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Nice Rig! Good luck with it!

Thanks Guys, I had all my stuff mounted on a 12 foot trailer.  My pump and batteries mounted inside the tool box to keep them out of the weather.  I don't have my chemical tank mounted yet.  Other than that I'm done.  Maybe a couple of hose reels down the road.  Can't justify the money yet.  That's what the ground guys for.  Rolling up hose.

Lookin' good Doug! 

What pump are you using ?

I know thats fun!

I spent the weekend pulling my rig apart. Sh and water make for a lot of rusted bolts!

Roof Cleaning Toledo Ohio (419) 265-3306 wrote:

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Hey Chris,  I'm using a Fatboy set-up.  So far it's been working out fine.  Some day I might try the air pumps.

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Good thing the bulkhead is pointing off the side of the truck ?
Bulkheads will leak, and when it gets on U Joints, watch out ?
Might want to spray the U Joints with lithium grease ?
Protect them, unless you want to be called "Dances With Driveshafts" instead of Dances With Wolfs ?

 

Doug,
     With all the time you have spent on here, when are you going to believe that they are instant results? Your customers will be thrilled with the results when you leave. They probably won't even realize that it can look even better after a rain. Here is a picture of a roof that was taken 15 minutes after I started spraying. They look like instant results don't they? Have faith in the process. It works! You don't need to rinse to get results.

Brian

LOL, the HARDEST people to train to be roof cleaners are Pressure Washers
They just seem unable to grasp, until they SEE it, that a roof will be clean just spraying it, and waiting for God to rinse it
Tampa is FULL of mean azz new yorkers, who take great delight in not paying, if the roof is not clean!
Never in over 15 years have I not been paid.
It IS a good idea to rinse the bottom 1/4 of the roofs shingles sometimes, to prevent possible yellow line on grass from dripping Love.

But to completely rinse a roof, that is up to you.
IF you insist on rinsing, please wait 1/2 hour at least, so all mold spores die ?
Then rinse one section at a time, and FLOOD all plants until water stands.
Remember, if you rinse, you are unleashing HOT chemical into the eco system, and no longer have evaporation or the wind working for you.
Once chemical evaporates, salt is left, and scattered by the wind, unless immediate rains come ?

It should take at least twice as long to properly rinse a roof as to clean it.
Take 1/2 the roof, and  then take 1/2 of the 1/2 you decide to rinse, and stay in that area until you are done, and water is left standing under that section of roof, then move on to the other 1/2 of the 1/2 of the roof, and repeat.
Take your TIME, or you will say "Holy Toledo" as chit will DIE before your very eyes!
There is NO such thing as overwatering, but underwater the plants and grass, and I will make you a great deal on a Bullet Proof Kevlar Vest.
People FREAK when you kill their chit, trust me.
This post is not aimed at YOU,, it is for our newcomers