Haha, well one day if it ever changes I would be interested in the cause!
I’m using the Hydrotek ANT4C which is 28 inches with my 8 GPM and hot water. Seems to work well, but it is bulky and looking at getting either a 24 or 20 inch one. Why can’t 8GPM run more than 20 inches efficiently, is it just because you have to move it slower?
I run a 24” ground force and it does fine, just move a tad bit slower verse my 19” extreme classic. Seems fine for me….
4 years later lol
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I hope you’re not referring to the stripes you’re getting🤣.
Finally ready to get a new one, is the ground force and whisper wash still the best two options out there?
We have the multiple ultras, classics, and ground forces. The guys prefer the ground force by a high margin. Yes, you do have walk slightly slower, but I guess they prefer that to walking faster but more times. Still use the ultras and classics for tighter spaces. All with 8gpms. Have the ground forces with 4 tips - I’d say very minimal striping at times - but we always post treat so any striping left behind is gone by the time the guys drive off.
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I’d love to have a Ground Force 4 nozzle, but my 19” Ultra 4-shooter works very well too and can still get in tighter spaces
I just ordered the WW classic extreme duty 19". I was kind of in a hurry when I ordered it so I didn’t take the time to research a lot. The guy on the phone told me that it has a 2 tip bar, but I thought there was a 4 tip bar option. I’m guessing whisper wash makes a different bar with 4 tips that I can get for it?
Now here is the real question, on a 19" surface cleaner with 8GPM, does anybody have any experience to provide feed back on whether having 2 tips or 4 tips is better and why? I would think that having 4 tips would cover more area, but from my experience, I thought it would be cool to have two different lines running off my truck and then two of us could run 4GPM tips for pressure washing or rinsing with two 3-7gpm M5 twist nozzles, but I can tell you that having one 8GPM size 9 tip and rinsing with just one m5 is a lot more effective than trying to do it with two different guns at the same time, even though it’s the same flow in the end (like double gunning it). So not sure if it’s worth the investment for me to even research to find and then purchase a 4 bar tip if they make one. It makes sense having 4 tips on my 28" Hydrotek but not sure about the smaller ones.
Oh that’s pretty awesome, I didn’t know that that it was an actual bar with four sides. On my Hydrotwister the two tips are right next to each other which effectively doubles the width of the spray pattern. My service cleaner is in storage because it’s currently not working but I found this picture of a replacement bar online and I circled where the two tips are next to each other. My guess is that because it is 28" they are like this to cover more area in a single pass. Thank you for the photos, it’s hard to tell, are two of the tips a little closer than the other two, or are they all the same distance out? Did you notice an improvement with upgrading to this bar?
Tips are all the same distance and angled the same. This 4 bar you get 2 passes verses the one with the old bar. I notice a difference, so much so I bought another for my Ground Force. It’s just a quality bar and it works amazingly well in my opinion. I like the stainless ends as they will hold up way better than the aluminum ends. If you look at an old bar like 3-5 years old, the ends get deformed from all the debris kicking around under the SC at a high rate. I feel the bar gets out of balance slightly and can cause some vibrations…..the 4 bar is really quiet and I feel will hold up well in the long term. We will see as the years go by…..also if need be you can change out the ends if you damage one for some reason. Well worth the upgrade and no I don’t get paid from Whisper Wash, no affiliation what so ever. But they build solid products and need to get credit for that. Makes my job easier for sure. Hope that helps, but if I were in need of a bar, I wouldn’t think twice to get the 4 bar WW one. Worth just upgrading too.
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Hey I ordered the actuator and printed blocks that mount to the ball valve. Can’t wait to see how well it works compared to what I’m using. I would have bought the platform and clamps but my bypass is laying flat currently.
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You will love it…..keep me posted how you like it.
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I got me an XForce to upgrade one of our surface cleaners, and I liked it a lot - for about an hour. After a debris strike (minor), the pins securing the arms to the manifold failed. WW gave me an in-depth explanation and offered to fix it and ship it back for free. Sounded like this has become an issue, and they don’t yet have a replacement protocol in place - nor a time estimate for repairs. Just a heads up. I will say that it was impressive.
Oh wow…..I haven’t had any issues with ours but will keep that in mind. Not sure what to do moving forward……I have two of them. I’ll keep an eye on them and it’s good to know this though just in case anything does happen. Sorry about that happening to you, glad they are willing to try to work it out. Thanks.
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