Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: LWC on September 09, 2009, 07:13:34 pm
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Ive said it before and ill say it again, ive used just my backpack the last 2 days and i have flew around work! Defiantly saved water to. I have been working out for those of you who might ask i can pretty much do £30 out of a full backpack, depending on work i suppose.
Well into it today ;D The backpack is a fantastic tool and i recomend it to anyone. Newbie? Get a backpack, 8 + barrels, a pole, bobs your uncle. Cheap setup and go and earn loads!
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Wish I'd had one today :'(
Customers garden is laid out like the maze at Longleat except it's made from brickwork.
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Get one, best £200 i ever spent in this job!
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were did you get it for £200.00
bob
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Years ago from pure freedom
http://www.windowcleaningwarehouse.co.uk/shop/index.php/vmchk/Backpacks/SHURFLO-backpack-/Detailed-product-flyer.html
Widow cleaning warrehouse do it to.
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Have to agree, once you get used to them they are just so quick and easy for almost every domestic job you can think off. Got mine on a wee sacktruck though, to hell with putting that weight on my back. The lack of miles of hose is the best part for me, no more snaggin or reeling in.
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I wear it on my back like a real man. ;D Get used to it, and its not heavy all the time as its always going down.
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I only use my backpack on certain jobs, I find if I use it all the time I get pain in my neck and shoulders and pins and needles in my hands, I would rather pull the hose out and take a bit longer. :)
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I'll be moving to wfp soon, and thinking about a backpack to start. But how do you fill it during the day ? Do you have a tank in the van already filled with the filtered water ? and does anyone have recommendations for a filter/tank set up to go with a backpack ? .........that's enough questions ::)
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I did a few new cleans with backpack today finally taking the leap into wfp its ok but 25 litre barrells get heavy...believe it or not i did a whole high school with one last week and that wasnt easy lol, I pinched a sack truck to drop barrels round site but was a pain... Was handy in some spots though where you couldnt have got near with van
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Did you get th sureflow and which pole did yu buy and from were. Thanks
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Not quite the same but i used a trolley with just 1 barrel. I had a 12v sub pumpin my tank and refilled as i ran out.
But like the backpack it is a very quick method of working.
I find a van mount the quickest if i have a straight run with the hose from the van and the job took more than 25 litres. But for jobs that used less water and had gardens where i had to thread the hose around flower beds etc, the trolley was quicker most times.
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I've had a trolley (Peter Fogwills) a backpack (shurflo - still got but it kept die-ing with electrical problems) and now use a van and run my hose every where - through houses the lot.
But ... I do wonder on a couple of poor parking/access jobs whether to resurrect the backpack. I would prolly carry it pre-filled and also a 25L container to re-fill it. (or top up my main tank if I am on the dregs near the end of the day) This would raise my capacity from 400L to about 440 and so give me that "reserve" I sometimes wish I had.
My shurflo is three years old and gathering dust - are the latest ones better for electrical probs or was I unlucky?
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youve got me thinking, I might have to reassess this backpack malarky.
Thanks.
Matt
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the shurflo backpack is a great invention, i have 3 of them (always be prepared in case the pcb dies and you dont have the tools handy to bypass it) anyway i tried doing my work with the van mount but i always ended up just giving up and going back on the ladders as i found i was stressed out with the hose snagging.......with the back pack i still get a wee bit stressed now and then if the battery packs up or the hose gets caught but its no where near the hassle of the van mount.
i have said it before, van mount is king for commercial......backpack is king all the way for small to medium domestic houses.
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I started out 6 months ago by using a wcw backpack, 30 ft pole and 25L containers along with the RO and storage.
6 months from starting I've outgrown the backpack and have got a van and my system is on its way.
The backpack was not only a great tool for me just starting out, but extremely cost effective being new and not having much to spend when starting out.
If it wasn't for the backpack, I wouldn't be where I am today (I may not have even been a window cleaner).
My backpack will go part time once my van system is installed. It has a place in my business and I would always haveit to hand
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Window cleaners warehosue do a packpack for £100
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I totally agree with the freedom a backpack gives. I tried using a long microbore hose on a reel but got stressed out with all the snagging. Would have been ok for commercial jobs where there is less to get snagged on.
I've worked with a backpack and a 50 litre OmniTrolley for around 5 years on and off.
I'm now 62 and find the backpack is just starting to give me some twinges. So........ I've fitted my backpack to a lightweight trolley which looks far more professional than I expected. It's like a mini Freedom Trolley and is perfect for me. I work with around 12ft of hose which is short enough not to get snagged and long enough to reach all windows on one side of a typical house. As I'm not carrying the weight, I can brim the backpack with 20 litres and haven't found a house where this isn't enough for.
if i can't park near the property - no problem - I just fill up and wheel the trolley with one hand and carry my lightweight pole in the other - everything I need for a domestic.
For me, this is the best all round compromise and coupled with SLX poles and brushes, I'm much fresher at the end of the day - and no worrying aches and pains.
The Freedom Trolley might the the longer term answer for me and I plan to look at one when I'm near their factory at the end of the month.