Freezing climate - What do you do in Winter?

tomtucson

tomtucson

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In the bitter cold states, what do pressure washers do in the winter?
 
Re-circ and heat

I run a re-circulating pump to keep the water moving through the system, insulated my trailer and heat it with wall mounted electric heaters. I have redundant systems in case one fails over night. This past winter really tested my systems, dang it was cold.
 
I was thinking along the lines of what flat-workers (word I learned here) do for income when its too cold to put water on the sidewalk? I've heard that water stops being a liquid and turns into a hard slick substance in some far away places.
 
We have a special anti freeze system built onto our washer. We also store them in climate controlled warehouses/garages when not working. Russ taught me a good trick as well. You can buy a grill cover and put it over your unit - if you find one big enough - and then keep a heating pad bungeed around your pump....If you have a generator built into your washer just use that as your electric supply -

But to answer more of your question - we dont pressure wash much in the winter, we plow!
 
I only lose about 30 days on average, but this winter I lost about 45 to 50 days cause of the cold.
 
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