That trailer has everything but the kitchen sink thrown at it.
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Yeah, one aspect of this business is accessing hard to reach areas, trailers I feel limit you.
Found you some 5 gallon buckets.
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Hahahahaha #TexasForever
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Gotta call bs, when the truck breaks down your losing revenue 
with a trailer you connect another vehicle and carry on. Ideally have a truck setup and and trailer setup.
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Or multiple trucks. Trailers can fail too. Axles etc. everything can cost you money at some point. But itâs a valid point and I considered it when making the purchase. Definitely worth considering.
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Exactly. I love my truck setup, and is easier for day to day and as Jake mentioned, we have lotâs on mountain homes around here that you literally canât get a trailer to, but I also like my trailer for all the crap I can carry and as a backup. Iâve had to do the truck rental deal a couple of times over the years, easy. Go to Enterprise, pick up truck, and an hour later, back in business, with my trailer.
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The real question is how often does your truck break down to warrant the paranoia of losing revenue. I run a crew of 3, itâs hard enough to find people to wake up and function before noon, let alone let them loose with a trailer on peoples properties.
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Vehicles break down, matter of when not if. In one of my first careers I headed disaster recovery and continuity planning. Stuff happens and being able to carry on your business without to much downtime is paramount. Itâs sensible and prudent, not paranoia.
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Everything breaks down garry, but what is more efficient the 90% of the time itâs not broken and functioning as it should.
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There is no perfect setup and every thing breaks down sooner or later, even the washing equipment itself. I just replaced my whole trailer because I broke two axle hangers in two months.
For me it comes down to what you like to work out of. Your setup is like your office and if you hate it, it wonât matter how practical it is, youâll be frustrated everyday. I personally like open trailers because of the ergonomics of them. Everything is easy to get to from either side and the low deck height works well for us less tall people. I also have a shop and I back the truck and trailer inside a bay at the end of the day and forget it.
When I upgrade my machine, Iâm going to mount the old machine in the bed of my pickup along with the 12v softwash system, and my waterfed pole. Then If I have an access issue I can just take the truck without the trailer.
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I started with the trailer and hated it. Went to a guys house just down the street to do his back patio and he asked me to come back next week to do the driveway and I really didnât want to deal with disconnecting the trailer and putting it in my driveway then reconnecting again again just to go do his driveway. Getting a truck was probably the only reason I stayed in this business lol. But it looks great man awesome job! I got my 2009 2500 HD for 17k but it only had 136k miles and was the nicer model. Only $317 a month it doesnât cost that much for a good truck.
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Edit: didnât mean nicer model than yours, just that it was the nicer model available of the ones I saw. Would trade it for the utility body tho!
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But if youâre a solo operator and the same truck breaks down whether it pulls a trailer or is a self-contained unit, the outcome is the same
You could probably rent a truck for a day or three to pull the trailer.
But basic preventative maintenance makes more sense to me. Apart from the flukey breakdown my wifeâs â98 rav4 (with 195k miles) had a couple weeks ago, I canât remember the last time I had a vehicle go down unexpectedly. Trips to the mechanic have always been scheduled in advance.
Reels wired up. Need to bracket/mount the battery, add a kill switch, and a 150 amp breaker which both are on order.
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Oh, that is a glorious sight. Nice work!
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Glorious build indeed! 
. But Iâve got to be âthat guyâ and question the need for a 12v Hannay for supply reel. Talk to me.
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Age lol. Getting older and shoulders arenât getting younger. 20 years of submarines made me just splurge on all electric reels.
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