Where do you live?
You haven’t bought too much equipment, if you’re still batch mixing and even considering using a 2.3 Ryobi, Throw the Ryobi away or give to your wife to water the garden. Get some type of proportioner for your 12v. Then go buy a another at least 5.5 gpm pw, if not an 8. Get just a decent sized trailer, doesn’t have to be huge, a decent sized buffer, dedicated SH tank and soap mix tank. Your batch mix tank would be fine for soap tank. That way you can each do your own thing.
Better than a helper, unless you’re just doing roofs, I think you need to take the money you’re going to be paying him and invest in better equipment and learn to be efficient yourself. Once you have decent equipment and you’ve gotten your techniques down on best ways to use it and you’ve got more work than you can handle, then bring on the helper.
IBS is 100% right. We’ve done enough projects that we’ve experimented on and by far the most efficient way is each person do there own washing and rinsing. No matter what the equipment mix, the rinser is never going to be able to keep up with the soaper. Plus when you have a follower you have more hose management problems, overlap, etc.
Great advice. I already have a 7x12 trailer that I use. I’m gonna buy a 8gpm and a 250 gallon ibc tank here pretty soon and get a proportioner. I guess its time I upgrade to the big boy club. It would save me a ton of time.
Im in wake county NC
Go see Diego at MVP. He’ll only selo you what you need and he’ll probably let you use his dumpster to get rid of that 12v stuff you got :). You can call me most anytime if you need something.
Perfect size - Single or dual axle?
It’s a single axle. My truck’s torque converter grenaded itself last week and I’m using my old yukon to lug my stuff around while I find a new work truck too. Lots of new expenses lately. But yea it is perfect. Thanks for all your help gents
Hahaha no kidding, I get all my stuff from Landa. Good people over there. Feel free to DM me I would love to learn from a real pro if you need any help on jobs. I’ve done tons of research but just got started this spring. Been doin pretty well for myself lately but I’m always amazed by what I can learn from a real pro.
Here’s some old pics from about 6 years of my single axle and it was only a 6.5 *10 - Notice I had 8 stacked above 4 on left rear. It was a great little trailer. Some days wish I’d kept. At the time was still batch mixing too, that’s a 100 gal tank in front and then I just carried SH in 55 gal blue drum you see on rear. Sucker was pretty maxxed out on weight though. Once I added heater had to go to a dual.
I was going to suggest you find someone to work with for a day or 2. Not sure IBS is the one, because typically training someone, which I do a fair amount, will slow you down probably at least 25%.
That’s a rig right there. I’ve got some blueprints/ideas to build mine out but this is very helpful thank you. Cute dog too
Not sure what you mean. As in I go work with someone else or bring another guy thats experienced on my team? I can handle myself on a job but I do know my knowledge sphere is minuscule compared to guys that have been doing this for years and years.
Stopping to explain things, show how to use certain equipment the best way, answering 100’s of questions. Why you do things a certain way, pitfalls to look for, list is endless, but it slows you down.
You can’t get any real work done training someone. It’s even worse if they have some knowledge that you have to break them from. That’s why Guy B is $10k a week or I was $1500@ day when I did it. Looking back, I would have gladly paid that if someone was around that new anything when I started up.
Oh I see. Yea theres no real easy way to train a new guy save for having a little training compound like they do in the army. House wash bootcamp so they can make all their mistakes when it doesn’t matter
You mean you got paid $1500/day to be a consultant for guys just starting up?
Yes. I lost money on the deal, but others gained a ton of knowledge. I don’t it anymore. There’s enough free info on the boards if you weed thru the garbage and my time is worth a lot more to me now than then
That knowledge is probably worth it. I’d kill to learn from a pro but the forums and info online is a good substitute for paying thousands of bucks a day… If I was just starting 10 years ago I’d be in hot water though. I did my first job without a hitch after like 200 hours of online research.
I’m way too cheap at $250/day LOL. But I make them work some too, not a lot of standing around. I show them how to do it and explain why I do it that way and then they do it.
“if you weed they the garbage”
The problem is most newer guys don’t have a clue what the garbage is.
I could go thru and tag all of it but I figure I’m one key stroke away from being booted half the time as it is lol.
