Petrol pressure washer??

[Bojangles]

Needs to be capable of cleaning cubicles gates concrete walls all covered with dried on muck.
What bar would I need and any recommendations of make??

 

[chickens and wheat]

my mate has one, ebay special, better than a household electric, but not a patch on a decent commercial machine.
I borrowed his to do my patio as my machine is 3phase, the pressure hose melted on the exhaust. replaced hose for him with a decent rubber pipe

 

[Chae1]

We bought a diesel one with yanmar engine. Been a great purchase. No idea on pressure. Can knock young kids over when they pull the trigger.

Always seems to be a shortage of petrol and not close to any petrol stations.

 

[Bojangles]

my mate has one, ebay special, better than a household electric, but not a patch on a decent commercial machine.
I borrowed his to do my patio as my machine is 3phase, the pressure hose melted on the exhaust. replaced hose for him with a decent rubber pipe

Aye there are so many ones and I can just see the cheap ones being completely shite

 

[Bojangles]

We bought a diesel one with yanmar engine. Been a great purchase. No idea on pressure. Can knock young kids over when they pull the trigger.

That’s worth the investment alone!!!

 

[icanshootwell]

Needs to be capable of cleaning cubicles gates concrete walls all covered with dried on muck.
What bar would I need and any recommendations of make??

If you don,t want to spend a fortune a Clarke petrol one will do the job, mine starts 1st pull every time, has plenty of pressure and wheels that allow you to push it on uneven ground.

 

[chickens and wheat]

my mates is one with a rail across the handles with various coloured nozzles, seen same model for sale in various placed with different names,, seems to run ok for him

 

[john432]

Have you got a reliable petrol or diesel engine spare , Honda GX , or a yanmar or hatz diesel? They need to have a parallel keyed output shaft, so not off a generator. 5 hp up to 10 should be good. Then fit a good quality pump such as Interpump. Then you'll have a good unit.

 

[john432]

 

[fendtfiasco]

Run tractor pto power washers here, 33 -35 litres per minutes think 3500 psi decent bit of kit, gearbox on it so 400 rpm pto speed so about 1100 rpm on tractor engine then 750 pto.

 

[Bojangles]

Run tractor pto power washers here, 33 -35 litres per minutes think 3500 psi decent bit of kit, gearbox on it so 400 rpm pto speed so about 1100 rpm on tractor engine then 750 pto.

That sounds like the job!. What one you using?

 

[Courier]

Anything in here takes your fancy …

Cold Water Pressure Washers – Brian Nixon Limited

www.briannixonltd.com

 

[fendtfiasco]

Its a Hawk 950 A pump, 200 bar 30 l/min at 1450 rpm
35.7l/min at 1740 rpm
PTO into a 90 degree gearbox with about a 4 to 1 ratio then into a rubber drive coupler to reduce shock loads when engaging the pto then the pump.

I am in Northern Ireland but buy off Stinson Milking Systems local to me, was at school with one of the family , but they ship across the water no problem just put it on a pallet.

Whatever you buy make sure the regulator is a heavy duty version some firms fit a light duty version which is on its limit so has a shorter life, mine has a heavy blue spring .
Other thing to watch for is the blow off pipe returns to your feed tank and not a short loop back to the pump as it soon gets warm , handiest thing is cable tie it alongside your feed pipe.
Our pumps have a plastic burst disc we call it to save the pump if something goes wrong with the regulator.

Happy shopping.

 

[aidan]

We bought a diesel one with yanmar engine. Been a great purchase. No idea on pressure. Can knock young kids over when they pull the trigger.

Always seems to be a shortage of petrol and not close to any petrol stations.

+1 I have the same machine i think, ~2500psi, and it uses more water than the kitchen tap will deliver at full flow. I know ours uses about 10l per min of water. I think thats right it empties a barrel in about 20mins I think its 13hp diesel yanmar engine. with a 70ft wash hose i think it cost 2500ish euro all in.

So for the opp, you need 2000psi+ for cleaning concrete, and probably up to yourself how much flow you go for

To reduce the pressure you need to swap the nozzle to a bigger one, no messing with unloader valve or any other DIY solutions

 

[Chae1]

+1 I have the same machine i think, ~2500psi, and it uses more water than the kitchen tap will deliver at full flow. I know ours uses about 10l per min of water. I think thats right it empties a barrel in about 20mins I think its 13hp diesel yanmar engine. with a 70ft wash hose i think it cost 2500ish euro all in.

So for the opp, you need 2000psi+ for cleaning concrete, and probably up to yourself how much flow you go for

To reduce the pressure you need to swap the nozzle to a bigger one, no messing with unloader valve or any other DIY solutions

Ours came from powerwasher services at northwaterbridge.

We just run it off a ibc. Have a square of stock board fixed to top of ibc and powerwasher strapped on top. Can move it about as a complete unit with pallet forks. Use it for jetting drains too. Also put in grain bucket and use as a sprayer on low pressure for silage pit sides.

 

[Elpresidente]

Jetmac had one for years and loads of friends bought them with Loncin engine. Does the job on a budget.