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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: mattsimm on July 30, 2007, 08:17:46 pm

Title: dead arms!!
Post by: mattsimm on July 30, 2007, 08:17:46 pm

hi, does anybody else have the problem of your arm going dead when useing backpack? its mainly my left one, have tried adjusing straps and swapping pole hands, gets better as tank empties obviously. maybe i just have to keep adjusting until i find comfy position. oh well!! ;D

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Post by: LWC on July 30, 2007, 08:28:46 pm

funny that, my arm felt like this today...although i did have a good day... ;)

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Post by: d s windowcleaning on July 31, 2007, 06:06:41 pm

pull it on a trolley mate

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Post by: mark dew on July 31, 2007, 06:15:57 pm

You should change something because it is a sign of things to come, if left.

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Post by: NWH on July 31, 2007, 06:32:39 pm

I also put mine on a trolley,i fill it out of the van so it`s empty therefore no need for heavy lifting and when i`ve used it it`s empty again so easy to lift back in van.

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Post by: jeff1 on July 31, 2007, 06:34:36 pm

Same for me? I use a Fold up Trolley for my backpack.

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Post by: Kevs wfp on July 31, 2007, 06:44:01 pm

Your backpack strap is pressing on a nerve. If you continue you will end up with permanent damage. put it on a trolley please!!!!!

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Post by: NWH on July 31, 2007, 06:47:41 pm

Carrying 16ltrs on your back day in day out has got to have long term effects on the back or neck.

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Post by: dai on July 31, 2007, 09:28:31 pm

I use mine with a lightweight shopping trolley frame, The ones old ladies pull around , not the ones you have at supermarkets to put your stuff in. I have also started using 10 metres of 6mm outside diameter Algarde hose. This is brilliant for those of you that have to climb up to balconies with your brush. No loss of pressure and very light. Dai

Title: Re: dead arms!!
Post by: niceandclean on July 31, 2007, 09:38:25 pm

Quote from: NWH on July 31, 2007, 06:47:41 pm

Carrying 16ltrs on your back day in day out has got to have long term effects on the back or neck.

And using just a pole wont?

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Post by: NWH on July 31, 2007, 09:45:32 pm

Not as much as strapping that on your back every morning mate.

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Post by: geefree on July 31, 2007, 09:51:23 pm

just stopped using backpack...dragging .. carrying , filling .... i found it a pain,  literally....

i ached in a different place each night...

i now drag a pole out of van, attach to reel... clean... pole back in van.... rewind hose .. drive off.......


and that used to be my backpack lol....

stripped it down used it as van mount..

i just figured the backpack was a miniture van mount....

pump in van.. battery below it... 250 litre tank

reel of microbore and up and away...

oh and i have 4 settings for the water too, instead of a varistream.... and a tap at the end of pole .

Title: Re: dead arms!!
Post by: mattsimm on July 31, 2007, 10:20:27 pm

thank for replies and concern!!!!
dont use it for long periods as have a van mounted system but it has proved excellent in situations where access is limited, parking restricted, or trailing hoses could be a problem. great for sign cleans as well!! really seems to speed things up.

Title: Re: dead arms!!
Post by: Jeff Brimble on July 31, 2007, 10:27:05 pm

Seriously pad the shoulder straps. Or get MOD straps.