the_GUNN_man
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Anyone ever bought one of those Hydro Cannon Skids from E'SPEC? I was thinking of buying the 3000 psi 10 gpm with setup for dual guns. Any info would be appreciated.
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with a GPM of 10 where are you getting the water supply?
600 gal of water in 1 hour.
600 gal of water plus tank = about 5800 lbs plus equipment and chems
2 sep. wash units 2 spigots less problems with supply
if one brakes you have the other
do you have the time and money to go to the 3 day school to learn how to work on the hydro-cannon? I would'nt buy one unless i could go.
just some things to think about. good luck
with a GPM of 10 where are you getting the water supply?
600 gal of water in 1 hour.
600 gal of water plus tank = about 5800 lbs plus equipment and chems
2 sep. wash units 2 spigots less problems with supply
if one brakes you have the other
do you have the time and money to go to the 3 day school to learn how to work on the hydro-cannon? I would'nt buy one unless i could go.
just some things to think about. good luck
the_GUNN_man
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I mainly do commercial brick washing of new masonry. I can easily get 10 gpm. Actually the source I am using now spits out 25 gpm and that is through a 3/4" hose. I already have 2 other p/w's a 3500 psi 4 gpm and a 4000 psi 5.5 gpm. I am looking into hiring other people since I cannot keep up with my other work. I need a machine that can handle volume. I stay on my brick jobs so I want to get a machine that cranks out a lot. I need two machines minimum on this job. That is why I thought it would be nice to have one big machine to handle it. I will use my others machines to do the smaller jobs. The 5.5 gpm I have works nice but the 4 gpm is just a little too small. I do not run a tank. I know that it would be hard to run that type machine off of a tank. I use about 4500 gallons a day. What would be the problems working on a hydro cannon? I have someone service my equpiment for me. It is cheaper to have someone work on my equipment then it is to try and fix it myself. I rent equipment when mine breaks down. Washing brick can bring in $3500+ a week so it is cheaper to have someone else fix it and rent another and keep working.
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Gunn man,
I believe in high volume for washing but if you are going
to split the volume between two operators ( 2 guns) I would suggest
2 machines possibly 2 5.5 @ 3500 PSi rigs, that way when you have
one go down as you inevitably will have, the other will still be going and
can finish the days job!
I think if you were to run a 8 or 10 GPM @ 2000 -3000 psi rig you would
never want to go back to a 5 or 5.5 gpm machine.
We are setting up a flat bed truck with two 8 gpm @ 3000 PSI Terminators
this week! The customer is hooked on the effectiveness of cleaning with a
higher volume. (He also has a 725# gallon water tank that will feed the two
pressure washers.)
I believe in high volume for washing but if you are going
to split the volume between two operators ( 2 guns) I would suggest
2 machines possibly 2 5.5 @ 3500 PSi rigs, that way when you have
one go down as you inevitably will have, the other will still be going and
can finish the days job!
I think if you were to run a 8 or 10 GPM @ 2000 -3000 psi rig you would
never want to go back to a 5 or 5.5 gpm machine.
We are setting up a flat bed truck with two 8 gpm @ 3000 PSI Terminators
this week! The customer is hooked on the effectiveness of cleaning with a
higher volume. (He also has a 725# gallon water tank that will feed the two
pressure washers.)
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I agree with the two machine option. Also you may want to look at providing plumbing so that you can run two machines through one gun when you have only one operator. I got some feedback on this concept a couple of weeks ago on this or another bb. Basically run outlet from two unloaders to the inlet(s) of a third unloader, outlet to gun. A 21 gpm/4000 psi should work nicely.
This would give you advantages stated above, plus one set of spare parts would serve as back up for two machines, not one.
I also clean brick. I think the high gpm concept should work well for the pre-rinse and post rinse, but I think it would beat me to death during the PWing.
This would give you advantages stated above, plus one set of spare parts would serve as back up for two machines, not one.
I also clean brick. I think the high gpm concept should work well for the pre-rinse and post rinse, but I think it would beat me to death during the PWing.