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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: cleewindows on March 11, 2010, 04:51:22 pm

Title: help required trolley system
Post by: cleewindows on March 11, 2010, 04:51:22 pm

Hello all
i have a xline trolley which i love and think is excellent bit of kit.
 I just bought myself a fiat doblo and im going to get a 210 or 250 litre water tank for in the van.
 WHat i would like to know is how i convert trolley into van system and then change it back to trolley instantly.
 I heard you can get fittings to do this i just wondered how to do it and what i would need?
the van i bought was a window cleaning van in a previous life and had van ports in the side but was welded over so would be looking to try and get plate off and then have van ports again so i can lock van up when using it.
 \can anyone help me please?
cheers all.

Title: Re: help required trolley system
Post by: LWC on March 11, 2010, 04:59:00 pm

Where the water comes off the barrel...just plug it into the tank...

Title: Re: help required trolley system
Post by: cleewindows on March 11, 2010, 05:04:08 pm

is basically that it?
what fittings would be needed?
cheers

Title: Re: help required trolley system
Post by: LWC on March 11, 2010, 05:08:00 pm

It aint hard mate, just take a look. I dont know what the pipes look like. I would gather its normal garden size hose, just cut it, fit hozelock to each end and get a joining peice then you could easily pop off one to the other.

Title: Re: help required trolley system
Post by: cleewindows on March 11, 2010, 05:14:03 pm

ok cheers but i need it to be a quick release so i can get trolley out and use it when i want aswell as i will be using trolley as much as running off tank!

Title: Re: help required trolley system
Post by: LWC on March 11, 2010, 05:39:57 pm

Thats why i said get a hozelock  ;)

3 of these. 2 on the torlley with the connecting peice below. Then one on the tank.

(http://www.2hoursaday.co.uk/acatalog/hozelock_2166_tn.jpg)

1 of these

(http://www.swelluk.com/img/shop/original/hozelock-double-male-connector-2-2291.jpg)

Title: Re: help required trolley system
Post by: cleewindows on March 11, 2010, 05:42:22 pm

spotty dog m8,cheers your a top man
cheers
any ideas how many meers of 8mm microbore i should get?

Title: Re: help required trolley system
Post by: weetot on March 11, 2010, 06:15:00 pm

Depends what your round is like. I got 100 metres for commercial and domestic, from purefreedom.co.uk

That should do it. ;)

Title: Re: help required trolley system
Post by: LWC on March 11, 2010, 06:34:00 pm

60m is about right but 100m is ideal for pretty much anything.

Title: Re: help required trolley system
Post by: cleewindows on March 11, 2010, 06:54:46 pm

cool i will have a look at how much they are and wheres best to get one from,i was told to get 8mm as it will put less strain on my pump!

Title: Re: help required trolley system
Post by: LWC on March 11, 2010, 07:11:34 pm

6mm fits nicer onto a reel as its thinner. I used 8 and didnt like it as much as 6