[Spruce]

Hi All.

I'm seriously thinking of upgrading my current SWB Citroen Relay to a LWB van for my son and myself to work from. We don't seem to have enough floor space for a step ladder, 2 hole reels, a back pack and sack truck, a 650 litre tank with a couple of boxes for chemical cleaners, pump sprayer and another for cloths (which we seem to get though a number off during the day as I insist we dry doors down and wipe bottom sills,) in my current van. The poles are on gutter hooks on the side if the van.

He says that this will be his excuse to get me committed.

For those few of you who do work from a bigger vehicle, I would appreciate your observations.

[Rayleigh Window Cleaning Services]

Spruce, For us it was the way to go, as we like to have all our equipment on board the vans all the time.

I cant be doing with pulling up on a job and when asked if we can do an add on, have to say we haven't

got a certain piece of equipment to carry out the task, then have to arrange a date to come back.

LWB all the way and no problem with payload issues.

Our vans have all been weigh-bridged and no problems.

Steve

[Spruce]

Spruce, For us it was the way to go, as we like to have all our equipment on board the vans all the time.

I cant be doing with pulling up on a job and when asked if we can do an add on, have to say we haven't

got a certain piece of equipment to carry out the task, then have to arrange a date to come back.

LWB all the way and no problem with payload issues.

Our vans have all been weigh-bridged and no problems.

Steve

Thanks Steve,

Payload is another issue that concerns me with my current van.

We still do gutter cleans off ladders which is another concern. We don't do that many as I've tended to not push this service, so we must either stop doing them or buy a vacuum system with a generator.

It will be a bigger space to keep 'warm' in the winter and there will be a couple of places where parking will be more of an issue than it is now.

The biggest issue is finding a good second hand one with 'low'/reasonable mileage and been well looked after.

[Smudger]

We have a LWB hi top maxus (the beast) it swallows everything, we have 1000 ltr tank dual 2 man set up, working poles plus sl2 and gutter vac poles all high up in the roof, racking for all the rags, chems, gutter nozzles, etc...

And still enough room for a genny, gutter vac, pressure washer, wheelie bin, FSC, ramps, toolbox, electric reels x2 and most other bits and bobs.

This is used for large commercial work, heavy 2 man days,  or gutter vac'ing and pressure washing days.

Our other vans are strictly window washing only and are smaller (but 2 man) carrying the minimum of poles, tanks,telescopic ladders and trad gear

A large van is great to have

Darran

[windowswashed]

LWB transporter and 600 litre tank , pressure washing gear, etc. Plenty of room inside for long poles and to move around. Get use to parking lwb in tiniest of parking spaces even if it takes 6 or 7 manoeuvres with inches to spare front and back of other vehicles and no parking sensors fitted

[Spruce]

We have a LWB hi top maxus (the beast) it swallows everything, we have 1000 ltr tank dual 2 man set up, working poles plus sl2 and gutter vac poles all high up in the roof, racking for all the rags, chems, gutter nozzles, etc...

And still enough room for a genny, gutter vac, pressure washer, wheelie bin, FSC, ramps, toolbox, electric reels x2 and most other bits and bobs.

This is used for large commercial work, heavy 2 man days,  or gutter vac'ing and pressure washing days.

Our other vans are strictly window washing only and are smaller (but 2 man) carrying the minimum of poles, tanks,telescopic ladders and trad gear

A large van is great to have

Darran

Hi Darren

Please tell me about the electric hose reels. Are they 'off the shelf' units? I have also wanted to do something with a fixed hose reel with rollers (as per Tim) as lifting a heavy hole reel in and out of the van is killing my back. I don't have the floor space to do that in the current van.

I do use a double ladder which I would like to put inside rather than carry it on the roof rack - also a plus.

Cheers

[Spruce]

LWB transporter and 600 litre tank , pressure washing gear, etc. Plenty of room inside for long poles and to move around. Get use to parking lwb in tiniest of parking spaces even if it takes 6 or 7 manoeuvres with inches to spare front and back of other vehicles and no parking sensors fitted

You have more 'balls' than I do - I fitted parking sensors to the rear of my van and would go with a camera next time.

[Smudger]

Sorry mate, electric reels are for gutter vac, as in extension cables.😳
Didn't mean to confuse you,  I got very close to making auto reels with golf cart motors but then I changed style of reel so became unviable with the newer reels

Darran

[windowswashed]

Theres a good ion camera you can mount to poles for gutter inspections that you record to your pc or iphone by wifi in Staples, could always mount that on the roof rack

[windowswashed]

LWB transporter and 600 litre tank , pressure washing gear, etc. Plenty of room inside for long poles and to move around. Get use to parking lwb in tiniest of parking spaces even if it takes 6 or 7 manoeuvres with inches to spare front and back of other vehicles and no parking sensors fitted

You have more 'balls' than I do - I fitted parking sensors to the rear of my van and would go with a camera next time.

I've got a nice big dent in my bumper where I hit the corner of a wall when I first got it so not to worried about putting another dent in the rear bumper as I don't plan on getting a new bumper unless I sell it later on.

[Spruce]

Sorry mate, electric reels are for gutter vac, as in extension cables.
Didn't mean to confuse you,  I got very close to making auto reels with golf cart motors but then I changed style of reel so became unviable with the newer reels

Darran

Drat.

I also thought about it plenty then decided if it was too complicated/difficult for others to sort (ie Nat Jones) the I was kidding myself that I could succeed doing it.

[Spruce]

LWB transporter and 600 litre tank , pressure washing gear, etc. Plenty of room inside for long poles and to move around. Get use to parking lwb in tiniest of parking spaces even if it takes 6 or 7 manoeuvres with inches to spare front and back of other vehicles and no parking sensors fitted

You have more 'balls' than I do - I fitted parking sensors to the rear of my van and would go with a camera next time.

I've got a nice big dent in my bumper where I hit the corner of a wall when I first got it so not to worried about putting another dent in the rear bumper as I don't plan on getting a new bumper unless I sell it later on.

Having a fixed screen on the dash was something that I didn't like TBH with a reversing camera.