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After 6 very busy years, stripped down the old trailer today and moved all equipment over to a brand new 6x12 tandem axle trailer with brakes on both axles this time (instead of just rear axle). The original hot box frame was falling apart and I took off the new Kohler engine and pump that were...

I am buying a new 6x12 tandem axle trailer this week and building a new setup and my local supplier suggested a galvanized trailer to consider. It's $800 more than the one I pull now. Anyone have one? Would it be worth the extra money? Thanks!

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Yesterday, I installed a Tiny-Tach on my new Kohler Command Pro 19 HP model # CH620. What does the RPM need to be running at no-load with belt drive? It doesn't say it in the owner's manual. Also, what should the RPM reading be for a Vanguard 18 HP engine with a gear reducer attached to a 1450...

Hey guys. Both my 18-hp Vanguards are seriously leaking oil. One is a 6 year old belt-drive hot water skid with who knows how many hours (the burner only has 320 hrs on it) and the other is a 2 year old cold water gear-drive with 920 hours. My mechanic is suggesting an engine replacement on...

Now that we are 5 weeks booked out, today started with a blown hose. A six week old Goodyear busted right in the middle. On our 4th house today, one of the surface cleaners quickly lost about half its pressure. Walked back to our main unit and I see oil running over the gas tank below and can...

We are off to our best start ever due to some bigger commercial jobs finally coming our way. Starting off with a large St Augustine Beach 3-story condo complex including all concrete and detached garages (pic 1), a 300,000+ s.f. roof cleaning project in Palm Coast (pic 2), started the St...

I thought I would start a thread to provide a review of a few roof pumps that I have used over the past three years. Any review of a particular pump would be welcome. I started in the roof cleaning business 3-4 years ago with a Delevan 5800 roof kit from Bob. While the setup and service were...

My wife will be making a series of specific type YouTube videos. The one below is the roof cleaning one. Others for commercial, residential, pool enclosures and concrete will follow. We are also starting to blog for the first time and added a blog tab on our website...

Hey guys. I am interested in taking on something a little different for me...gutter clean out. I have almost always passed on cleaning out gutters but now have a chance (with a willing employee) to bid on a regular scheduled clean out for several condo complexes. This job is to just clear the...

Hey guys, I am considering selling my rig and using the proceeds to buy a new trailer and convert over to an 8 gpm setup and add a roof setup. My question is what do you think I can get for this setup listed on here, Craigslist and eBay? Everything is just over 5 years old and has been garaged...

Today, I added a few new items to each of my surface cleaners -- a Christmas present to my team: My 5 year old BE model had it's second BE swivel fail this past week. Rather than changing it out with a new BE swivel, I converted it to a Mosmatic swivel and bar and then added 4 new castor...

I am interested in buying a serious roof cleaning setup. Most of the jobs will be single gun setup but also want a dual gun setup as I have a large job ahead where having two guys spraying at the same time on these large commercial roofs would be very efficient. So I am looking at either: two...

Had a bottle of sodium hydroxide laying sideways on the garage floor under some other tools. Lid was taped on and a small snake must have ventured into my garage and crawled between lid and tape and got stuck on the tape. I was a little surprised when organizing my garage this afternoon.

I am bidding on the cleaning of a commercial building that includes the cleaning of it's tile roof. Nothing unusual here except after cleaning, the client wants a quote on applying a clear sealer to the tile roof. Anyone seal a tile roof after cleaning it? What are the pros and cons? Thanks...

A client of mine sealed there own brick paver driveway two weeks ago and used the sealer shown in the picture. The sealer was rolled and brushed on by the homeowner. The next day, the entire driveway was cloudy white and no longer a beautiful red brick. They ran out of sealer with one small...

New Mexico court documents state that Eckert was driving out of Wal-Mart in Deming when he failed to fully stop at a parking lot stop sign. He was immediately pulled over. When he stepped out of his vehicle, an officer reported that he appeared to be clenching his buttocks. That fact was...

While cleaning the sidewalks at an condo complex this week, my employee noticed that my Steel Eagle surface cleaner wasn't cleaning very well. I put a PSI gauge on and it showed only 2,600 psi. Turned over to replace the nozzles and noticed that the spray bar had worn down into one of the...

Hey guys. The picture shows a foot print stain from someone walking on these NEW steps. There are six total stains like this. The stain is from someone walking on a fresh asphalt covering sprayed onto a parking lot and then up the steps. Can this be removed without further damaging the new...

My company earned the contract to regularly clean the St Augustine Amphitheatre which is an awesome venue here in NE Florida. This was our second time to clean this facility, which had to look perfect for tonight's sold out Alabama concert. Roughly 4,000 seats, a food pavilion area, ticket...