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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Perfect Windows on September 09, 2011, 06:37:17 pm
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Thinking of using my reels from inside the van rather than lugging in and out all day.
Just one question; what do you all do about running the hose sideways out of the van? Do you just pull round the corner and risk the van paintwork; do you pull away from the van then just pull the slack sideways or is there another way I've missed? How do you cope when you simply have to park nose towards the customer's house?
Any and all advice willingly received.
Thanks,
Vin
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If you only have rear doors just reverse in the best way that suits you for the job you will get use to it very quickly knowing where to park on which jobs
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I've got a van with side doors, Fiat Scudo brilliant piece OF KIT. If you wanted to pull your hose from the rear of the van then I am sure that you could get a metal frame made up to support the hose reel. Get it made of stainless steel & bolt it to the floor of the van. There's no need to drive nose in just reverse.
Rickster
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I have a fixed reel (2 bolts through the floor), its about parking the right way which takes some getting used to.
As said above you can use side doors and go the other way
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I got a fairlead from Gardiners,.. just cut a hole in the back door & fitted it. I run the hose our through the fairlead & have a good 180degrees of free movement from it. Easy peasy. ;D ;D
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I have made a wooden turntable which my reel is bolted to,
then i simply spin it in the direction of the work being done, left or right.
It stops the hose catching itself and trapping. whilst unwinding
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I got a fairlead from Gardiners,.. just cut a hole in the back door & fitted it. I run the hose our through the fairlead & have a good 180degrees of free movement from it. Easy peasy. ;D ;D
if he is worried about the paint work on the van I doubt he will cut a hole in the door ;D
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I got a fairlead from Gardiners,.. just cut a hole in the back door & fitted it. I run the hose our through the fairlead & have a good 180degrees of free movement from it. Easy peasy. ;D ;D
if he is worried about the paint work on the van I doubt he will cut a hole in the door ;D
True!
It has made my work so much easier though,.. and it means the van can be locked when I'm working too. :)
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if he is worried about the paint work on the van I doubt he will cut a hole in the door ;D
Not necessarily: worn paint will look awful; a properly fitted port won't. I'm writing the van off completely, so a port is irrelevant.
Vin
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If i was writting the van off then i'd drive it into a brick wall or off some cliffs ;D
obviously i'd jump out first with some luck on my side ;D
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Heres what i did .
Back door
Side door
Close up .
(http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa355/RNH325/DSCF0549.jpg)
(http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa355/RNH325/DSCF0550.jpg)
(http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa355/RNH325/DSCF0551.jpg)
Rich
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I got a fairlead from Gardiners,.. just cut a hole in the back door & fitted it. I run the hose our through the fairlead & have a good 180degrees of free movement from it. Easy peasy. ;D ;D
What is this? cant find it on their website
something like http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Roller-Fairlead-2500-3500lb-Winch-/290600310574?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Other_Vehicle_Parts_Accessories_ET&hash=item43a920d72e (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Roller-Fairlead-2500-3500lb-Winch-/290600310574?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Other_Vehicle_Parts_Accessories_ET&hash=item43a920d72e) ?
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I got a fairlead from Gardiners,.. just cut a hole in the back door & fitted it. I run the hose our through the fairlead & have a good 180degrees of free movement from it. Easy peasy. ;D ;D
What is this? cant find it on their website
something like http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Roller-Fairlead-2500-3500lb-Winch-/290600310574?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Other_Vehicle_Parts_Accessories_ET&hash=item43a920d72e (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Roller-Fairlead-2500-3500lb-Winch-/290600310574?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Other_Vehicle_Parts_Accessories_ET&hash=item43a920d72e) ?
http://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/acatalog/Hose_Reel_Accessories.html
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I got a fairlead from Gardiners,.. just cut a hole in the back door & fitted it. I run the hose our through the fairlead & have a good 180degrees of free movement from it. Easy peasy. ;D ;D
What is this? cant find it on their website
something like http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Roller-Fairlead-2500-3500lb-Winch-/290600310574?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Other_Vehicle_Parts_Accessories_ET&hash=item43a920d72e (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Roller-Fairlead-2500-3500lb-Winch-/290600310574?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Other_Vehicle_Parts_Accessories_ET&hash=item43a920d72e) ?
http://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/acatalog/Hose_Reel_Accessories.html
Thats the ones. Redashe do them as well, but gardiners are cheaper. ;)
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here is what ive done, carry on working knowing that everything is locked away
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some more
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some more
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and some more
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last one , system wouldnt let me load more than 2 photos
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Bet the local cats are confused!! ::)
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Going to put some flyers in the local Thai take away :)
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Hi Vin just been looking at your pics just a couple of points for you.
A. Have you sealed around the edge of the floor with silicone don't want any water getting under there.
B. The amount of pressure that is going to be put on those copper fixings when you reel in the hose, I don't think they will be substantial enough. As well as the hose rolling around the reel you also have the drag of the hose & the occassional snag up. I would have bolted through the floor using a metal plate & some stronger brackets.
I wouldn't like you to get giong & a few days later whoops!
I hope you don't think I am being a bit of a downer.
Regards
Rickster
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I'm looking to change the cat flap to petrol flap type opener.
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Thanks all, lots of useful stuff there.
As a tester, I'm just going to mount the reels onto a large sheet of 1" plywood that I'll tack dwon into the van. Its weight should hold it steady. Provided I like it there, I'll do something more permanent when I'm not so stupidly busy. It means I can mess about with the layout as well and decide if I need the van ports or not.
Thanks again,
Vin
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Don't come on here very often anymore, but it seems like this topic keeps resurfacing. My solution was this, IMO there is no better way around it. Sure it requires cutting a hole in the floor, but that is no problem whatsoever, even if you would sell the van, just cover it. No water from the rain ever comes in either. Little bit more road noise, but not too bad. Just need to mount the winch guide properly.
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=76893.0
Tweaked here and there but been using this for ages now, wouldn't be anywhere without it. For the last ~2,5 years I've never had the reel out of the van.
Got Gardiners new lightweight reel with 6mm microbore and I've got major backlash if I don't gradually slow it down, it rolls off that easily. Reels in effortlessly. Safes so much energy and time. Get the pole out, start walking.
Needs new rollers on the cabinet mount, needs ideally metal ones made up. The surface of the winch guide rollers looks a little worse for wear, but the plastic bearings are holding up just fine. Needed some ballbearing grease to stop some vibrating noise. Also upgraded the reel clamps for lockable clips that screwfix sells. Other then that it's working brilliantly still.
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Yes that's far better than mine tim, did you first try the gardiners roller in your rear bumper , or did you opt for the one fitted now first?
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Yes that's far better than mine tim, did you first try the gardiners roller in your rear bumper , or did you opt for the one fitted now first?
Yea I had that from the beginning, you have more pulling power with those big rollers. :)