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    Not hear, its pretty close to the numbers I said, I happen to know the person who does them in phx metro.

    Once in the spring and once in the fall, there just pulling your leg.

    if you guys believe that??? I Dont, my kid just dumped a cold stone on one today. your telling me they wont remove that until fall..........Not hear, thats emergency trip charge.

    Ron, what is a cold stone?

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    Jeff,

    Why not put the effort into your P/W biz and education while you still have the corporate job. Then if the s@#! hits the fan you are ready to be on your own. You have already started it, just expand it.

    Doug

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    On occasion I have a gun leak. I do not rebuild, just put a new gun on. Keep a few spares around just for that purpose. I think they are very reliable as long as your not pumping acids through them. When ever I use to use acid they were leaking in a matter of days. Never took one apart to see where the problem was.

    Doug

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    Two things come to my mind right a way. 1 if you have 115 sytem you need a few HP to drive the generator. So I assume the mfg will not use all of the pumps capabilities and have the HP necessary do drive both pump and gen. 2 if 5.5,3500 needs 17.5 HP to run at max, would you want it running at max all the time? Why not run it at 80 or 90 % and get better life out of it.

    Doug

    BTW, the general 2006 catalog rates the TS2021 pump: 5.6gpm, 3500psi @1450rpm

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    I could not find the earlier thread about quick couplers coming apart, and I had mentioned using JIC connectors. Someone asked for an elaboration on JIC's so I am posting that info here.

    I do not know what the JIC stands for, and they are also called somthing else that I cannot currently remember.

    Anyway, they are a threaded connector that are a finer thread than pipe. The ends are shaped at a 45 (or there a bouts) before the threads start, so the male fits into the female (sound familar?). The nice thing about them is that they are hand tightened and then about a half turn with a wrench and they are tight. No tape is needed. And no swivel connectors are needed.

    Not nearly as bulky as QC's on they hose reel. You would have to get adapters for your machine, hose reel, etc. that changes the pipe thread to JIC. The 3/8 male pipe the 3/8 JIC male adapter runs about $5.00 as an example.

    I have used them for the past 5/6 years, I got tired of replacing the QC between sections of hose. Also, the hydraulic shop where I get my hose made will repair a broken hose unlike the P/W shops around here.

    Hope this helps,

    Doug

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    The only time I have had a qc come apart is when it was not seated correctly. As a suggestion, instead of quick couples between hose sections have your hoses made with JIC fittings. Much easier to roll up, don't have to worry about the qc not coming undone when you want them to. The only QC I use now are end of hose to wand/surface cleaner.

    Doug

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    Ron,

    Just looking for self educational purposes, curious. Seen some articles in Cleaner Times over the years and thought I'd look into it more.

    I'm also going the the Pumper Show in Nashville on 2/16 and going to look at some of the equipment there.

    What kind of work did you do with the 8000PSI machine?

    Doug

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