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Thanks for the heads up, I will check to be sure

Thanks so much everyone for the help. My same mix is a plan. Only a single story building with dryvit and some vinyl. No ladders is easy. Watch for cracks, let the soap clean not the pressure. Should be good to go. Thanks again. Mike

I am pretty sure it is dryvit. Is it safe to use my normal house wash with 12% on this with an x-jet and rinse with low pressure. If needed, will higher pressure damage this. I am also concerned about staining it with bleach. I am hoping that I can treat this just like an ordinary house wash.

Thanks Scott. How can I tell either way and what precautions should be made respectiviley. Thanks, Mike

I buy foreigh because the domestics are made in Mexico and Canada and my Nissan is made in Tennessee putting to work Americans. Yes the coporate proceeds go to Japan but at least there are thousands of blue collar men like myself putting it together. Not to mention it was cheaper than the ford, chevy, dodge and gmc with a better warranty, better towing package, more HP, 10 speaker stereo, huge back seat for my 2 little girls and it looks good. I love Nissan. Own two of them. X terra and Titan

I am pulling with a 2005 nissan titan, class IV hitch, tow package and 9000 towing max. It can handle a tongue wieght of 1350 pounds and I am at 850 or so. The tank is right over the axles. Thanks

Thanks JL, Not all the pics I wanted showed up. There are some more in the testing section. I got it right the first time and messed it up here. The second picture is just the water softing section. Most of area is city water which is soft but there are some rural areas that have hard well water, so this valve system allows me to bypass the softner if needed.

Just ordered my M-5 X-Jet. That seems to be the overall favorite. Thanks everyone for your help. Mike

Went back to the same house today I had trouble with on saturday. Yellow painted, tons of black and brown mold everywhere. I don't have an x-jet or m-jet yet so I used a small 2 gall pump up spayer. Filled it with 2 parts 12% and 1 part soap and 1 part water. Sprayed and let it dwell 10 minutes and rinsed it off to a super clean house. My unlce thought he would have to paint but now it only looks that he has to touch up a few areas. I could not get the gutters clean though. I am waiting for some soap to come in that I was told would work so I will have to try that. House took me about 3 hours, 2 story colonial with a 2 car garage. About 3500 ft2. I can only imagine how much fast once I get an x or m jet. Today was a good day. Just wanted to share. Thanks

Thanks for the help. I think I should invest in the x-jet, shur flo or m-jet. However, there are so many different views on which of the three works best. Given my situation, can anyone offer some advise I which of the three I would benefit from. here are my intentions. 1. Speed is money, so the faster the better 2. Mostly 2 story houses, some with dormers, so 30' will be a need. 3. Would like to avoid the telescoping pole 4. Not to concerned with lugging a bucket around. I rather have a short hose with jug by my side I can just carry with me. 5. Mostly vinly and painted homes. Any help would be great. Thanks.

It is not to tough to replace a broken piece. You will need to get a couple of special tools to do it. Do a google search on it and you will find step by step instuctions. Your biggest challenge will be to match the color. For example, clay by one manufacture is not exaclty clay by another. However, once you find the manufacturer, you should be good.

Hey again, I was playing around with my machine the other day using 50 feet of house and washed my truck and front of my house. The downstream injector worked great. I then put my hose reel on with 200 feet of house and I can barley draw any soap. Is it because of the 200 feet our house. I am assuming that I am not drawing enough due to the length. I am using a dual lance nozzle. Should I move the chemical injector up towards the gun and just carry the bucket with me? Thanks

I am looking at my unloader and have determined what line is the return to the pump. I however want this line to go to my holding tank instead so I don't burn out the pump. I have seen fire trucks pumps burn out with a little as 150 psi while circulating water and it dosn't take much. From what I am seeing it looks simple. I plan on un hooking bypass hose into the pump and inserting a male plug in its place. The take the hose and put a 3/4 barg to a 3/8 mpt fitting and hooking up the 3/8 high pressure jumper line I have and that goes back into the tank at the top. Does this makes sense or am I missing something. I worry that somethings things are so simple I will mess up the obvious. Thanks. Mike

Hello, Thanks to both of you for your help. My line now is 1/2 inch that I will be reducing to 3/8th, I think It should be fine. I will have to put ball valve on. Good point. Thanks.

Hello, I am going to finish plumbing my set up today. I have to hook up my water softner and this is how I was plan on doing it. Where my low pressure hose comes on to the trailer it would go into a T that splits to the softner and a line to by pass the softner each with a ball valve and a check valve after the softner. I want a bypass because the city water in my area is soft and actually some of the best H2O in the country. I only need the softner for well water locations. I plan on putting the softner before the tank so that the tank is always 100% soft. I will also have a drain line off the tank on a 2 pvc line to use to fill buckets for detergents. I am just wondering if this is an ideal location or does everyone put the softner just before the pump intake. Thanks.

Thanks rodney. what do you recommend for concrete and wood decks - cleaning. I am targeting residential accounts for siding, decks, pavers, walkways etc. I am hoping that something like the emulsifier will do it all. Any advise would be great. Thanks, Mike

I am considering the emulsifier plus or chloromax, both priced well. But I have just read that power house is a popular brand as well.. But of course I can not find it online. Any help here. Thanks.

Hello, I have my trailer, 300 gallon tank, tool box, hose reels and will be picking up my pressure washer monday. My trailer is 12 x 6'6". I will be taking off the landscape gates on the back to open it up. I am not sure right now where I want to put everything. I know the water should be over the axles because of wieght and would like to put my pressure washer there as well but they would right against eachother. My questions are these. 1. If I put the washer on the front end will this 750 pounds be to heavy for the tounge wieght. 2. Is there a safe distance I should keep the washer from the water tank because of heat from the exhaust and burner. 3. What seems to be the most convienant hose reel locations. 4. I think it would be most beneficial to have the tank going the long way front to back so I have room on both sides for the ladder and chems and put the tool box on the very end. The washer all the way up on the tounge and the hose reels between the washer and tank and just pull the hose out over the trailer rail. Any advise on this. Please help. I tried to search but found this similar situation out there but with few replys. Thanks

Mike, Thanks for much for the input. I think I will be setting my up similar to yours. I will have one side of the tank for my ladder and the other side for my chems. I have several 5 gallon pails I will just line up on the side. I will probally put the hose reels up on the rails. Or I may just put them on the deck and put some rollers verticle long the the rails to help move it out. Thanks for the input. Mike

Hello, I am new to this and currently have all my products coming in to set up my trailer. I will be doing mostly residential homes, patios, decks, and some retail stores. I have a 5.6 gpm, 3500 psi hot water Mi T M machine and will be adding a water softener. My biggest hurdle as of yet is trying to decide what chems to use. There are so many out there I really need some help. I have been reading on some name brands like chlormax, citra clean etc. but then I read that people make their own with bleach, dawn, tide, etc. I am hoping that a few of you can help me out. I have heard the words limonese and emulsifire and wax, but need help with some name brands of these things as well. A bit about me. My name is Mike and I live in Rhode Island with a 3 year old and a 8 weeks old. Full time I am a fire fighter looking to make power washing a part time gig to help support the family. Any help would be great. You can post it here or email me at mas3372@cox.net. thanks, Mike

hello, thanks for the help. I will be sure to check out the vendor section.