Long story short: There’s a possibility I’ll have to run 500+ feet of water line at a job later this month. Anyone run into trouble using this much?
I routinely run 4 to 6 hundred feet of garden hose but I’m feeding from fire hydrants. If you are working off of a residential water faucet you will have problems.
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I figured as much. What would you say the maximum is assuming the water pressure is good? The furthest I’ve run is 150 feet so I have no clue.
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That’s about the limit without losing about half your flow.
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Alright, thanks!
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Some jobs i’ll run about 150 ft. of garden hose and have to run 200 ft. of pressure hose =350 ft.(total) Which is the max for me running a surface cleaner and clean up gun on residential water pressure . I don’t own a tank. Don’t care to own one. My 18h.p. Honda, and a 6g.p.m. pump…is perfect for me. If I feel desperate I could add another 50 ft.— I do sometimes – But rarely ever need to,and there’s quite a bit of difference when I add that xtra 50 ft. of pressure hose.
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Tell us more about this 18 hp honda
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is this a trick question ? It’s an 18 h.p. Honda GX610
Hey thinktomuch. Do you have hose reels or a storage area for your hoses? I’m debating on getting setting up reels. Not sure how much I will need for commercial jobs.
no hose reels.
No, it’s just that I haven’t seen one in ages. I didn’t realize that they still made them. My bad.
.Runs great… all day long… I think it’s a 2003 model.
Found it on Craigslist for $950… w/ a General Pump.
A clearer picture is forming lol
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So after all these years, you dont have a buffer tank, or hose reels?
Is the machine on a trailer?
At least in my area the max i would go without a tank is 4gpm even then their are home that i have done that cant keep up with that.
Back to the original question though.
The most i have run to my tank is 150ft. When i run both machine for a while i usually hook up to a second spigot to keep up.
Pelican do you have a tank, if so its easier to run more inlet hose because you wont be starving the pump directly. Just let the tank fill up for a while then keep an eye on the level.
Will this be a commercial job? Commercial properties have better pressure and flow then residential sometimes so it might be able to accommodate a little bit more hose.
Even though i haven’t tried this my self i always figured if i have to run a lot of hose to find two spigots close to each other then run them to a Y and then one line to the tank.
Also if their are hydrants nearby you could check with the city and see about getting a meter.
Good tip. Also a good idea to wire in a low water kill switch for your machine.
This cost me about $15 and has saved my pump on a couple of occasions. You’re not always going to be within sight of your tank.
And in case anyone’s wondering how I deal with an opaque tank:
And in reply to the OP, I would limit my supply hose run to 250’, and plan on letting the buffer tank do some catch-up, and that’s if I had really good pressure from the tap. Any further than that, and I’d be exploring some of the creative options that have been suggested above.
I have 350’ of pressure hose at my disposal (200’ on the reel, and 100’ and 50’ hoses besides), but I wouldn’t use that much if I was doing anything that required pressure. The pressure drop at that length is considerable.
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You CAN wash without hose reels, but if you’re doing this anything more than part time, hose reels are well worth the investment. The amount of time and effort saved are hard to put a price on!
You did a really nice job with that Alex!
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I do have a small buffer tank (50 gal). The job is 12 tile roofs. The community would like me to avoid using customer water if possible but there is only one general use spigot located about 600 feet from the farthest residence. The water pressure is so-so. I guess it wouldn’t hurt to see if the flow could keep the tank from running dry. That’s just a very long run haha. Hydrant meters are very expensive here. It wouldn’t be worth it.
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If you are in sarasota it is $750 for the meter deposit then like $5 per 1000 gallons. Not bad. I have apartments there and we get a meter every year.
