Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: LWC on June 14, 2007, 01:30:08 pm
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me and my uncle got together today, and were thinking about ways to carry more water, the safest possible way...whilst maximising full potential of the van
they say my van has a 800kg payload, but we thought that its just an estimate and figured that the payload is only for inside the van...i carry a 400 litre inside, so thats half the payload...anything outside van doesnt count
i will be able to carry 1400 litres of water without any problems. as you can see we have secured with 2 ratchet straps which is more than ample to hold it to the van. we did try it with one ratchet strap, but after going over a speed bump figured...we realised that it would have to be 2 of them
if you are interested in our setup, please feel free to contact us anytime.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/VWSaxon/DSC01072.jpg)
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The weight of that full of water sploshing about would be a lethal it would rip the roof bars off,are you brainless?
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This Cannot be a serious posting can it !!!!!!!
i am no engineer by any stretch of the mind but even an idiot would know that the S.W.L of roof bars etc was not intended for anything that heavy and high and non stable ???
please tell me that someone is having us on, and has not been putting peoples lives in danger?
then we wonder why window cleaners get a bad rep! :'(
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:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Can't believe your thinking of doing that.
There's no baffles in the tank and as posted above the water would be sploshing about it wouldn't take much to rip the roof bars off or tip you over.
I wouldn't be surprised if you got stopped by the Police aswell.
I'm sure also the maximum weight you can carry on the roof would be over it's limit when full of water.
I wouldn't want to be anywhere near you when you were driving that.
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dear me you guys...can you not sence a hint of sarcasm in my post
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OMG
I cant believe you are thinking of trying that!
For starters its the wrong way up... the filler should be on the top...
How stupid are you.. ;D
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dear me you guys...can you not sence a hint of sarcasm in my post
Re-reading your post i can see it now, but i wouldn't be surprised if some muppet would actually think of doing something like that.
I've seen a trailer tip over because the guy had 3 full IBC tanks, one strapped on the top.
He went round a round-about quite slow, but it still tipped.
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was it the 1st of april when you posted this picture.this must be a joke.the first time the police stop you.it will take you about a year cleaning windows. to pay off the fine you will get. ??? bobby birmingham.
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was it the 1st of april when you posted this picture.this must be a joke.the first time the police stop you.it will take you about a year cleaning windows. to pay off the fine you will get. ??? bobby birmingham.
IT WAS A JOKE!!!
its a rainy day and im bored so thought id have a laugh! and thought i could make you all laugh too..... obviously not
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You sure it was a joke or have the replies made you realise what a muppet you were ;D ;D
Bobby if you read the post above you would have realised it was a joke.
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I cannot believe some people thought you were serious, but I guess stranger things have happened.
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Had to double check my van was still parked outside....thought you'd nicked it!!
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Could you supply that in a double configuaration for my transit?
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If you leave the top off the tank, when it's raining it could re-fill itself and save you some money in producing pure water.
Also, at that height you could turn your pump off when doing downstairs windows and just let it syphon out.
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nowt wrong with that, you could double it up aswell, carry 2400 L
BUT
becarefull when going under bridges
:P
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I thought for a minute, where's he gonna put his ladders and then I saw the ladderless sign, so you should be okay mate.
Do you think I could do the same thing with a moped?
Simon.
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I think it's a goer ! Can't wait for you to post the crash test video ;D
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I think you should try straping one either side of the van- just to keep the balance right
then it doesn't matter what way you park the van ;D ;D
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I use that size tank on a backpack set up.LOL.LWC are you sure you were just winding us all up,i reckon before some of the replies you were considering it.
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man this has made me chuckle all day...what a laugh and i love the serious replies about safety! lack of sense of humour in this community sometimes, lol, hehehe
we gotta laugh sometimes boys ;)
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;D
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man this has made me chuckle all day...what a laugh and i love the serious replies about safety! lack of sense of humour in this community sometimes, lol, hehehe
we gotta laugh sometimes boys ;)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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mat, you left us in limbo in the academey, your suppose to come back and tel us its a joke,
these guys are hitting you hard ;D ;D
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dear me you guys...can you not sence a hint of sarcasm in my post
I nearly wet myself laughing at your pic. Surely everyone realised it was a joke?
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dear me you guys...can you not sence a hint of sarcasm in my post
I nearly wet myself laughing at your pic. Surely everyone realised it was a joke?
"The weight of that full of water sploshing about would be a lethal it would rip the roof bars off,are you brainless?"
obviously not!! ;D
and im ladderless by the way, not brainless
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dear me you guys...can you not sence a hint of sarcasm in my post
I thought April 1st had come early!
I bet Tosh is putting Wor Lass on the roof as we speak - just so he can save 8 stones in weight! ;D
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What is wrong with that??????
If matt wants to carry an extra 1000L's then so be it.
I would advise you on one thing, and thats to use bungee cords instead of a ratchet and strap.
At least if you break hard with the bungee's there will be a bit of play where as if you were to use a ratchet it would rip the bars clean off.
;D ;D ;D
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Nice one LWC, Yep I got it , but thinking bout it , how much weight could you tow ?
Mogy
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Just found this post. Laughed so hard (specially at the pic) swallowed some spit down the wrong pipe and nearly choked to death. Just recovered.
Nice one. ;D ;D ;D
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I have thought of towing an ibc tank behind my bicycle to save fuel.
