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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: suds window service on January 16, 2009, 04:26:22 pm

Title: diy van mount
Post by: suds window service on January 16, 2009, 04:26:22 pm
finaly got round to posting picture of my diy van mount.
aquired barrels ;D
uesd parts off my trolley system
had hose and reel for some time in the garage.
  plumbing parts cost 38 quid  works great!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: elite mike on January 16, 2009, 04:30:25 pm
for £38  thats brilliant :o
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: JSMC on January 16, 2009, 04:36:45 pm
use dto be able to ge tload sof those blue drums in my last job. we use dto call a guy up to take em off site  for feck all we had that many.

easily hold 200-250ltr between those 2 drums
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: suds window service on January 16, 2009, 04:36:52 pm
isnt it just  ;D can hold 240 litres at the moment but i am going to add a third barrel in the next few weeks.
also thinking about turning it into a two man operation in the future.
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: Nathanael Jones on January 16, 2009, 04:45:42 pm
What would happen in a crash?

I'm not trying to put a dampener on your achievement,.. but the restraints I see on those barrels seem minimal. a 20mph collision would prob be plenty enough to send them flying at the back of your (and your passengers) heads, probably killing you both!

I'm not suggesting spending thousands on a brand name crash tested system,.. just pop down your local engineering place and get them to weld up a cage for them and bolt it to the chassis.
As it stands, I'd not hesitate to use the word "deathtrap"!

I don't mean to sound harsh, but WFP is about reducing risks not replacing them!
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: Slash on January 16, 2009, 05:50:41 pm
NO OFFENCE MATE BUT THAT IS A DEATHTRAP,DON'T SAY YOU HAV'NT BEEN WARNED!
                                 RIDICULAS >:(
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: Ian Lancaster on January 16, 2009, 06:19:37 pm
I'm afraid I have to add my concerns to the above.  Any sort of accident will probably result in driver and/or passenger fatalities.  Your insurance company won't be too pleased either ::)
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: ftp on January 16, 2009, 07:57:51 pm
Are those belts screwed to plywood? Surely not.  :o
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: Chris Cottrell on January 16, 2009, 08:40:25 pm
OMG get a tank fitted properly asap and save a life please
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: kenaltobelli on January 16, 2009, 08:55:31 pm
i have a loft tank in mine have for 7 years its what the guy brought who i bought the system
off its a big tank about 300 lts but i have it fastend prop lots of rope needed thats all
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: East coast window cleaning Services on January 16, 2009, 09:05:34 pm
This a shocking is this for real. 250ltr tanks are 70-80 quid secondhand surely things aint that bad.
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: Nathanael Jones on January 16, 2009, 09:23:40 pm
lots of rope needed thats all

Are you MAD??? Rope????

Lets forget you said rope,... what are you tying it to????
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: NWH on January 16, 2009, 09:25:08 pm
I also don`t want to put a dampner on it but if the weather goes back to the way it was last week all that lot would freeze to billyooo especially those clear braided hoses.
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: NWH on January 16, 2009, 09:25:57 pm
All you need now is an L5 heater in the back lol,don`t want to buy 1 do you. ;D ;D
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: chrisyg on January 16, 2009, 09:26:06 pm
This a shocking is this for real. 250ltr tanks are 70-80 quid secondhand surely things aint that bad.
you still need to cage in the tanks and attach to the chassis.
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: chrisyg on January 16, 2009, 09:26:54 pm
All you need now is an L5 heater in the back lol,don`t want to buy 1 do you. ;D ;D

throw in your refillable thingmajiggy and he's off!! :P
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: NWH on January 16, 2009, 09:28:46 pm
Yeah he can have it for freeeeee. :-*
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: kenaltobelli on January 16, 2009, 09:30:21 pm
i have a sick sense of humor just mention certain words sit back and wait
cowboys or in this case rope ;D
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: Nathanael Jones on January 16, 2009, 09:37:57 pm
You still not sold that L5 NWH?
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: NWH on January 16, 2009, 09:39:08 pm
You still not sold that L5 NWH?

No still for sale if anyone wants it,£100 + postage.
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: Nathanael Jones on January 16, 2009, 10:01:49 pm
LOL,... maybe its your sales pitch,.. less talk of explosions and you might get rid of it! A buddy of mine asked me to sell one for him (He decided not to get into window cleaning after all),.. It was mentioned on 1 forum and sold in less than 3 hours!! ;)
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: Nathanael Jones on January 16, 2009, 10:11:35 pm
Back to the tank cage,.. get some metal and a welder, (once you can make a good weld!) and make your own. ANYTHING is better than nothing. Mine cost me €120 ish and 2 days of hard work,.. but I know I'm safe!
This pic is of it being installed,.. just in case you notice that the (high tensile) bolts aren't tightened in the  pic!

(http://www.avondhucleaning.com/Yabb_2.3/public_html/yabbfiles/Attachments/01012009280.jpg)
Title: Re: diy van mount
Post by: NWH on January 16, 2009, 10:13:11 pm
LOL,... maybe its your sales pitch,.. less talk of explosions and you might get rid of it! A buddy of mine asked me to sell one for him (He decided not to get into window cleaning after all),.. It was mentioned on 1 forum and sold in less than 3 hours!! ;)
I think Bin Laden wants mine. ;D ;D