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gutterdog · Apr 12, 2011

Bought me a hot box today!!!

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Wow Mike! I know how bad you wanted that too. It's a dream come true!

gutterdog · Apr 12, 2011

I still dont believe it Art!!! It was already sold but no deposit or anything. I said I'll buy it right now!!! She called the guy up and he said it would be a while, so I pulled out my card!!! lol!!! She hung up and took my card!!!

Roof Cleaning Cleveland (216) 323-0552 · Apr 12, 2011

Let us know how it works. I've been wanting one. Just no room. Mike you hit 2000 posts.

Liberty SoftWash · Apr 12, 2011

Thats great mike, hope you got a good deal.

gutterdog · Apr 12, 2011

Tom I've already bought the second trailer! To save money, and I dont need 2 trailers, just upgraded hose reels and all. I think I am going to reuse most on the new trailer. Still going to 5 gallon chems, unless I can find room for a small tank. Gotta keep the buffer tank. that takes up about as much room as the hot box. I think there will be enough room for the 12 volt system and the 200ft reels I'm getting. I'm guesstimating all this chit.

Hopefully this will be like last year this time, when I was building my first trailer and so were other guys! Here at the RCIA! Now I'm building a better one!

Any and all help appriciated, on this second build, and I'll help paid members too.

Now I'll be able to get gum outa concrete!!!

EDIT: It was a steal Eric!!!

EDIT: I forgot the trailer pic!

-- Edited by gutterdog on Tuesday 12th of April 2011 05:56:28 PM

-- Edited by gutterdog on Tuesday 12th of April 2011 05:58:41 PM

white fox · Guest

Congrats Man!!!! You are gonna love that thing! And the cool thing is its a separate unit so you can take it off for the winter if you need to.

gutterdog · Apr 12, 2011

Chet I dont have any learing with one of these thing!

Help a brother?

gutterdog · Apr 12, 2011

I knew I needed one.

gutterdog · Apr 12, 2011

the supply co I bought it from should help me out.

Roof Cleaning Fort Myers FL 239-466-6980 · Guest

They are pretty simple there is not much to them. Once you get it fired up you'll be able to figure out if needs any maintenance or adjusting. What is the burner rated for and what size pump are you hooking to it? Jon

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Wow Mike... 2000 posts and counting! When I saw your post and the picture I thought where the hell would he put that, then I saw you bought a new trailer. I'm glad you found one Mike, you've been talking about a burner since I met you!

Brett

gutterdog · Apr 13, 2011

Thanks Brett! A burner opens up a whole new world of cleaning!!! @ Jon I didnt ask? I just forgot to, I'm sure its 180 degrees or so, currently my pump is 4gpm, but I'm getting a 5.6 gpm pump with that hose on the unloader that helps keep the water from getting too hot in the pump. Forgot what that is called.

Roof Cleaning Fort Myers FL 239-466-6980 · Guest

The reason I was asking is I put a burner on my trailer that is rated for 6 and my pump is 9. It gets the water to maybe 150 to 160 if I had to guess. It helps a lot but still isn't hot enough. I'd like it to be up around 180 to 200. So you might wanna check if your going to upgrade pumps. Your inlet water is a lot colder up there so you want to make sure the burner is rated for at least the amount of gpm your pump is pushing. Jon

gutterdog · Apr 13, 2011

That makes alot of sense, to high a gpm the box cant get the water hot enough fast enough?

Roof Cleaning Fort Myers FL 239-466-6980 · Guest

Exactly. My burner runs constantly when water is flowing. If I hook it up to my portable 4gpm machine then, even with the thermostat set at 250deg, it will cycle on and off every minute or so. Jon

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the burner is meant to cycle with the heat that is called for on the thermostat. the Higher the temp the longer it will burn. the lower the temp the less frequent it will burn.

gutterdog · Apr 13, 2011

My thermostat says 150, Henry said it will get to 180 210, It will melt gum?

gutterdog · Apr 13, 2011

Roof Cleaning Fort Myers FL 239-466-6980 wrote:
Exactly. My burner runs constantly when water is flowing. If I hook it up to my portable 4gpm machine then, even with the thermostat set at 250deg, it will cycle on and off every minute or so. Jon

I dont know much about this yet. Henry expained how they work and they are quite simple! Jon your burner is contantly running because it cant reach that temp. I think?

gutterdog · Apr 13, 2011

What is the weight of what I bought? In the picture up top? Is there a gloss paint I can buy that can handle the heat, I also want to put guages on the out side, saying true temperature, and psi, I got more questions too!!!

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