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Just found this post. Laughed so hard (specially at the pic) swallowed some spit down the wrong pipe and nearly choked to death. Just recovered.
Nice one. ;D ;D ;D
laughing I disagree off, at least i made SOME of you laugh
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lmfao ;D ;D
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i just had to refresh this...i was out today and thought about it and made myself laugh!! lol lol lol ;D
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I got an 800L tank BOLTED i said BOLTED to the shassie of my LWB Renault Traffic. Your Off you trolly mate carry that around :o
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I got an 800L tank BOLTED i said BOLTED to the shassie of my LWB Renault Traffic. Your Off you trolly mate carry that around :o
highrise read again ITS A JOKE!!!!
::) ::)
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Why not go all the way and stick a couple of gas canisters up there and make it thermo as well. Just beware of flashing blue lights.
Simon.
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I got an 800L tank BOLTED i said BOLTED to the shassie of my LWB Renault Traffic. Your Off you trolly mate carry that around :o
oh my life! oh my life! ha ha ha ha someone else fell for it, oh my life! hahahahahahaha
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I got an 800L tank BOLTED i said BOLTED to the shassie of my LWB Renault Traffic. Your Off you trolly mate carry that around :o
Yet another one who just skips to the last post without reading from the start ::) ::)
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i have just come across this thread " you are joking surely"
you cannot possible do this i'm sure it's highly illegal as well as downright dangerous ???
nice try though ;)
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Are you taking the p**s??? ::)
Did you not read the whole topic as well??? ::)
Some people just don't have a sense of humor!!! >:(
As soon as I saw the pic I knew it was a wind up.
Come on guys!
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i have just come across this thread " you are joking surely"
you cannot possible do this i'm sure it's highly illegal as well as downright dangerous ???
another one bites the dust ;D
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You could even stand on top of it to get to the higher windows saving you the expense of another pole ;D
( please note that was a joke )
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( please note that was a joke )
lol lol
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if you get one of those big fish tanks you could put it on your bonnet and carry water round cos you would still be able to see through it cos fish tanks are made of glass. you could secure it to your window wipers and it wouldn't go anywhere you could even put some fish in it like those tills they have in posh clothes shops only you wouldn't be able to feed the fish cos the would pooh in water and then the tds would go up and the windows would have bits of fish pooh on them so dont feed them and when they go belly up uld just buy some new ones and claim them aganst your tax you could even sell the dead fish as cat food to your animal loveing customers, i suppose this would be another form of recylcinng , well they do say the possiblities are endless.
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if you get one of those big fish tanks you could put it on your bonnet and carry water round cos you would still be able to see through it cos fish tanks are made of glass. you could secure it to your window wipers and it wouldn't go anywhere you could even put some fish in it like those tills they have in posh clothes shops only you wouldn't be able to feed the fish cos the would pooh in water and then the tds would go up and the windows would have bits of fish pooh on them so dont feed them and when they go belly up uld just buy some new ones and claim them aganst your tax you could even sell the dead fish as cat food to your animal loveing customers, i suppose this would be another form of recylcinng , well they do say the possiblities are endless.
you cannot be serious, that is so dangerous, first time the police see you, you will be pulled over, i cant beleive your actually thinking of doing that
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take a look at the thead about electrocution
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wish i'd have thought of that. probably better if you put the ibc the right way up. the best bit is that if you have a bump, the tank flies straight off and only breaks the roof bars rather than squashing you flat. ;).
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looks great for holidays .i think the mother in law could fit in there easy . come to that n the wife .
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looks great for holidays .i think the mother in law could fit in there easy . come to that n the wife .
...kids?
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I at least would of used a clear tank to see how full it was, saves unscrewing the top to have a look.
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theres a measure on the side of it mate...on top of the game me...wel on top of the van
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What do you mean, a wind up ? I thought they were battery powered, I have seen backpacks with a pump up handle, but no wind up one's.
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nice one no need for a pump but how will you get into b and q
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nice one no need for a pump but how will you get into b and q
i have learned a special ttechnique, i have to drive quite quick, snatch the steering wheel and let the water slosh to one side, it puts me up on to 2 wheels then i manage to get in no problem, have had a few scuffs and close misses but no problems really
the biggest problem was when another one of our setups was coming out of b and q whilst we were coming in but thats another story
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blooming heck yoor digging out the old posts tonight arnt you? ;D ;D
here, lol.... one thing i did notice... is you said you were bored that day,,, and it was raining....
it looks a lovely day to me on the photo.. and dry. ;) ;D ;) ;D
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blooming heck yoor digging out the old posts tonight arnt you? ;D ;D
here, lol.... one thing i did notice... is you said you were bored that day,,, and it was raining....
it looks a lovely day to me on the photo.. and dry. ;) ;D ;) ;D
there was a time once when it used to be dry for more than 1 day lol
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ooops ... i felt like somebody else then... ;) ;)
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ooops ... i felt like somebody else then... ;) ;)
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jonah... lol....
it must have rained at some point... every single day over the past 3 weeks or more...
but i have simply carried on ... at one time i would not have done... but we have to earn...
the earth is changing. ;D ;D
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ive started carrying on, as you say we gotta earn
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good lad what a way to cheer up a rain soaked day. cant believe the sados that fell for that seriously.
light hearted humour is always welcome and keeps us all going on the dark days. thanks for the laugh
carl