A.TRKWASH;169184 hey blaine nice video , i have a few questions ??? what do you guys do with your water runoff ??
It all depends on the situation. This place has an onsite detention pond which filters the runoff naturally. And since it's two stepped, the PH is close to neutral which helps. Ther are others that are bay washed, others matt washed, and others standard reclaimed. Ther is no one-size-fits-all in our area.
i know about the 2 step system as we use that in our rig. where your system and mine differ is that i use a remote control with a single hose . when you run your single gun with the two chemical hoses incorporated to it are you limited to a certain length of hose you can use??
Not limited, only by choice. Our most common length that we use is 100 feet, but we run as long as 150 per hose on some trucks. We found that the additional length doesn't benefit us a whole lot.
i have also noticed that alot of 2 step chemicals have a tendency to produce a slight foam due to the surfactants . in your #1 presoak acid are you using some hf in your products??
No, we quit using HF about 20 years ago due to the dangers. It is a great cleaner, but we just felt it wasn't worth the risks.
in the begining i was building a 2 step system that was very similar to yours where i was keeping everything at the gun . i can agree that its much easier on your equipment but i was engineering something with dema and the hose length became an issue when i wanted like 250 ft of hose...
Hose length wouldn't be problem for us. I just wouldn't want something that long. We do couple 2 hoses together for special jobs which would put us over 200 feet, and it performs wihout a hiccup.
here in ny we have the idling law i dont know all the details about it but it looks like your raising your idle on your truck so im assuming ur running off the pto ...
Yes, it is PTO driven, so you don't have all of those gas engines to deal with and the problems to go with it, plus hauling around 2 kinds of fuel and the dangers of gas vapor near the open flame of the burners. I'm curious about the "idling" law that you mentioned. What do cement trucks, shredder trucks, and other trucks that us a PTO to perform their business do there? Technically, it's not idling since the truck is in service. And what is to be gained if 3 gas engines are running in its place using 3 times the amount of fuel as a diesel truck running at 900 RPM's? In addition to less fuel consumption hence less air pollution, you have a lot less noise pollution as well. Do you think it is geared more for trucks idling for no apparent reason to be idling?
i gotta say your pretty fluid with that pressure washer!! btw whats your gpms on your machine?? if i had to guess looks like 6-7
We're running at about 7.5 GPM per gun. Not too sure about the "fluid" part though. I don't wash as much as I used to...:smilewinkgrin: