Question about equipment

[Mike Sullivan 15]

Curious, I have ahd a minimum of 450 gallons on each of my rigs for about 10 years now. I have never once broken an axle, or had the trailer become disconnected. I do have pay attention to the spring hanagrs, because they will wear over time, and when I ran 7000 lb trailers I broke a spring or two, but never an axle.

That's great Scott! Murphy's law luckily doesn't apply to everyone.

Knowing my luck, if I tried carrying around 450-600 gallons on a trailer, I'd end up in the ditch or the bottom of the lake from failed brakes, axles, piano falling out of the sky, or an acme anvil, whatever.

[suzuki98 14]

According to the link you posted it is 3.5. Seems as though it is available in 5.6 gpm if you got he 2500 psi route. A much better option.

so if there are 2 units---Unit 1 3,500psi/4gpm=14,000

vs.

Unit 2 2,500psi/5.6 gpm=14,000

Unit 2 would be the better choice?

[One Tough Pressure 580]

2500/5.6 would be the better choice

[Rfitz 14]

I carry a 360 gallon tank for a 8 GPM and a 5.6 GPM, in my box truck, If we know we will be using both all day I never leave the office without 250 gallons in the tank, and fill the rest at the job site while setting up, most homes push out about 5 GPM so yo need tostay way ahead to keep up just do the math, Im pulling 13.6 a minute and the house is only giving me 5 GPM, sometimes we have to tap on to another house , but not too often and hope they are not home... :)

[DustinC 64]

Has anyone ever used a garden hose Y and run two hoses into the one supply/float tank hose.Most houses around here have two bibs.

[Richard 17]

Yes,we have also run two hoses to the tank,and run two 4gal machines of the same faucet.Seems there is a wide variance in the water supplies.

[Mike Sullivan 15]

so if there are 2 units---Unit 1 3,500psi/4gpm=14,000

vs.

Unit 2 2,500psi/5.6 gpm=14,000

Unit 2 would be the better choice?

Yep, Unit 2 is a much better choice.

Cleaning units is not always an accurate measurement. 2000-2500psi is plenty of pressure. What really speeds up your production is flow, more gallons per minute.

Especially house washing, since houses do not require much pressure to come clean. I only use high pressure on concrete and some brick.

Get a minimum of 5.6gpm. To max out your 13hp, AR makes a pump that runs at 7gpm @ 2000psi. Most of your time cleaning houses is rinsing. 5.6-7gpm makes a huge difference in your rinse time.

[Paul Kassander 26]

Yes definetly unit 2 the 5.6 gpm.

[suzuki98 14]

thanks miKe and Paul

[Paul Kassander 26]

Right on Mike. I bought a 10 GPM dual man that I have been using lately on structures and some building cleaning it is awesome and I don't really appear to bu using any more water because of the time it saves... I love that flow.

[Mike Sullivan 15]

Thanks Paul. Yeah 10gpm really rocks!

I recently hooked together my 5.5gpm and 5.0gpm 4000psi washers with a high pressure T and put new three new 3.5gpm nozzles on my concrete cleaner. WOW! What a difference, I cleaned a driveway yesterday in half the time! It feels like a completely different concrete cleaner, lighter, easier to move around from the force being doubled

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