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    12v Vs. 120v burner system

    Next month we are planning to upgrade our washers. So, I would like everyone's opinion on the advantages or disadvantages of the two systems. We currently have 120v systems that are separate for the washer(add-ons). We plan to purchase self contained hot water units.
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    Ladders

    We have used a 8ft step ladder, a 14ft step ladder, 16ft extension ladder, and a 32ft extension ladder. All of these we purchased. We also have an extension wand. We have found that sometimes a ladder works better that the extension wand, it lets you get closer. But we also had a storage...
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    Help Help Help Help!!!!! DNB-1430 or Power Stroke

    We have been using DNB-1430 for the last year and we have not yet come upon a cleaning job that it has not worked on. We always do test patches and have had to very the dilution ratio, but in the end it has done what we needed it to do.
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    What size water tank do you carry??

    I have read all of the post so far and I have to agree with most of them. You must look at to gross vehicle weight of your trailer and the truck pulling it. We just added our third unit and it is a 16x6.5 tandem trailer. Our other two are cube vans. We have 525 gallon tanks in them. This was...
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    aluminum brightner thru downstream????

    Dan We use a premixed solution pumped through a Flojet pump with 125'x3/8 hose. On Saturday I and my two step-sons are able to wash 65 garbage trucks with alum. tanks. I have found that if you can find a good chemical and mix it to 10% stronger than the directions indicate you will have a good...
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    REJECTION!!!

    In our area over the last year we have had to contend with what I personally call "weekend warriors". These are the guys that will do fleet washing for 1/3 the price, or a deck for .50 sq ft. This past year we lost 14 customers to these guys. But as I have read in prior postings(and I totally...
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    Diesel or kerosene

    I have found that kerosene burns much cleaner, but I can't beat the price that I can get for off-road diesel. I find that I don't lose the temps that I lose when using kerosene.
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