Some will say 1/2, some will say 5/8... I went with 5/8 myself, but when you have to pull 300 feet of it around a house it gets heavy. That would be my only complaint. Also, I'm not a hose expert, but I think 300ft of 5/8 is probably a little much for the Delavan and really pushes it's limits...with that being said, I never had any trouble with the pump and that shows  it is plenty capable.

-- Edited by gr8white on Thursday 29th of April 2010 10:13:45 PM

1/2" or 5/8" will work fine with the 5850.  I ran 250' of 5/8" on the 5850 with no problems.

200' of 1/2 on the 5850 and the fatboy have never given me problems. I have had to connect another 200' a couples times and it starts having some trouble, but thats very rare.

1/2" or 5/8" will both work.

Confident Roof Cleaning Houston TX wrote:

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200' of 1/2 on the 5850 and the fatboy have never given me problems. I have had to connect another 200' a couples times and it starts having some trouble, but thats very rare.

1/2" or 5/8" will both work.

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Proven fact: on a fat boy pump, bigger is better. 3/4" is what you want. I run 200' of 3/4" and my pump will shoot 45-50' all the time. Try that with your 1/2 or 5/8 and that is recommended by the roof cleaning GOD, Chris Tucker!

 

 

 

Raystown Roof Cleaning Central PA 1-800-236-0322 wrote:

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I think Chris actually uses 5/8" hose.

Jeff

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I'm pretty sure Chris uses air pumps, NOT fatboys.