The Surface Cleaner
Ok first thing .. Get a metall 55 gallon drum
measure from top down 4 inches. and cut all the way around..
then get 4 peices of angle iron about 12" long and mount yur casters on the end of each peice of angle then line them up on the top of the drum ( make sure the casters will turn all the way around . mark the metal and drill your holes and mount them ( make sure the rear casters are far enough apart to hold up the barrel bottom .
Now measure the center ( from every angle Like 10 times) then drill a 1 1/8 inch hole in the dead center.. Mount swivel unit in the center..
Use lawnmower handle and brackets and mount to the top of the barrel at desired spot to get a comfortable feel when pushing..
Go to Pressure washer store and buy a whip hose and a gun ( or you can use a ball valve but the ballvalve has to be rated for high pressure.. either way the guns are $25 to$35 bucks.
Attach all this and run it up the handles and mount.
The bottom is tricky.
Get an ounce scale and go to the local hardware store sit down at the brass fittings..
What you want to do is measure from the tee that you have screwed on to the swivel underneath the unitand leave exactly 1 inch from the sides for both extensions.
I had to have 22 inches because the drum bottom was 23 inches across.
I mounted the tee on the swivel then i put the piping together .. ( not on the unit )
1 1/2 inch peice then coupling then 8 inch peice then elbow then nozzle.. made up both sides then weighed..I did this about 5 times till i came aout with the same weight for both sides.. Got home tightened everything down with teflon tape on all fittings and counted the turns on each threaded peice and weighed again .. the istalle both sides on the tee.I set the angle at 15 degrees on the nozzle to surface ( may have to adjust later ..All of this took about 2 days... the project has taken about a week because i kept tring other ideas besides the 55 gallon metal drum ... but when I finally decided on the drum about 2 days of labor and about 2 6 packs of michelob light.
It works great.
Test run ( cold water first ) Ran 10 minutes ( no problems)
Test run hot water ( no problems)
I am using 25 degree nozzles ( there are 2 1/2 's ) my machine calls for a # 4 nozzle
but by using a bigger nozzle (2.5 +2.5 nozzle =5 ) I am getting a little less heat and a little less pressure.
The heat is about 190 degress instead of 200
and about 2800 psi instead of 3000.
Getting about 4.5 gallons a minute..
going to put the second coat of paint on today then tonight at 10:30 in hattisburg we are going to give ( Old Yellow a test Run )
My buddy that is a cop pointe a radar at the under side of the surface cleaner during the test .. not sure about the 0 to 60 but we got a 77 mph rateing from the radar ..
( That can't be right)