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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: simon w on February 11, 2021, 10:41:40 pm
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Anyone know the name of the company in Swindon that manufacture plastic water tanks?
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Do you mean Steven scargill ??? He works for a firm called Toolcraft he made me a couple of tanks top notch work .
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Yea its toolcraft, I picked up a tank from them last week.
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Ionic
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Yes Toolcraft thanks. Are they still open for business with the old covid and all that?
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Yes Toolcraft thanks. Are they still open for business with the old covid and all that?
Yes they are, though I think Stephen scargill is off this week so there may be a small delay in orders. Mine took just under 3 weeks from order to pick up.
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The prices that Toolcraft charge are huge now, doubles what Steven used to charge. I went with EMPF, excellent quality and half the price of tool craft. I’m sure they have been recommended by Gardiners as well.
http://www.plasticwatertanks.co.uk/
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I've been using Wydale for the last 15 years. No problems so far.
https://www.wydaleplastics.co.uk/Pages/6/Wydale-Products.html
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The prices that Toolcraft charge are huge now, doubles what Steven used to charge. I went with EMPF, excellent quality and half the price of tool craft. I’m sure they have been recommended by Gardiners as well.
http://www.plasticwatertanks.co.uk/
Mine wasn't the cheapest at £1500 but its fully insulated, essentially a tank with a layer of insulation and a second tank built around it. Immersion element pre built into it as well as battery box and mounting plate for pump and controller. Also its frameless and easy to bolt to van floor.
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Neil at plastic water tanks knows his stuff people should give him a call when they want to know what a baffled tank is,he’s got some horror stories of vans deciding when on the motorway at the last minute to take the slip road and flip over lol.
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Neil at plastic water tanks knows his stuff people should give him a call when they want to know what a baffled tank is,he’s got some horror stories of vans deciding when on the motorway at the last minute to take the slip road and flip over lol.
I see your sensible posts from earlier today were just a temporary measure, normal service is resumed🗣💩😂
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I. Love. You. KS.
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Mine wasn't the cheapest at £1500 but its fully insulated, essentially a tank with a layer of insulation and a second tank built around it. Immersion element pre built into it as well as battery box and mounting plate for pump and controller. Also its frameless and easy to bolt to van floor.
Being frameless is not a feature you want. The frame is there for a reason (ie to keep 3/4 of a tonne of tank in place if you crash). The polypropylene mountings will snap like a rich tea biscuit in a crash.
Frameless = death trap
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Mines in a frame
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Mine wasn't the cheapest at £1500 but its fully insulated, essentially a tank with a layer of insulation and a second tank built around it. Immersion element pre built into it as well as battery box and mounting plate for pump and controller. Also its frameless and easy to bolt to van floor.
Being frameless is not a feature you want. The frame is there for a reason (ie to keep 3/4 of a tonne of tank in place if you crash). The polypropylene mountings will snap like a rich tea biscuit in a crash.
Frameless = death trap
How many window cleaners have you heard of being killed by death by tank?
For a tank to come crashing through a full steel bulkhead would take some speed, a speed at which your chances of death from a crash are already high with or without a tank.
These tanks are strong, very well baffled and iv used spreader plates on both sides to minimise risk of the tank snapping in case of an accident.
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One of Neils tanks that’s flat and is moulded round the wheel arches won’t move only sits just over a foot high,hardly any space lost.
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Being frameless is not a feature you want. The frame is there for a reason (ie to keep 3/4 of a tonne of tank in place if you crash). The polypropylene mountings will snap like a rich tea biscuit in a crash.
Frameless = death trap
How many window cleaners have you heard of being killed by death by tank?
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=210402.0
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It was a Wydale tank then was it yeah I had one years ago when you stopped in the van it physically rocked the van back and forth it was laughable tbh,anyone that’s got questions about fitting these Wydale tanks for WFP just give Neil a call at plastic water tanks if he can’t convince you no one will.
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It was a Wydale tank then was it yeah I had one years ago when you stopped in the van it physically rocked the van back and forth it was laughable tbh,anyone that’s got questions about fitting these Wydale tanks for WFP just give Neil a call at plastic water tanks if he can’t convince you no one will.
Do you have a web link for him?
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plasticwatertanks.co.uk.
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Theres nothing wrong with wydale tanks...just make sure you get a frame too....👍
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If a tanks not baffled properly the liquid is not stable I wouldn’t think a frame would help much Daz,my tank is properly baffled I have one of Neils,tbh the safest tanks are the ones he does that are built to go round the wheel arches that are flat.
It all depends what sort of driving you are doing if you potter round town or hardly leave a village I wouldn’t be worried,it’s when you are motorway driving or doing those sorts of speeds I’d be more concerned.
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It was a Wydale tank then was it yeah I had one years ago when you stopped in the van it physically rocked the van back and forth it was laughable tbh,anyone that’s got questions about fitting these Wydale tanks for WFP just give Neil a call at plastic water tanks if he can’t convince you no one will.
Was it a very large or upright tank?
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Mine was an upright.
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Mine was an upright.
Mine is flat and extremely stable.
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If a tanks not baffled properly the liquid is not stable I wouldn’t think a frame would help much Daz,my tank is properly baffled I have one of Neils,tbh the safest tanks are the ones he does that are built to go round the wheel arches that are flat.
It all depends what sort of driving you are doing if you potter round town or hardly leave a village I wouldn’t be worried,it’s when you are motorway driving or doing those sorts of speeds I’d be more concerned.
Wyedale tanks are nowhere as bad as you are making out. Yes you can feel the water sloshing a bit on an upright tank but that is mainly when the water is at such a low level that it is underneath the baffles, so under 100 litres. Hardly gonna have you veering off the road or affecting breaking distance is it?
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Neil at plastic water tanks knows his stuff people should give him a call when they want to know what a baffled tank is,he’s got some horror stories of vans deciding when on the motorway at the last minute to take the slip road and flip over lol.
Of course your mate Neil is gonna slate other tank manufacturers, they are his competition after all. Just like a BMW salesman will slate Audi’s and an Audi salesman will slate BMW’s.
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Merc bmw Audi won’t do that they may say that about Citroen-Ford or other French vehicles but not any of the first 3,even if they are now selling for a different manufacturer.