever, KEEP A SPARE. I do not have a store anywhere nearby that I could replace some of those things. I had to put off an apartment complex scheduled for the next day because I did not have some of these things. Even if you rent a machine until you replace yours you need longer hoses and so on.
  9. Extendawand Users

    Paint stores have really nice aluminum pin lock roller poles. They are threaded so it is easy to attach a brush. They are cheaper than a coress too.
  10. Happy as can be right now

    Congratulations on a finished job, the first is usually the toughest. the customer took their time to find a good contractor and were no doubt picky on the job. You have created a nice reference for yourself by being professional and following through.
  11. Any Helicopter pilots?

    I used to have an Excel 50 but I could never find anybody to teach me how to fly it. I paid $1500 for the kit, controls and engine so I was not about to crash it. Guess I should have looked into how hard it was before I bought it.
  12. TGS Contest.... Put the saying in the bubble!

    Dang, I thought it said CRIME SCENE
  13. TGS Contest.... Put the saying in the bubble!

    Lack of knowledge is scary WOW!! Look at all that FREE information!! Pressure Washers got skills Pressure Washing Contractors' got skills
  14. College World Series: OSU vs NCS

    OSU WINS!! The first national championship in Orgeon for baseball. It was a close game but 1 error made the difference. It's only baseball but it's my favorite sport. Now if we coudl just get our college act together. Thanks Shane for the extra support
  15. College World Series: OSU vs NCS

    2 - 0 OSU is up...
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