[arkjarhead]

Phil are you going to keep the pressure washer on the truck? I mean have said it yourself you only go home a couple of times a year. How long would it take you to get your money's worth out of a pressure washer? I mean it's your money do with it as you wish, but if I stayed out as much as you and your wife do I wouldn't be making that type of investment in something I hardly ever use. There is nothing wrong with how you work, just don't see where having equipment that is barely used makes sense.

I will say one thing though I like the hot water option. Both place I worked that had pressure washer had them with hot water. Seems the hot water gets the oil and grease of better. Trust me if you are running a Detroit it will get oily sooner or later.

[Dispatched]

Originally Posted by Broompilot

Thank you Greg, since I never agree with Phil anyway

BROOM -

In all seriousness, I've always held a great deal of respect towards you & your post often contain meaningful information. You're obviously a seasoned driver who actually knows the ropes and it shows. Please don't divert your positive input by joining the ranks of the "Mega-Poster / Stalker". You have way to much respect around here to lower yourself to G's level.

[ATeam]

Originally Posted by arkjarhead

Phil are you going to keep the pressure washer on the truck? ... There is nothing wrong with how you work, just don't see where having equipment that is barely used makes sense.

It seems Broompilot's rant has readers believing something incorrect. Nowhere in my post did I say I planned to use a pressure washer on my truck, or any truck for that matter. People have lots of reasons for buyng pressure washers.

There is a noteworthy differnce in behavior demonstrated here. I express an interest in buying a pressure washer and Broompilot makes faulty assumptions and rushes into a more-money-than-brains rant about it. In contrast, arkjarhead politely and respectfully requests additional information. Arkjarhead's approach serves forum members better.

[greg334]

Well Phil, you are right you didn't say a word about the truck and my post was not even remotely directed at you.

I have a cheap $150 that has served me well for 10 years, use it to clean my driveway and sometimes when my trucks (Dodge trucks) would get full of mud, I would wash them down. I also have to do the yearly clean out the ditch so water would flow thing with the power washer, it cuts the mud rather well. I wash my truck at a truck wash or if I am around one of them do it yourself RV washes, I run it in there.

My point about show cars, I mean the ones with the $8000 paint jobs not the hacked together rat rod thing, you don't use an abrasive on the paint and pressurized water is an abrasive that that pressure. Hand wash the car on a cloudy day with good soap and water.

[Turtle]

We've got a DeWalt 3800 with the Honda GX engine and Cat pump. It's gnarly. Cleans the aluminum siding on the house and outbuldings in a flash, the wood patio deck, not to mention the vehicles and the horse stalls. Comes with 5 heavy duty quick-change nozzles, and I got the heavy duty rotating nozzle to go along with them (pretty much replaces the 5 nozzles with one nozzle). It gets a surprising amount of use between me and my brother and stepdad, in-laws, friends, neighbors. It's bullet proof. It's more of a higher end Prosumer model, with commercial grade pump and engine, nozzles and steel-braided hose. I think it was about $1000 at Home Depot.

[arkjarhead]

I agree completely Phil a pressure washer has so many uses. When I was a teen we had to wash our wooden privacy fence. We had an electrical one and it worked great for wooden fences,cars, vinyl siding, and drive ways. I guess I just assumed that you were going to use it to wash your truck. Another example of why you should never assume things.

[davekc]

Phil,
Probably could have eliminated half the posts had you mentioned what your intent was. Since it is a trucking site, ones first thought would likely be that is was going to be used for a truck.

We have one but have only used it on a truck maybe half a dozen times at best. Mostly use it for farm equipment and horse trailers. Real handy for either one of those.
We have the same or simlar one to Turtle's.

[pelicn]

For the most part, we use our pressure washer for general cleaning around the house. We've used it on the truck, but found that a truck wash is more efficient than we are.
What I have discovered, is that it does an excellent job at washing the rugs we have in the truck. I just lay them out on the driveway an spray the heck out of them. It fluffs up the carpet fibers an gives them a good deep cleaning.

[ATeam]

Originally Posted by davekc

Phil,
Probably could have eliminated half the posts had you mentioned what your intent was. Since it is a trucking site, ones first thought would likely be that is was going to be used for a truck.

