Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Steven Butler on November 09, 2014, 09:24:29 pm
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Can anyone recommend a good set up to use from a car (vauxhall zafira) so a decent size. Maybe a trolley system...?
Its not full time just an add on to carpets. Be happy making £100/200 a month so dont want too many customers. (yet!)
Appreciate any advise please. ta
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Advice:
Don't
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Buy a van.
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its going to be a ball ache but yes barrels and a trolley you could or even a small size tank,seen it done a few times
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I know plenty who have done it. It's not for me, but yes you can.
Have a compact ro system set up at home, then just go out to work with water barrels, backpack, and a pole.
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find out the pay load if your gonna use trolly system. then weight with fuel and pasenger and tools etc,not forgetting your self
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Cheers for the fast replies...no messing!
I was just thinking its a good way to try it out then if i like it and it works out then look at upgrading??
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A volvo estate works well, a guy on here has a £25 min charge and does £500 a day on average using his harris pole all from a volvo estate.
you upgraded from that robin reliant then nick :P :P :P :P :P :P :P
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Personally wouldn't go this route, at best buy a small trailer and add a tank reel and pump, or have barrels and backpack.
Less lifting/easier access this way, and unlikely to ruin the inside of your car
Darran
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Get a van diy a system
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obviously ideal world use a van, if not your zafira will work
If you need it for other reasons apart from window cleaning
you can use barrels and get a pump box with pump battery and controller
and get a reel of microbore and use as a mini van system.
Or buy a backpack or do both..get some rubber matting to cover areas
being used(spills etc)
I use an astra estate carries 8 barrels in boot easily enough so you
will have no problem with zafira.
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Gary, serious question - by 8 barrels do you mean 25ltr barrels?
Spread out or just in the boot area with the back seats down?
There's a 17 year old kid I speak to who does just shops in central Brighton who has just passed his test and has just bought an Astra Estate.
He's up at 4.30 am every morning and at work by 5.30am. Done by 10am. Ye Gods. :o
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If you don't want much work find some oap bungalows and do them trad .Can be done out back of car I am using a mondeo estate at mo after being stitched up with last van. I use a home made trolley and 4 barrels trarpaulin in back to protect boot or you could use a ladder
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Gary, serious question - by 8 barrels do you mean 25ltr barrels?
Spread out or just in the boot area with the back seats down?
There's a 17 year old kid I speak to who does just shops in central Brighton who has just passed his test and has just bought an Astra Estate.
He's up at 4.30 am every morning and at work by 5.30am. Done by 10am. Ye Gods. :o
easily get 8x 25 ltr barrels in plus two packs and a box of trad stuff in boot
area
Most of my work is within a couple of miles of home just pop home and refill if
and when necessary.
Sod the 4:30 malarkey ;D
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Trolley or backpack be ideal for you with some barrels...you dont need a van especially with the low amount of work you plan to do.
A van of course is nice but your Zafira will be fine. I used to use a ford galaxy, only reason i got rid was because it was thirsty, 2.3 petrol oops lol
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Use one of those plastic truffs the builders use to mix plaster in as a base so as to catch the water leaks you might have. A Lad in my area used one and just had a pump and small 12 v battery 12 amp hour which be charged from the liter unit in the car/ He had the water in four 25 liter drums with the hose through the lid of one which he changed when empty.
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Tried it - twice.
Don't.
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Just found some pics. I wrapped the back windows...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/VWSaxon/IMG00261-20100813-0720.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/VWSaxon/galaxyset.jpg)
Honestly, it worked just as well as a van.
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Iv worked out of allsorts lol, i had a trailer on the back of a Suzuki swift sport lol
Had a trolly in a stripped out Renault clio
A mk3 Astra estate also went out for a day in the galexy in the pic all were simple enough and worked just fine tho the Clio was a bit of a joke. I got into using vans just out of personal preference and im now working alot more than i used to. Tho if something happened to my van id have no problem using an estate car for a period of time
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Thanks everyone for your advise/opinions.
LWC thanks for the pics, exactly what i was looking for. If you get a minute is there any chance you can email a list of what i would need for the same set up as that please. No rush.
stevenbutler06@btinternet.com
Thanks
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400 litre flat tank
Hoselock reel and gardiners micro more hose
70 psi pro pump( eBay) £17 delivered
40 amp pwm controler and a 12v switch in a box all 3 bought seperste (eBay) £10 aprox
Standard hose couple Meyers
Shurflo pre pump filter ( eBay or caravan shop)
Jubilee clips
Some form of filtereation di vessel or small ro with a ibc or water buts 200litre x2
ex femail and male snap fittings
Some form of pole clx 18/22 gardiners ( good budget pole) use one myself now :)
Should be pretty well it
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i dont want to sound a snob or owt but it looks very amaturist get a van at least .first impretions count
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i dont want to sound a snob or owt but it looks very amaturist get a van at least .first impretions count
honest opinion domestic customers really dont care what we drive so long as they can see out of there windows, iv had nice vans and crap vans cars etc and they really dont care thats domestic i dont have any commercial so cant comment on that
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i dont want to sound a snob or owt but it looks very amaturist get a van at least .first impretions count
honest opinion domestic customers really dont care what we drive so long as they can see out of there windows, iv had nice vans and crap vans cars etc and they really dont care thats domestic i dont have any commercial so cant comment on that
I agree, that Galaxy worked great. Never hurt me
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i dont want to sound a snob or owt but it looks very amaturist get a van at least .first impretions count
honest opinion domestic customers really dont care what we drive so long as they can see out of there windows, iv had nice vans and crap vans cars etc and they really dont care thats domestic i dont have any commercial so cant comment on that
I agree, that Galaxy worked great. Never hurt me
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when i used my suzuki swift and a trailer i used to get some nice comments and my trailer was rough lol like LWC also said its never hurt me infact people used to come to my car window and ask me to do there house :)
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In fact...i probably picked up more domestic in that than i have ever done in a van...and domestic is bread and butter!
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Well MR David Fox i am not being a snob but your spelling is not the best,my thoughts are thats it is amateurish and creates a bad impression.
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Whatever works best for you...no one else can say any different
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But if you must have a van it has to be a 30k vw and should be equiped with ionic thermo latest system and 3 types of extreme pole. Anything less and you mite use a wheel barrow ;D
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But if you must have a van it has to be a 30k vw and should be equiped with ionic thermo latest system and 3 types of extreme pole. Anything less and you mite use a wheel barrow ;D
I wouldnt be seen dead in anything less