I didn’t do any searching on here (shame on me) but was curious to know if there was any draw-back to having a set up with an 8 gpm machine for fleets? I run a 5.5 now but am planning on getting an 8 in the near future. Would this be too much for fleet washing or does it really matter?
Anybody out there? Any thoughts on this??
I could see an advantage to 8 rpm, especially if you ran two guns off of it.
But of course, two 5.5gpm machines would be better then one 8gpm.
Then again, two 8gpm machines would be better then two 5.5gpms rigs.
Moral of the story, you can never have enough GPM.
Hopefully water will be available where you are washing.
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5.5 gpm are better for Fleetwash. With the 8gpm you’ll be wasting unnecessary soap, and if you try to go with the 8gpm split two gun you can’t regulate the soap, cause as soon as you release the trigger of one gun all the water goes to the other gun
We just switched from 5.5 to 8 in our fleetwashing business. We haul all our own water to sites, we obviously are going through the water faster now, but we are still getting the same number of trucks out of a tank. To me that’s increased productivity and more jobs we can fit in a day.
Just my 2 cents but gpm isn’t going to be as big a concern as having a big enough water tank. I looked into doing 50 trailers, and some tractors, etc. my machine is fine but hhaving my water last was my challenge. I only have 325 gallons; you drive around a semi lot thats only 40 min of use
I posted this question over a year ago and had little response. I was putting out some feelers to see what others were doing. I ended up getting an 8 but keep water running to my tank. I’ve got to say the 8 is the way to go, or at least that’s what I’ve found so far for fleet washing.
Yeah I remember reading this when you first put it on and at that point I was curious as well with no first hand experience. 4 months ago we switched one of the old 5.5s out for an 8 with plans to get another in a year… well 3 months later and we had the next on order.
If I have to train a new guy in fleet I might consider putting them on a 5.5 for the first 6 months or so. Allow them to get their technique down pat before adding the speed factor of an 8.
And to the point of tank size, we only carry 500 gallons with trigger off time that lasts about an hour 10. With the 5.5 it was about an hour 40. My point though is that I can get 5 tractors and trailers in a load of water with either machine. So with an 8 I am saving 30 minutes on every load meaning on a full day being able to do 10 more tractors and trailers then I could with the 5.5.
As the old saying goes time is money and I think that rings true here.
