Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Kwackers on September 23, 2007, 07:01:59 pm
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Just ordered a Shurflo Backpack, got some other bits and pieces coming, just need to grab a pole from somewhere now :)
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Just ordered a Shurflo Backpack, got some other bits and pieces coming, just need to grab a pole from somewhere now :)
You'll love it, charge the battery over night, and read the instructions.
Enter the competition on the Training Academy and you might win one ;)
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Do you wear your's or put it in a sack trolley?
Doubt i'll be winning any awards with it!!!! ;D
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Do you wear your's or put it in a sack trolley?
Doubt i'll be winning any awards with it!!!! ;D
No I put it on a folding trolley, I only use mine for the occasional jobs, good bit of kit.
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Going to be my main gear to begin with, but to be honest, it will be slow for a few months anyway
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They`ve just started selling folding trolleys at wyvale garden centres £19.99.
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id get a stack trolley
it will be hard work if you got to carry it around mate ???
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but this put locking nuts on it and super glue the screw that you cant add nuts too grease it and its great
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The problem with an ordinary sack truck is with access to the switch.
That's why I use a shopping trolley frame. If you see an old dear with one in the street, grab it. Or do what I did and buy one for a quid at the car boot
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The problem with an ordinary sack truck is with access to the switch.
That's why I use a shopping trolley frame. If you see an old dear with one in the street, grab it. Or do what I did and buy one for a quid at the car boot
The folding trolley has holes in just the right place to activate the switch.
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I wear my back pack and use it nearly 100% of the time. I found it uncomfortable at first but it really has saved me so much time. This is the one piece of kit I would not be without.
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or put the switch on top, ask jeff for info sheet on how to do it
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Where is the cheapest place to buy a back pack??
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I bought mine from Window Cleaning Warehouse. They were doing a promotion and selling them for £159.99 + VAT and free delivery. That I thought was best and I got it next day! :)
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Thats good wish i'd asked just paid 175+vat
Everyone says it works out at about £150 from usa
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What else wdo you need to go with it?
pole and brush and then your filter kit?
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I took mine into Pirtek and they adapted the end so it took Microbore fittings which I have on all my poles. They also put a tap on it for me which meant that I didnt have to keep reaching for the switch. There are guys that have managed to incorporate the trigger from the lance but I chose not to. I fill mine form the tank in the van by using a 12v submersible pump. The backpack fills inside 90 seconds so its really quick. I am sure many people use different methods so I suppose it's just a case of working out which suits you best.
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Backpack, RO and DI for Hard water, Pole, Tank to Filter water, thats about it, maybe some adapters for poles switches etc liketony said
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Hi Mate,
Good luck with your backpack, I've had mine 2 weeks. I got mine from cleantech and to be honest they were brilliant with me. I bought the backpack and a 30 foot universal pole to get started which came in at around £420 but its a fantastic piece of kit and I would say get one as soon as you have the money.......then get out canvassing because you will fly through your work. I have to say though the lad I dealt with at cleantech was brilliant and the backpack came fully assembled ready to work. I'm sure it was even charged, all I had to do was fill it up and off I went happy as Larry. Honestly I was putting bits and pieces off, not buying them and now I wish I'd put every spare penny into getting the kit because its amazing.
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i think this is the way i may go.... do you put it on a trolley?
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I don't myself at the moment I just wear it on my back but it is heavy. I have toyed with the idea of a trolley but have yet to look into it. to be honest cleantech fitted the on/off connection to the tubing so I switch it on then use the control to switch it off and on. So I leave it on the floor beside me if I have a big group of windows in a close area like an entrance area then put it on my back whilst doing windows that are on a stretch that is basically continual moving along. Honestly though I can't help but name drop cleantech because I was expecting to have to get the unit then fit things and change things but instead I phoned them ,told them what I needed and they did the lot without even telling my they would. I was expecting a box of bits and got a system ready to go to work with.