The Roof Cleaning Institute Of America Training & Certification Forum
"Find A Certified Roof Cleaner Directory"

Guest

Fat Boy 1st Timer

Jun 17, 2009

Thats Great Kevin. I was thinking real hard about weather or not to get one. After reading your results I am definitly leaning towards getting one.

Roof Cleaning Missouri 417-230-8103 · Guest

Im kinda new to roof cleaning but started out with the fat boy, all i can say is be ready cause she pumps some love..

KID

Great White Technologies · Roof Cleaning Institute Of America Certified Roof Cleaner

That is GREAT! I'm not ready yet for the FatBoy. I have enough trouble keeping up with the 5850 and a 40 nozzle with 3/4" hose. Gotta be quick on the shutoff.

Guest

I used the fatboy but the life of it was short, I still have it and plan on switching the relay switch to a starter relay switch for my other trailer but I now use the yamada air diaphram pump and I am very happy with it.

The fatboy can pump though I do agree on that one.

Mobile Prowash · Guest

You guys are starting to scare me a little with the fatboy tales. I think for this summer I'll stay with 5850 and maybe next year try the fatboy.

Guest

I can tell you that the fayboy will be a big difference for your power and volume of spraying, not trying to scare you just shared my story of what happened. That does not mean it would be the same for you, and I plan on replacing the soleniod on mine and putting in the trailer but I already have the air set up in my box truck.

Guest

Roof Cleaning St Louis Missouri (636) 221 2582 wrote:

You guys are starting to scare me a little with the fatboy tales. I think for this summer I'll stay with 5850 and maybe next year try the fatboy.

We have cleaned hundreds, maybe thousands of roofs. I have always used the 5850, but the FatBoy even scared me! It's like a fast car: It only seems super fast the first couple of minutes, then you get used to it. After about 5-10 minutes, I noticed that I was almost half done with the entire roof! For the rookie roof cleaners, I would recommend staying with the 5850 for awhile, until you get about 100-200 roofs under your belt.

Great White Technologies · Roof Cleaning Institute Of America Certified Roof Cleaner

Roof Cleaning Evansville Indiana 270 860 7894 wrote:
For the rookie roof cleaners, I would recommend staying with the 5850 for awhile, until you get about 100-200 roofs under your belt.

I agree with this. Just using a #40 nozzle and a 5850 takes some practice now add 1 or 2 GPM more to this and you will get alot of run off. As long as the 5850 does the job I will stick with it....

Baltimore MD Roof Cleaning 410-482-4367 · guest

I definitly had alot of run off at first, but got used to it over time with my 6gpm aod. I think it actually saves me love now to have more flow under my control.

rmr1904 · Guest

Which one the 5850 or the fat boy will spray farther. Just trying to figure out which will get the job done on those steep big jobs that have to be done from the ladder.

-- Edited by rmr1904 on Friday 21st of May 2010 12:12:11 PM

rmr1904 · Guest

And just one more thing. Can the flow rate be controlled at all? Is there a pressure regulator on the pump or can a ball valve for a nozzle help control that?

Guest

The fatboy sprays significantly farther. Depending on what nozzle you use, you should be able to easily reach 30-40ft. from the ground.

SprayWave · Guest

After reading this thread I am getting a little worried! We are just adding roofs to our services and order the Fatboy 1/2in set up from Bob.

Is it really going to be that hard to do with the Fatboy?

We plan on doing some practice runs and can play with it first of course.

PowerClean · Guest

You get used to the high-flow. I've been using'em for awhile now and love it. It's no different than flatwork... more flow = done faster. That's all.

I don't find myself wasting "cleaning agent" like I used to at first and I like the fact that I can shoot 30 - 40' without having to get up on a roof in certain dangerous spots.

I plan on switching to air eventually - but not for just the obvious reasons. The wheels are-a-turnin' wink

There's no "right" or "wrong" way you can go with these pumps - it's personal preference. Think I'd prob just start with the 5850 if I had to start over again though.

SprayWave · Guest

Thanks Steve, I feel a little better :)

Reliable Roof Cleaning Jacksonville FL · Guest

Soleil

By saying you are getting the FatBoy 1/2" setup, does that mean that you are getting 1/2" hose? 1/2" hose with the FatBoy is a mistake. There is a thread on FatBoy setup. If you haven't read it I would suggest you do.

I have the 5850 and it would not run properly using 200 feet of 1/2" hose. I went to 5/8" and the pump worked much better.

Charles

SprayWave · Guest

Thanks Charles. When I was looking into it I was told that the only real differance between 1/2 inch and 5/8ths was 2 feet of distance on the spray..

I will go search that thread now..

jetstream · Guest

Hello new guy here from Texas. I have about 19 to 23 hours worth of reading on this site. I curantly do soda blasting, work has been kind of slow so I want to get into roof cleaning. I use to do pressure washing a few years ago I still have a good pressure washer but I think I need to get a heater for hot water. I just finished building my trailer. I still have my 150 gal. tank from a few years ago and am about to mount it to my trailer. I know that 150 gal. is kind of small but I also have two 55 gal. drums that I can use. I plan on calling Lori in a few days and geting the fat boy along with a back up pump. I heard some of you like the 3/4 hose I just wanted to know is that i.d. or o.d. I have alot of air hose that I can use I have more than two hundred ft. of both 1/2 i.d. or 3/4 i.d. either one I can put the right fitings. What is the name brand of the red hose I see in a lot of pics. Any info would be a big help thanks.

Confident Roof Cleaning Houston TX · Guest

What part of texas?

The Roof Cleaning Institute Of America Training & Certification Forum "Find A Certified Roof Cleaner Directory"

The Roof Cleaning Institute Of America Training & Certification Forum
"Find A Certified Roof Cleaner Directory"