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What's the fastest and most efficient pressure washer?

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For those of you who do flatwork (and lots of it), what would you consider the fastest and most efficient gpm/psi pressure washer? What do you use now and how do you like it?

I've been using a 4.8gpm 3000psi Hydrotek unit. I recently had the opportunity to borrow a friend's rig to catch us up with work... a 4000psi 5.5 gmp unit and what a difference it makes. We generally can do about 1800' per hour and with his rig we're doing around 3000'.

I'm in the market a couple new rigs and am interested in what success you've had.

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Henry,

in Maryland what do you have to do to be able to use water from fire hydrants to fill your water tanks?

Do you need a permit?

Does the requirments differ from county to county?

Who do you contact to be able to use the water from a fire Hydrant?

Thanks

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Yes, you need a water meter from WSSC in our area and you can only use green and white hydrants. The meter is 75 for the rental and a 75 deposit. I'm not sure about needing a permit for different areas though, they never said anything about it to us when we get it every 6 months.

I use a hydro-tech surface cleaner, the one with the water broom and gum buster built into it.

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I use a 3500 psi/5.2 gpm unit and it goes pretty quick. I use 3.0 nozzles on the surfacer for 3000 psi, and general rinse/pop gum with a 5.5 nozzle for 3500 psi.

If I have a large amount of debris, I wish I had more gpm, but for the majority of things this is just fine. More gom equals more water on the waste side, so that is always something to consider.

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