Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: andyatkinson on March 11, 2009, 06:55:32 pm
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i might well be mad and crazy here, but my wfp system 250 litre tank fits in the back of my estate car and i think it could work, as long as the hose reel isnt fastned, and theres also room for the di vessel to stand up straight, (just!) Could this work??? weight and all? even if i had to just half fill it and top up at lunch?????
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Yes it will work i know a chap who has a 250ltr in his volvo estate car and work perfectly well from it.
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thank you paul griffin you are a wonderfull man you've made my day!!!!!!!
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I used a 175L (plus 2 x 25L barrels) in my Honda Estate!
I know a guy who put a 400L in his Pug 405 estate with the seats down!
But - safety in a crash would worry me.
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safety...hmmm good point thanks, damn it
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andy
what car will you be using
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when the van was off the road i have had 4 x 25lt barrels with my trolly and pole in a nissan micra ;D
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vauxhall astra estate
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vauxhall astra estate
might be a tad unstable :-\ dont fill it to the top
strap it down well
should be ok for local work ;)
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thankyou mike im happy again now!!!
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Put a dog guard in ;D
Just get a cage made up to stop it coming forward...i could probably sort that out for you to ;)
Gosh my services are endless lol
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i had 500L in toyota avences
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cheers matt, we have a spare room and the wifes a good cook, you should be on hand to sort these things out!!! plus i got a charger but figured out need a new battery now!!! the never endin spendin
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i would buy a van, but wifey not passed test yet and dont wanna run 2 vehicles, as baby on way car a better option, time to get creative!!
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Are you going to run the trolley out of van through hose reel?
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thinkin car mounted 250 litre system and trailer carrying my omnitrolley one on front of house, trolley round back.... i think, open to suggestions though
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Just one of you using it?
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Phone your insurance company up and ask them.
You dont want it to be too late once the accident has happened, well so long as the tank doesnt break your back coming through your seat-back and the insurance co. are okay with it what else is there to concern yourself with?
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Actually, let me re-phrase my post.
Are you mad?
Do you really think a tank strapped to your rear seats is a) legal, b) safe c) roadworthy d) worth the risk of snapping your spine in the process of propelling you through your windscreen in the event of an accident as the straps fail to do what theyre intended.
I seriously cant believe others on here condone this.
You know the answer to this post already, its in the title.
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well thanks but i didnt know the answer already or i wouldnt have asked, the title to me was more of a space and weight issue. i needed the feed back. and appreciate it. noted
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Steady on, whats the diff between us strapping down tanks in back of our vans? And having passengers in the back. Say 3 x 12 stone people in the back
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Matt, think about it.
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Ok thought about it...
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Good.
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You genuinly did make me laugh out loud then ;D
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Good ;D
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im eating cornflakes ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :P
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remember the advert where the guy breaks suddenly and the passenger in back turns into an elephant (messy) 250kg+ slamming into you, but you probably took that into consideration already.
anywho check the weight limits for the car to see if you are going over
250 kg water
weight of the actual tank
full tank of fuel
poles
hoses
pumps
filters
and you.
even in a small van you cut it close to the upper limit
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my mate strapped his 250 tank through the baffle section with the rear seatbelts, it aint going nowhere.
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im sure you could use a 250 ltr tank, buy the larger straps you can hang a car with these, not the micky mouse ones in halfords.
make sure your insurance covers commercial work from your car,
forget the trolly rubbish, what wrong with a 100m reel make a jig and put it on the front seet or something
better still get a van