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plainpainter wrote:

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Chris - I have a suggestion for you. The lettering on the front of your truck should be reversed the same way ambulances do - so when people look in their rear view mirror - they will be able to read it.

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Naw, the lettering is for those with Dyslexia

 

That looks  GREAT David !

Palm Beach Roof Cleaning wrote:

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Gracias, IT was fun setting it up.

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Cool!
See you got the hose reel UP high ?
Great Idea.

 

chris you going to put a lift on the ford?

they look good chris

Nice roof cleaning ONLY trailer David.
Just for the sake of this roof cleaning trucks thread, here are some of my retired roof cleaning trucks.
The big box truck relly broke my heart when I watched her going to the scrap yard.
She was a might roof cleaning warrior in her day.
She "defended" the eastern flank of Tampa against would be roof cleaning invaders from Orlando.
Equipped with TWO John Blue DP 193 pumps, all sucking Apple Sauce from a 600 gallon tank, she was quite the roof cleaning truck.
In her day, she cleaned whole subdivisiions by herself.
We could clean two roofs at once with her dual pumps.'



-- Edited by Apple Roof Cleaning at 16:38, 2008-09-29

She has the tanks on her Russ, the hose reel, pump and compressor, just waiting for a valve.
I still have to get her lettered.
Our other truck has been doing the work, it is a Mitsubishi Fuso Diesel.
It is underpowered Russ, compared to the Isuzu NPR.
With tanks full, it will barely run 65, and going uphill is a challenge.
The Big F 450 should pull like a mule.

Man, Alabama is number one right now !

Russ Spence wrote:

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Lets hope they are still there after today with LSU

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YEA, they BEAT LSU, just barely, but the Tide WON.
The BIG "showdown" will probably be Florida vs Alabama ?
I still have to get the F 450 roof cleaning truck lettered or wrapped ?
Plus, I am playing with a valve system.
The truck has two tanks, one for shingle roofs, one for Tile.
Right now, we manually switch feeds.
This is hard on fittings, etc, plus it means jumping up on the flatbed.
I am THINKING on going to clear tubing for the tanks feed lines, with pinch valves.
I will come off the intake of the roof cleaning pump with a TEE, and it will have clear feed lines.
I MAY go to pinch valves with numbers, baCK TO THE OLD vARI fLOW ?
The CLEAR feed lines will let me be SURE both feed lines are priming ?
You know me Russ, Never satisfied, LOL
http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_viewitem.aspx?idproduct=FT0002&child=FT0002&utm_source=mdcsegooglebase&utm_medium=cse&utm_term=FT0002&utm_content=FlowControlPinchValve&utm_campaign=mdcse&site=google_base

 

-- Edited by Apple Roof Cleaning at 10:49, 2008-11-09

Russ Spence wrote:

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me either Chris, I am always looking for better

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This Company has THE very best bulkhead fitting there are.
http://www.haywardflowcontrol.com/pages/pro_access_01.html
They make a special one with an enlarged flange.
It is designed for SHC use!
The Problems I have been having with the Vari Flow system are these.
I pull out of the TOP of my dual 300 gallon tanks.
So, when I use pinch valves in my dual feed tubes, one will prime, and the other one will not.
This is because when one tank primes the pump, NO vacuum is left to prime the other side.
I have spoken to several fluid engineers.
They feel I will be better off going to bulkhead fittings, and then using the pinch valves to control the flow.
The bulkheads will be sure that flow is always IN the dual feed lines, and that will "force" the pump to eat the roof cleaning chemical "Diet" I have chosen with my pinch valves.
We usually only clean shingle or tile roofs in Tampa.
Since we have dual 300 gallon tanks, we simply make one tank Tile Roof Cleaning Chemical, and one tank Shingle Roof Cleaning Product.
We have been simply switiching feed lines manually, depending on what type of roof we are cleaning at the time.
This is a PITA Russ, and also damages fittings as we pull the feed line from one tank to the other.
Plus, the other day it was only 55 degrees and cloudy in Tampa, and we had a filthy white barrel tile roof to do.
Our Tile Roof Cleaning Product was way too weak for this roof, under the cool and cloudy weather conditions in Tampa.
So, we had to drive 20 miles to get some more SHC to make our mix stronger.
As you know, I strongley beleive in a variable roof cleaning chemical delivery system.
I AM hopefully gonna make it work someday, and share the technology with ALL roof cleaners.
We do get asked to clean screen rooms, and houses.
We have been using shingle roof cleaning mix by first wetting the surface to be cleaned down, to "dilute" our cleaning mix.
Cleaning a Pool Cage with this strong of a mix is Hard on the Lungs, and Eyes!
Plus, it is wasteful of cleaning chemical, and hard on plants if you are not real careful.
It will be a BIG benefit to be able to deliver exactly the RIGHT strength chemical for ANY cleaning situation.
Stay Tuned !!!