With the moderators' full blessings, this forum, including the General Forum, is full of posts that have nothing to do with expediting, trucking or the business. No member needs to be a mind reader and predict how other people will perceive one's intent, especially when the posts are not personal and totally on topic; as my simple request for pressure washer info was.

Such an inquiry does not deserve to be twisted into a Code-of-Conduct-violating, more-money-than-brains rant and a personal attack. The thread was about pressure washers. Broompilot made it personal and took it down a negative path. Those kinds of rants discourage people from asking questions in a place where questions are otherwise encouraged.

Certain members would do well to pause and remember that the ways that are right for them are not the ways that are right for everyone. If people do things different than you, that does not make them stupid or wrong.

[Dynamite 1]

as far as you never use a pressure washer on a show car, you are rite. never get up close and blast it, but since most never get extremely dirty, if you keep your distance the nice fine mist that all produce when you stand back is actually less pressure than the tipical garden hose even when it is on a fan spray, but you are definatly rite never blast it. some of the cars in our group have have even more expensive in terms of the time to paint and finish than 8000.00 dollars. you seem to appreciate old stuff greg, we have a guy who has a pair of old woodies a 47 + 48 a town and country convertible which there are only very few left and a buick wagon with a really neat camping option.

[greg334]

Originally Posted by Dynamite 1

as far as you never use a pressure washer on a show car, you are rite. never get up close and blast it, but since most never get extremely dirty, if you keep your distance the nice fine mist that all produce when you stand back is actually less pressure than the tipical garden hose even when it is on a fan spray, but you are definatly rite never blast it. some of the cars in our group have have even more expensive in terms of the time to paint and finish than 8000.00 dollars. you seem to appreciate old stuff greg, we have a guy who has a pair of old woodies a 47 + 48 a town and country convertible which there are only very few left and a buick wagon with a really neat camping option.

I understand what you are saying but many would blast the finish with high pressure and that all she wrote. The water is one issue but the other is with the air flow, there are fine particles that are picked up and with a dark finish, like a rubbed out black or dark blue, it can give you fine chips in the surface and ruin the work.

$8000 was being conservative but again I see people who dump $15k into a paint job on a hack hot rod which is not even metal finished, so I come from the old school that serious restoration is much much harder than cut and pasting a car. Not that I hat hot rods, I just can't bring myself to destroying a rare car to make a quick buck.

I had a 48 T&C and a 37 Packard Wagon in the past, I know about the wood issue, hand wash only. The T&C was a 'barn' find with 7000 miles on it.

[Refer Hauler]

I have a Craftsman 3000 psi with a 7 Hp honda engine bought it during a Fall/winter closeout sale on lawn stuff. think I paid around $275 for it. It was new and had full warranty.
Look at Landa or Hotsy brands ($$$$) they have some good attachments and cleaners

I dont really wash the truck with it very much but have cleaned off the frame rails and undercarriage a time or two,mostly to get the winter salt and grime off.

Neighbor has a 1500 psi unit, not enough power in my opinion. He used mine to strip his deck before refinishing

[Crazynuff]

Sorry I didn't get back sooner . I had 2 units - a 3,000 psi Xcel with a 500 gallon tank mounted in an 18' Mercedes straight truck I bought from Ryder and a 2,000 psi Hotsy with a 100 gallon tank in an F-250 pickup . The Hotsy was adequate for most jobs . I would rent the rigs to the mud racers when they came around with the monster trucks every year as well as mud boggers at county fairs . There's a wide variety of chemicals available . Grainger sells both the washers and chemicals Janitorial & Painting > Chemicals > Automotive Cleaners and Protectants > Vehicle Wash,5 Gal : Grainger Industrial Supply . I liked buying from Grainger because the prices are good and they give full info including the MSDS . You want biodegradable products if possible . It's most economical to brush the chemicals on rather than use chemical injection on the washer . It wouldn't hurt to keep a spare hose . Burst hoses can be repaired at shops selling and servicing hydraulic hoses . I'd watch eBay and local auctions for a good buy . When there is a chance of freezing weather run windshield washer fluid through the machine and hoses .