Thanks for the replies. My situation is this:
I bought a van a couple of years ago with the intention of getting it fitted out with a HOT WFP system & gutter vacuum.
The plan was to have the van just for this purpose and buy a car for personal use but I've only got a few days WC work a month now and I just couldn't justify (or afford) to have both.
Hence thinking about a trailer system and a car / small 4x4 to tow it.
I realise it would be awkward & time consuming to manoeuvre but the alternative seems to be having two vehicles..
With a trailer system, what type of vehicle are you using to tow it? I'd prefer a car for the fuel economy but would consider a small 4x4
I'm more than open to other ideas!
Thanks in advance.
If you want all those things in a trailer, then you will need a biggish van trailer that will carry some weight. It will also preferably be a single axel to maneuver it around easier. If you want to carry 350litres for a day's work, hose reel, tank, tank frame, poles, ladder, gas heater and gas bottle with gas and gutter vacuum (with a generator?) then these are going to be heavy, and including the van trailer, would need to be over 1000kg IMO. This is braked trailer territory and probably twin axle, so it will need a bit of muscle to pull it and keep it in control behind you.
There are rules with regard to what weight a car can tow, and depends on the weight ratio of the car to trailer - especially with unbraked trailers up to 750kgs.
In fact, even van wise, this puts you out of the small van category as well.
Its hardly worth investing in equipment for a couple of days w/c work. I would probably find a good, honest window cleaner and rent the work out to him to do with a small retainer coming your way. A contract would also help so he knows that the work doesn't become his by default.
There is a local guy who had 4 kids and converted to wfp. He bought a long wheel base Transit van, left the first row of seats in the back and has fitted a tank behind that. The Transit is an older equivalent of the T350 model. So this is a combination work and pleasure van.
In the 'old days' we could do window cleaning part time off ladders. A bucket in the back of the car, roof racks, a good pair of ladders and we were set up. Nowadays the costs are high and this is now a full time occupation.