[dai]

Instead of using an electric screw driver/drill, it could be run off an electric window or wiper. motor  12 volts off your van battery.

[[GQC] Tim]

Instead of using an electric screw driver/drill, it could be run off an electric window or wiper. motor  12 volts off your van battery.

I doubt that would have enough torque.

[dai]

I doubt that would have enough torque.

A small motor cycle starter motor then.

[Jon-scwindows]

im not sure where you can get decent metal hose guides, but i was going to make some with bearings and aluminium tube, and steel plates so you can mount it flush with the floor and maybe another underneath if there are exhaust issues, then it will pull out close to the floor. I will be using a trailer though.

[windowwashers]

im not sure where you can get decent metal hose guides, but i was going to make some with bearings and aluminium tube, and steel plates so you can mount it flush with the floor and maybe another underneath if there are exhaust issues, then it will pull out close to the floor. I will be using a trailer though.

I am surprised they dont already make hosereels for microbore/minibore with guides as that part is so annoying when the hose comes of the side and stops you pulling hose out (some will know what I mean there if not everyone)

Ian

[Wayne Thomas]

im not sure where you can get decent metal hose guides, but i was going to make some with bearings and aluminium tube, and steel plates so you can mount it flush with the floor and maybe another underneath if there are exhaust issues, then it will pull out close to the floor. I will be using a trailer though.

I am surprised they dont already make hosereels for microbore/minibore with guides as that part is so annoying when the hose comes of the side and stops you pulling hose out (some will know what I mean there if not everyone)

Ian

They do make hose reel guide rollers on brackets to be fixed at convenient location points if you care to surf the net.

[windowwashers]

im not sure where you can get decent metal hose guides, but i was going to make some with bearings and aluminium tube, and steel plates so you can mount it flush with the floor and maybe another underneath if there are exhaust issues, then it will pull out close to the floor. I will be using a trailer though.

I am surprised they dont already make hosereels for microbore/minibore with guides as that part is so annoying when the hose comes of the side and stops you pulling hose out (some will know what I mean there if not everyone)

Ian

They do make hose reel guide rollers on brackets to be fixed at convenient location points if you care to surf the net.

even if you take your hose out of the van ?

[Jon-scwindows]

i know what your saying ian, i hate that especially when your winding in you have to grab the dirty hose and i usually use a cloth to clean it as i real it in but its annoying when you turn up at the next job and its all tangled up and stuck in the sides.
I will probably make mine with this, but as a seperate part, you could weld it onto the reel, like the off the shelf ones have, but im going to have one a bit shorter than the width of the reel centered so it can wind on completely and mounted flush with the floor.

You could cheaply use a decent electric drill, take a couple batteries along for it, and the right fitting in the end so you can simply push it on and off to reel in. Im going to have the motor mounted near the bottom with a chain drive.

[Wayne Thomas]

im not sure where you can get decent metal hose guides, but i was going to make some with bearings and aluminium tube, and steel plates so you can mount it flush with the floor and maybe another underneath if there are exhaust issues, then it will pull out close to the floor. I will be using a trailer though.

I am surprised they dont already make hosereels for microbore/minibore with guides as that part is so annoying when the hose comes of the side and stops you pulling hose out (some will know what I mean there if not everyone)

Ian

They do make hose reel guide rollers on brackets to be fixed at convenient location points if you care to surf the net.

even if you take your hose out of the van ?

Yes Ian, I can't find the website link, I appologise I can't let you have the link, it must be on my other computer.

[Jon-scwindows]

redashe
not very friendly prices though, probably ott

http://www.redashe.com/Hose_Reels/Accessories/Roller_Guides.html

[Davo]

Do you want to talk about marketing your electric hose so I can join in the conversation??





Mark

[L.J.Thorpe]

jon what about the motors on caravan shifters,hi torq,remote units readily available(progressive too)  how about motor mounted outside van on sprung bracket,reel mounts on tow bar,rubber tyre /wheel on reel .Mount reel on towing ball(adapt a bike carrier)snap motor into place,wind in with remote

[L.J.Thorpe]

thats a very simple summary of some ideas i had a while back,easy to type it harder to imagine probly :

[geefree]

Do you want to talk about marketing your electric hose so I can join in the conversation??

Hi Davo,

Im really curious as to what exactly you do for a living, .. seriously, i am ... and i thought i would ask you before the rest of the guys reply.

Please dont think me ignorant if you have previously explained this , i have not read it.

Cheers.

Gary.






Mark

[Davo]

Do you want to talk about marketing your electric hose so I can join in the conversation??

Hi Davo,

Im really curious as to what exactly you do for a living, .. seriously, i am ... and i thought i would ask you before the rest of the guys reply.

Please dont think me ignorant if you have previously explained this , i have not read it.

Cheers.

Gary.






Mark

Hello cas man, my comment was a flippant one on this thread.

What do I do for a living? Im a sales manager for a national direct sales company. But I have done other things.



Mark

[geefree]

I realise it was a flippant , tongue in cheek comment,

I Simply wanted to find out for myself , before the other posts came in,

Can i ask you the most basic rule  in business .?....regardless of Promotions and Marketting.

Regards.

Gary.

[windowwashers]

I realise it was a flippant , tongue in cheek comment,

I Simply wanted to find out for myself , before the other posts came in,

Can i ask you the most basic rule  in business .?....regardless of Promotions and Marketting.

Regards.

Gary.

Trust no one

[Village Gleam]

Good question, good answer WW. Alan Sugar says it's sell for more than you bought it for.


On the conservatories so much was missed because of personal comments. The problem was that people putting out 20k of fliers a month were being talked down to by people who didn't put out any but knew better.

Price wise i'm closer to DJW than Mick, but my enquires are high (because I learned the leaflet lesson), and I have a trick(as you might expect) for speed.

[Davo]

I realise it was a flippant , tongue in cheek comment,

I Simply wanted to find out for myself , before the other posts came in,

Can i ask you the most basic rule  in business .?....regardless of Promotions and Marketting.

Regards.

Gary.

Profit, turnover is vanity profit is sanity.



Mark

[Village Gleam]

There isn't a one size fits all.

What about all those internet start ups search engines communtities friends reunited etc that never ever made a profit, weren't expected to for years, but were and are valued at many millions and made the founders extremely rich without ever showing a profit?

The only template is to find a way of adding value to a product or service and then tell people about it.Applying this to window cleaning Is why I developed my signature hot system and electric reel because even an untrained operator can work very fast using them and get no complaints. Add this to a completly new way of marketing window cleaning (sic) and I think I might be  onto something.