My new Clean and recovery rig.

Rob, what type of vac. blower is that and what cfm?
 
Chris Tharpe said:
in this video there is alot of water skipping by not getting vacuumed up. Is that a mishap or just something you didn't catch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SlOVBOBzUs
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every time you go over a crack or uneven spot you lose your seal and water will exscape.
You have adjust it so it will pick up all the water and but still be easy to move.
If you lower it to much, you will not be able to move it.
 
Flojo ,I'm pretty sure when I first saw his rig it was a sutorbilt 5mp 500+ cfm @ 16" I think
 
El Flojo said:
Rob, what type of vac. blower is that and what cfm?
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Flojo
MP5 Sutorbilt - 500cfm - even a crack can affect your suction but with 500cfm I really dont have an issue with this - I have a website now http://www.usa-rose.com
Check out our Youtube link on the About us page - at the bottom of the page.
- I would be happy to discuss modifications to my SteelEagle to get it moving that fast.
 
Tomdurbin said:
Nice looking rig. Did you know that you can use that for hydro-excavation? Cities call it potholing. You can remove dirt rapidly from around valve boxes etc without damaging the boxes or any conduit. Hydro-Excavation macines are built with the same kind of tank. Hydro-excavation could boost your yearly sales by thousands. I noticed in another post that someone agreed that you could pump it to ground. That is fine if you are separating the solids and have a carbon clean up. Like you have. It is also fine do do as he suggested in some areas. However there are many areas around the country that have passed local ordinances against diverting unfiltered water into grassy areas. Usually areas with low water tables have zero tolerance of such infractions. So while I am sure that some of you can pump to ground without any treatment it would be a good idea to check out your local POTW to make sure you don't get caught holding the bag.
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You are right - potholing or daylighting utilities is just one of our capabilities - and guess what - no low ballers....just gotta do what they don't and you look again and you have a niche market. I am impressed you clearly know your stuff.
Rob Rose
www.usa-rose.com
 
Chris Tharpe said:
in this video there is alot of water skipping by not getting vacuumed up. Is that a mishap or just something you didn't catch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SlOVBOBzUs
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Yes I agree and I take the criticism - I was carried away with the video - if you can hear in the background the the sump pump was kicking in as the waste tank was almost full (150 gal). We normally don't let it fill up but on that job had to take our waste water away. We use 10 gpm of 200deg + hot water and you can probably see about a half a cup of water not being sucked up before we stopped. Check out video 1 for normal operation. We also have other videos on Youtube showing what 10 gpm of water looks like when not being vacuumed up in (just a few seconds of no vacuum) - looks bad but many people work for hours and hours without water recovery of any sort.
We stop the vacuum to demonstrate this.
Thanks for your interest.
Rob
 
Squirtgun said:
Rob,
I see that you recognize that water can be pumped to grassy areas after have solids and oil are removed.
I can move water around a property all day with sump pumps,filters and oil booms to remediate in grassy areas.However,there are those in the industry that claim this is not the proper way and sell fear to contractors and property owners.Basically they will come in and tell a PM "ABC pressure washing" doesn't have a $20k reclaim set up so you will get a fine if they are caught working on your property.It's pure crap and I personally think selling fear is a piss poor way to build a business or boost sales of equipment.Again,I'm not saying you are doing this,but that breed of contrator and equipment dealer is out there.
There are also those out there that think hauling waste water is accpetable,but we all need to remember the property owns the water and it's contaminants,we need to leave it on the property whenever posssible.
Loading it up in a tank and hauling it can get you a fine as well,unless you have a hazardous waste hauling permit.
I'm not the kind to drop the dime on others.I would rather take the time to educate them on what is need to get compliant.

You machine is off the hook.Super rig for sure.
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Thanks Scott - I really have a nice rig but anyone with a good wet/dry vac can do what I do - yes I can do it faster and go for longer periods before cleaning out our waste tank. On some jobs I have to clean out my vac chamber every day - on others I could run a week between clean out.
Which is the difference between my rig and a 5 gal wet/dry vac.
I agree with you about hauling waste water away with me - it is a rare thing
that I haul but if I am doing grease cleanup then I have to take the waste water with me - I charge for the service and I have used waste hauling contractors for this as well. My 10 gpm of hot water helps break down the grease before I suck it - we do recycle but to prevent cross contamination from 1 section of a job to the next and the added cost of extra oil socks for oil absorbing lets us favor hauling our waste away - at a cost of course.

As far as the fear selling my jobs - often when I get called to a job its because other contractors have turned it down for fear of being non compliant. Local counties have gone out of their way to put the fear of god into PM for relatively simple jobs. I have done jobs with up to five people monitoring the storm water drains to make sure there is total compliance. Enough fear to drive most contractors away for fear of failure I guess.
A small investment/some education and the playing field is open to all. Fear is the unknown...
Rob
 
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810f250 said:
Rob, thats 10 gpm through a 24" Surface cleaner, how many arms and what tips do you usually use?

Nice work!!
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Thanks - 4 arms 15025 or 25025 have used 25050 to lower the pressure but same hi temp flow (specialized jobs)- all low profile 1/8.
A couple of other mods are - custom built - double sealed roller bearing wheels - Permanently built in wand with swivels and short whip for spot blasting (gum/grease/rust etc) Those spots missed on the first go round but evident after surface cleaning.
Rob
 
Kory,
I have used that type of vac head before. It works great for a vacu boom, but it also is bad as an employee needing a break every hour so that it can cool down.
 
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