[Plankton]

Wolf seller on Ebay has got some poor feed back.

[Smurf]

You could get a ladder and bucket for about £150 - buckets wear out though so you could be facing a 90p bill once a year.

Very true

I suppose it's a case of whatever people think is the most suitable method for each/part job they do and the size/types of  jobs they want to take on.

It's a bit like the trad vs wfp debate but the big difference you are not dealing with glass but stinking smelly wet gutter sludge most of the time and can get covered in crap. Not to mention crap going everywhere over the property itself as you attempt to handball the sludge out.

I tend to even do bungalows with a guttervac now and will only use ladders if need be.

[Smurf]

A few years back the father in law brought a wolf genny for powering stuff on his market stall ( wolf was seen as a reasonably good brand ) after a few weeks it always took ages to start after several months the thing fell to bits so that was a couple of hundred quid down the drain - it was all cheap Chinese bits with wolf stickers on it may have been a bad one, or they may now have improved quality but I wouldn't take the chance.

Honda genny - 6+ years old - still going strong ( serviced reasonably regularly ) even fell out of van once - starts first pull every time does 240 and 110

2 X Honda gx390 pressure washers 3 years old and 1 year old - all start on first pull, other than oil change never a days problem

Darran

As far as buying kit like washers and genny's I agree you need it to be upto the job and reliable. 

[Plankton]

I better not tell the wife how much the Honda costs!

[Smurf]

I better not tell the wife how much the Honda costs!

Be very careful what you buy as there are a lot of fake so say Honda genny's on the likes of fleebay

[g.brookes]

Interesting.  I guess the debate in my head is buying a gutter vac and a decent generator is more than my whole wfp set up and that's including extreme poles. 
But the return is a lot less, it's so much more hard work to clean gutters day in day out (both physically and getting the work year round) yet the cost of the equipment is more.
Really not sure it's worth it if need to buy generator as well

[Smurf]

Interesting.  I guess the debate in my head is buying a gutter vac and a decent generator is more than my whole wfp set up and that's including extreme poles. 
But the return is a lot less, it's so much more hard work to clean gutters day in day out (both physically and getting the work year round) yet the cost of the equipment is more.
Really not sure it's worth it if need to buy generator as well

I think the real question is do you want or need to offer a gutter clearing service if you already have enough work on the glass.
It can get expensive buying tools for add-on services for sure but also buying/running a large enough van to to be able to transport all the kit about don't work out cheap either.

[Plankton]

I better not tell the wife how much the Honda costs!

Be very careful what you buy as there are a lot of fake so say Honda genny's on the likes of fleebay

bRought it from an engineering company but not before a last minute hesitation I tried to order a Loncin 8000 but it would be 3 working days. The Loncin had the wheel kit, electric start and the avr but I need it now. One day of windows then I'll be on gutters for a week and chapping doors if the phone isn't going.

[Smurf]

I better not tell the wife how much the Honda costs!

Be very careful what you buy as there are a lot of fake so say Honda genny's on the likes of fleebay

bRought it from an engineering company but not before a last minute hesitation I tried to order a Loncin 8000 but it would be 3 working days. The Loncin had the wheel kit, electric start and the avr but I need it now. One day of windows then I'll be on gutters for a week and chapping doors if the phone isn't going.

Sounds like you will be busy then... good luck bud 

[SB Cleaning]

I just ask them to hang an extension cable out of a window if they're not going to be home

This is what i do too...had a couple leave them through the letter box too

Sod lugging a generator about

[Smurf]

I just ask them to hang an extension cable out of a window if they're not going to be home

This is what i do too...had a couple leave them through the letter box too

Sod lugging a generator about

Mind you generators do have their place if you want to be self sufficient power wise I suppose and not just for running a vac but for other trade power tools etc. Just think you could even clean windows in the dark using flood lights too if wanted