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AC rigs are pricey, but he does have a proven track record of success in running a roof washing business. His rigs are neat, clean, and compact and do make a great impression on the customer. The ability to meter injection, and redundant pumps are nice too. I love them, but I am stuck in my old ways.

opie451 wrote:

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So has anybody bought their rigs directly from softwash??? It seems alittle pricey to me, but what do I know I'm new to all this.

I see everybody complaining their rigs bought elsewhere is it worth the peace of mind to bite the bullet and buy the softwash system?

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 Tom if you want a super cheap, flexable/mobile system to get up and running I'll take a pic later of mine and show you.  After you start making money that you can reinvest into a dedicated truck you can use the same equipment and add on to it.

on the premium side or PM

 

-- Edited by Maverick Contracting on Tuesday 9th of August 2011 05:33:39 PM

Hi Tom welcome to RCIA. 

My suggestion is you first need to decide what type of system do you want to run.  In that I mean either an air diaphram pump with an air compressor or a 12V pump system.  You will find people tend to either have one or the other.  I personally have lots of pump experience so I decided to run the AlFlo air diapharm pump system powered by an air compressor that I also use for other functions, which I think over all is less chance to give you pump problems.  We have never had an air diaphram pump problem while you will hear abot some others have had 12V pump problems.  After you make that decission the size & number of tanks is your next major decission.  You then decide the size diamater & length of hose.  Our main spraying hose is 5/8" x 200'.  If you want a hose reel or not where you just coil up your hose on your trailer or truck.  Initially we coiled it up but now have a Titan model 4318SS hose reel.  The other accessories become a personal decission on the set up that will allow you to be more efficient or have some safety items built into your rig set up.   Also, you should evulate the pro's & con's for you of having your equipment in a PU or on a trailer.  My son is a fabericator so we built our own rig on a skid that we have on one of our trailers.  We can take our skid off the trailer & use the trailer for other items if necessay.  Also, this way we don't have our PU tied up with the rig all the time.  Plus we also have a bigger truck a Freightliner with a bed on it that usually pulls our trailer.   Note some pictures of our rig for your reference. Call me if you have any other questions regarding your rig plans.

I've never seen the smaller tank mounted like that with the pump underneath ... very creative, looks great.

also, I can't say that it bothers me but if this doesn't belong on the premium side I don't know what does, maybe someone can move it over?

-- Edited by Roof Cleaning West Chester PA on Saturday 6th of August 2011 06:42:39 PM

Tom, here are the pics I had to resize:

 

Roof Cleaning Raleigh NC wrote:

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Maverick Contracting wrote:

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Tom, here are the pics I had to resize:

 

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 Did that little gray box you have the wrenches in come from a Royal Sport bed?

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  Whaaaa?

Its from grainger or northern tools, modular storage boxes.

Whats "a Royal Sport bed?"

-- Edited by Maverick Contracting on Sunday 7th of August 2011 02:08:01 PM

Soft Wash Wizard - Harrisburg, NC wrote:

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Hi Tom welcome to RCIA. 

My suggestion is you first need to decide what type of system do you want to run.  In that I mean either an air diaphram pump with an air compressor or a 12V pump system.  You will find people tend to either have one or the other.  I personally have lots of pump experience so I decided to run the AlFlo air diapharm pump system powered by an air compressor that I also use for other functions, which I think over all is less chance to give you pump problems.  We have never had an air diaphram pump problem while you will hear abot some others have had 12V pump problems.  After you make that decission the size & number of tanks is your next major decission.  You then decide the size diamater & length of hose.  Our main spraying hose is 5/8" x 200'.  If you want a hose reel or not where you just coil up your hose on your trailer or truck.  Initially we coiled it up but now have a Titan model 4318SS hose reel.  The other accessories become a personal decission on the set up that will allow you to be more efficient or have some safety items built into your rig set up.   Also, you should evulate the pro's & con's for you of having your equipment in a PU or on a trailer.  My son is a fabericator so we built our own rig on a skid that we have on one of our trailers.  We can take our skid off the trailer & use the trailer for other items if necessay.  Also, this way we don't have our PU tied up with the rig all the time.  Plus we also have a bigger truck a Freightliner with a bed on it that usually pulls our trailer.   Note some pictures of our rig for your reference. Call me if you have any other questions regarding your rig plans.

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Steve what's the reason pulling a trailer with a empty flat bed? 

-- Edited by Roof Cleaning Lanoka Harbor NJ 609-971-6553 on Sunday 7th of August 2011 02:15:35 PM

Clyde,

We also have other equipment like Genie Z45 articulating man lift that weights 7 ton that we move on our 30' gooseneck 10 ton trailer that we use for some residental & commercial jobs.  We provide other services like tree triming that our Freightliner comes in handy.  The Freightliner has storage boxes on both sides for equipment plus we have added storage bins on the bed.  I know the fuel milage on this rig is not as good as our other trucks but depending on the job what equipment we are using it works out well.  Also, we do more than just roof cleaning.  Plus I believe one can't have enough tools to do any job that we contract for close at hand.

We just set up the twin pump from the power wash store and it has worked great so far.

The size of this little thing is so deceiving...the first time I used it in Texas I was sold