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timhays

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After replacing 300 foot of high pressure hose,and a swivel that busted after last weeks ice storm,i tried to find a better way to prevent this from happening.
I have tried to integrate a suggestion made by others that incorporated a air chuck at the pump head to blow out water but found mounting location to be difficult on my rig.
I adapted this thing to the ball valve to the water tank and used it to blow all the water out of the entire system,from where it enters to the end of the high pressure hose,when i am done it simply unscrews and i hook the water tank back up.

hopefully someone else can find this useful.
 

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A couple of things
How do you get the water out from the bypass side of the unloader and bypass hose?
Did you reed that on runs of pressure hose over 200 ft should have a pulsation dampener?
Ask Scott Stone what can happen if you dont have one.
 
i would rather replace an unloader or hose than 300 foot of high pressure or a set of coils or pump. so the water left in those areas dont concern me much.

please share the info on the dampner you are referring to and what happened to scotts rig?
 
It wasn't Scotts rig, it was Scott.

I was washing and was pulling on the pressure hose, I just needed a couple of more inches,a nd the pressure in the hose spiked. The hose contracted, lifted all 245 lbs of me up in the air and through me about 10 feet, My arm was Black and blue from my wrist to my shoulder for about a month. Now if I here the presure spiking, I just drop the gun if I am fully extended. Then I walk 20 feet and pick it up.

Scott
 
As far as getting the water out of the unloader side, if you unhook the bypass hose and let it drain, it will help. This does not necessarily get the water out of the unloader, but if the bypass hose is not frozen it will save you precious time when you need to fire it back up the next time
 
I always thought you antifreeze your machine and then blow the air out of your hose and hose reel.

I have always found a way to keep our heated. Good heat tape works well. Wire it in with a male 3prong plug adapter on a convenient location on the rig and plug it in plug-it-in. :)

We also us RV antifreeze. We have never blown anything out.
 
To each his own,i tried the antifreeze trick for a while and didnt like it. if you blow out the machine along with the hoses in one step it would save time and antifreeze costs. as long as it saves your equipment from damage i guess there is no wrong way.
 
For us we use all of the above. The temp drop below zero allot in Michigan, so we must keep the washers from freezing. We heat the trucks and trailers in are shop at night. In the morning we go wash, when done washing we antifreeze the pumps and coils. Then blow out all the hoses, and go to the next job. We reuse the auto antifreeze and keep it in a tank. We add more antifreeze when it gets weak, for one year we use about 10 gallons, and use it year after year.

Terry
 
tim

your are correct.
If you shoot reg anti-freeze on the ground your damaging the envrioment. The rv/marine is very friendly[breaks down very easy]. That is why the tech suggest it.
cudo's to him.
I know cars leak that stuff everyday. Still dont make it right.
 
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