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For those of you northern guys I have some questions.  I am in VA so the cleaning season is fairly long.

 

1.  How do you handle freezing temperatures?  Do you have to put some kind of antifreeze in your lines?  I wish I had some inside heated storage for my rig but I don't.

2. In the colder months what are some ways you have found nitch areas to preform services with your crew to keep them busy.  We don't often have snow and rarely snow that stays on the ground.  Thought about using our hot water pressure washing for removing salt from business sidewalks a few days after a snow so it stops being tracked in to their business.  Cleaning gutters ( which my guys hate but its money). 

 

Thanks for your help guys.



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I winterize all my pumps with regular Prestone antifreeze. In Florida, I use a 50/50 mix of antifreeze and water, but in Oklahoma, I used straight antifreeze. During the winter, in Oklahoma, when I needed to go do a job I’d pump the antifreeze from my hot water PW into a 5gal bucket, use the PW to put 75-100gal of warm water in the tank, stick the pressure line into the top of the tank, leave the PW running to keep the water circulating, and off I’d go. When I was done, I’d (screen) filter the antifreeze from the 5gal bucket into the float tank and reload the pump and coil with it. Never had a problem.



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Thanks for the info.

 

David



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I use the anti freeze used to winterize motor homes, boat heads Etc. It's pink in color cheaper then automotive antifreeze and does the same job.

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Paul, that's a good tip. i never thought to put the pressure line into the tank and not just let it run in bypass.

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John, if you do that, don't forget to tie your line off to something so it doesn't accidentially pop out of the tank. I used to use the whip that runs from the PW to the reel and tied it off to a tank leg.



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another good point paul. i had my bypass line pop out twice this week (new tank setup, hadn't gotten everything situated permanently and the duct tape failed me). i came back to a minor flood in my truck box!

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