Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: www.mrgutters.co.uk on January 30, 2011, 05:11:25 pm
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Hi guys
After running two bigger vans since 2007 I've decided I don't need 650 litres of water or the running costs or insurance repairs etc of the relay or the transit I previously had so I downgraded .
Btw not finished with the protecta cote just needed to work tomorrow so it's not fully finished but here goes
Sorted the new van out over the weekend
2002 vauxhall combo . A 350 litre tank 1 x 40ft carp pole wfp 100m microbore
4l min shurflo . 12ft pole from cleaning spot .
Merlin arrives Monday or Tuesday . Then just need a booster pump .
Btw the straps are temporary until thurs as I'm having angle iron cage made but he won't finish until Thursday .
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r87/mk6transit/cabcc3a4.jpg)
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r87/mk6transit/ff61ed58.jpg)
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whats with all the morta tubes then?????????
pretty basic but ok i suppose
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What more do I need pure water pump battery and poles and hose
;-)
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i would of stuck with the transit not much running cost for the space in one
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just not much going on there, no ladders no pvc cleaner no cloths no spares no fixing brackets, no cleaning solutions, not alot really i could go on and oooonnnnnn
off now, night night
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HI Shawn ,would you be so kind and tale a photo from the side doort in onto the tank. I would like to see the space between the doo and the tank. Thanks Mate.
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To the replies above fair enough it not some 10 k system for diesel heater but I use to lug the 40 ro around with 19 litre DI vessel and having the big van meant I just had so much stuff in it .. Tha I was not using . So tbh it's quite nice it all being simple .. PVC wash never used it and never needed to . My round is commercial and I sub a couple days a week off someone so I don't need loads of stuff . I will take a pic with the clothes in . Mine are what color are yours ;-) .... Lol
It was going to be a progress thread and to show anyone who was considering the same van and tank setup what it's like .
For those that would like to see i will post pics as and when things change .
Shawn
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r87/mk6transit/d059a2c6.jpg)
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i've got a combo van with same tank as you, i dont lug around a 40" ro and tonnes of gear you dont need, i think the combo is an ideal van for a single operator cheap to run and plenty of space for gear,
keep it simple you got it right shawn. which engine you got in yours? and what sort of mpg you getting?
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hi mate
i just got it , thing is i earn really good hourly rates but i dont work everyday and just like to keep things simple best way :-) for me that is.
i have the 1.7 di on a 52 plate only had it since thursday last week but i was getting like 25mpg max on my relay.
and i was lugging around things i did not need plus i use to do bigger commercial stuff that needed 3 guys hence the 3 seater transit and relay . but i have found i have less hassle or agro working on my own. and earn the same sometimes even more
just put £10.00 diesel in when i got it as i had that spare after paying for the van. and i have driven 70 miles and still have a bit left.
they are great little vans.
shawn
but will fill her up this week and see what i get tank to tank
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What more do I need pure water pump battery and poles and hose
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Exactly.
Pure water at the brush, job done. ;)
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SIMPLE IS GOOD ;D
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SIMPLE IS GOOD ;D
dont you know it as well smithy ;)
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defiantly, dealing with you stalking me, :P
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defiantly, dealing with you stalking me, :P
:P :P :P :-* :-* :-* :-*
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how much is the tank cage costing you mate
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like you say mate keep it simple,why have a van full of cr*p what you only use once a month,some folk wont be impressed unless you spent your life saving on a system
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40 quid for a deposit on the steel then he said between 30 -40 when finished
not powder coated but will hammerite it
shawn
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I cleared out my Movano over the weekend, out came the guttervac and fittings/ hose, generator, some spare poles and it drives like a different van. Much lighter and loads of spare space. I just need to convince myself I can live with a 400 litre tank and I will be downsizing too. Very sensible Shawn.
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How you getting on with it shawn...i wants one ;)
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sensai lwc, get a combo there great vans i've got one and i love it, there great vans
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I dont need something big, ive measured my mates combo, my 400 will fit in it tidy and most of all i need better mpg. Im getting about 30 - 40 miles out of a tenner at mo, its about 20 mpg!
I would like a side door to as id have one reel at back and other on side. Seems the perfect little wfp van imo
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400l upright doesnt fit in a combo c, 350 does which is what i have, i get about 29mpg out of mine if i drive it gently and thats on lpg which is 65p litre so its really cheap to run