water tank fill up?

G

greenturtle05

New member
Where do you guys get your water from, to fill up your tanks?
 
Not sure what you mean?
 
Most jobs I connect to their supply and use their water, hauling water is heavy, can bend axles, burn more fuel and other issues that are not necessary.
 
I fill up at the client's location and always keep 80 or so gallons in my 325 gallon tank so I don't have to wait long prior to starting my engines after arriving on site.
 
WE have water filling stations in our city but often fill up with a tap either at our place or a customers while working. We carry up to 1200 gallons in our units.
 
interested to read this post. I see the pictures of you guys with your big rigs with big tanks and running big GPM pressure pumps. I have a 3000psi/22ltr [5gal]/minute pressure pump with a 45ltr tank mounted on the unit. Suites me just fine and I fill off the customers supply. Just haven't felt a need to carry gallons of water or have huge amount of water in reserve. you guys tend to do things on a far grander scale for some reason. All of my kit fits on a 6foot by 4foot trailer and I pull it with my 1800cc Toyota. my machine burns more gas than my car on an average week.
 

Attachments

  • SAM_3087.JPG
    SAM_3087.JPG
    148 KB · Views: 40
  • DSC00057.jpg
    DSC00057.jpg
    1.1 MB · Views: 50
WASH-IT H.B. said:
interested to read this post. I see the pictures of you guys with your big rigs with big tanks and running big GPM pressure pumps. I have a 3000psi/22ltr [5gal]/minute pressure pump with a 45ltr tank mounted on the unit. Suites me just fine and I fill off the customers supply. Just haven't felt a need to carry gallons of water or have huge amount of water in reserve. you guys tend to do things on a far grander scale for some reason. All of my kit fits on a 6foot by 4foot trailer and I pull it with my 1800cc Toyota. my machine burns more gas than my car on an average week.
Click to expand...

Thats awesome. things so small you could move it around by hand. If all you are doing is house washes then thats all you need. do you do condos or multiple unit buildings?
 
junker1 said:
Thats awesome. things so small you could move it around by hand. If all you are doing is house washes then thats all you need. do you do condos or multiple unit buildings?
Click to expand...
I do a little commercial work. usually single storey. I will do up to 3 storey. bulk of my work is domestic Soft wash homes flat surface work. Don't do roof work, gutter line to foundations only. We have BS health and safety laws here in NZ that make doing roof work on your own all to hard so I stay away from it. Yes it is an easy trailer to work with. Got jockey wheel on the drawbar and the load is that well balanced I can move it with one hand.
 
WASH-IT H.B. said:
interested to read this post. I see the pictures of you guys with your big rigs with big tanks and running big GPM pressure pumps. I have a 3000psi/22ltr [5gal]/minute pressure pump with a 45ltr tank mounted on the unit. Suites me just fine and I fill off the customers supply. Just haven't felt a need to carry gallons of water or have huge amount of water in reserve. you guys tend to do things on a far grander scale for some reason. All of my kit fits on a 6foot by 4foot trailer and I pull it with my 1800cc Toyota. my machine burns more gas than my car on an average week.
Click to expand...


I think many of the guys who have larger trucks and water capacities do it out of need. If we could go 30 mins offroad to wash logging equipment in the middle of nowhere without water source we'd love to. Unfortunately for us water is usually an issue. The other reason for carrying water to the site is image. If we pull up with a small unit then they usually don't feel the need to pay the rates as often times those types of equipment can be rented locally. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying your equipment isn't sufficient but often times the customer sees it differently.
 
Stuart, that's a very efficient set up you have there. I guess when one builds their set up it should be sized to their specific need in order to get the job done correctly and as quickly as possible for maximum profitability.

I to am looking at making our units more compact......but I don't think they'll be as compact as yours............Very Nice.
 
WASH-IT H.B. said:
I do a little commercial work. usually single storey. I will do up to 3 storey. bulk of my work is domestic Soft wash homes flat surface work. Don't do roof work, gutter line to foundations only. We have BS health and safety laws here in NZ that make doing roof work on your own all to hard so I stay away from it. Yes it is an easy trailer to work with. Got jockey wheel on the drawbar and the load is that well balanced I can move it with one hand.
Click to expand...
sweet!! It make money thats what i like. true some traiers ae so whaked out. I think Rons rigs are pretty compact also. machine, small tank couple hose reals and a surface cleaner. build it for what you are doing thats all.
 
CL Scott said:
Mostly the clients water source, although I have stopped at a few fire stations when necessary. They never seem to mind, and love talking about water pumps, equipment, etc.
Click to expand...

That's a new one. I've thought about going to a fire station a few times but just never acted on it. Normally I don't have any problems getting water.
 
I filled up at a fire station o e time and it wasn't a problem, went back tothe same fire station (different worker on duty) said they couldn't fill up my tank. That's why I was wondering where most of you guys fill up at. Thanks for the response guys.
 
Up here the taps are only running April-October, otherwise they are turned off.

Other reason for a large tank, I can do a very long day without having to refill. Just about all my sites have no water hookups, and having to fill up in between jobs can be a real pain. I did run with a smaller tank at one time, but I got sick of running out of water on site. With the big truck I can do larger jobs, run multiple guns, and speed things up when needed by pushing up the gpm. The biggest downside is the fuel bill and maintenance on certain things are a tad more.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top