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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: mr D on July 07, 2009, 10:41:47 pm

Title: surely this ain't legal
Post by: mr D on July 07, 2009, 10:41:47 pm: just seen this and thought wow thats gotta be illegal!

500ltr tank in an escort van?! tut tut

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/water-fed-pole-window-cleaning-system-van-complete_W0QQitemZ310151854738QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_HomeGarden_CLV_Cleaning_CA?hash=item48367dba92&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
Title: Re: surely this ain't legal
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 07, 2009, 10:44:26 pm: Thats not a 500 litre tank lol
I have an Escort van and the tank in my van is a 350ltr
Have a look.
Title: Re: surely this ain't legal
Post by: RO-Sheen on July 07, 2009, 10:47:29 pm: Yeah but Matt, that Leicester City scarf should be illegal ;D
Title: Re: surely this ain't legal
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 07, 2009, 10:48:36 pm: ;D ;D
Premiership here we come lmao
Title: Re: surely this ain't legal
Post by: martinsadie on July 07, 2009, 11:15:45 pm: Quote from: mattinlester on July 07, 2009, 10:48:36 pm
;D ;D
Premiership here we come lmao
in your dreams ;D ;D
Title: Re: surely this ain't legal
Post by: johns window kleen on July 07, 2009, 11:19:47 pm: Matt, why do you put your sills cloth on the tank at the back of yer van, it must be difficult to reach it there.
;D ;D
Title: Re: surely this ain't legal
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 07, 2009, 11:23:03 pm: They get moved alot as I rarely use, use WFP on most of my work.
They are sitting on top of my tool box lol
Title: Re: surely this ain't legal
Post by: LWC on July 07, 2009, 11:39:19 pm: Quote from: RO-Sheen on July 07, 2009, 10:47:29 pm
Yeah but Matt, that Leicester City scarf should be illegal ;D

Blooming ek you got good eye site!
Title: Re: surely this ain't legal
Post by: mr D on July 08, 2009, 06:19:02 am: it says its 500ltrs
Title: Re: surely this ain't legal
Post by: Alex Gardiner on July 08, 2009, 08:13:01 am: Unfortunately it is not breaking any laws as it clearly states 'we only fill to 300 litres' and the tank is pictured only 3/5ths full - this would keep it within its payload, all the law is worried about. Also it is fixed with a strap, so if stopped by a VOSA inspector they would say you have taken steps to secure the temporary load. However whether it is safe or not is another matter as we all know this is not a temporary load, but a permanent fixture. Currently we are in the middle of a crash test program and part of the initial testing was to demonstrate to ourselves the way standard tanks react in a 30mph crash. Based on this experience such tanks fitted in this way are not really safe at all, most people think that a bulkhead will protect them - it will from small moving items, but not from 300kg of water.

Of course it is breaking a law in another way and anyone who purchases it will be doing so, as the van uses Ionics' logo and clearly states that it uses Ionics' Pure Water System. This is breaking Intellectual Property laws and it would fall foul of the description of goods act.
Title: Re: surely this ain't legal
Post by: Sunshine/Cleaning on July 08, 2009, 08:42:19 am: I know the seller and did mention that using the Ionics name was not right, but he felt as he had bought som things off them in the past it was ok. The logo isn't theirs but similar. When I last spoke he had a 250 tank which IMO is the right size for that van. 500 is just too unstable with 300L of water in.

And I think it must be 3000 miles not 300.
Title: Re: surely this ain't legal
Post by: Dean Taberner on July 08, 2009, 05:38:46 pm: Matt,

Thats very similar to my set-up,

is that a 300gpd ro and a 10" resin cannister?

Dean
Title: Re: surely this ain't legal
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 08, 2009, 06:50:21 pm: Dean its only a 200gpd mate, and yes its a 10" DI vessel. with a 350ltr tank.
What van have you got your system in?
Title: Re: surely this ain't legal
Post by: Dean Taberner on July 08, 2009, 07:52:29 pm: Quote from: mattinlester on July 08, 2009, 06:50:21 pm
Dean its only a 200gpd mate, and yes its a 10" DI vessel. with a 350ltr tank.
What van have you got your system in?

Mine is a vauxhall combo mate,

Not sure of the tank size as I bought it from poleking,

He did tell me but I forgot. ??? ???

It keeps us going on the domestics as we trad the bottoms.

Dean