Second trailer for commercial flatwork

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Hey all,

Wanted to get your ideas.

I have been doing a lot of commercial flatwork that needs hot water. Larger jobs that are taking a full work day. Currently running a 5.5gpm hot water unit in an enclosed trailer. I use this trailer for all of my work, so it has my softwash setup and fleet wash equipment as well.

For the new flatwork jobs I want to upgrade to an 8gpm hot water unit. My question is should I build a separate trailer just for the commercial flatwork? Just have the 8gpm, 325 buffer, reels, chem tank and SC/guns. That way I can just hook this trailer up for the flatwork jobs?

This would be a 15k or so investment instead of building out a whole new trailer for all of my work.

Hope I’m making myself clear. Should I go with 2 trailers or a single trailer for everything? Large investment or smaller?

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Why not just replace the 5.5 with the 8? save you 10 grand-ish.

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One trailer that can do it all.

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I want to have the 5.5 for fleet washing, I have to carry my water and I think an 8gpm would empty my buffer too quickly. i love my trailer setup but I know an 8gpm would speed everything up. I could definitely just go with one trailer and have both a hot water 8 and a cold 5.5.

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Might just be time to bite the bullet and upgrade everything…

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You don’t want two trailers.
Just have one trailer that’s king.

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Thanks for the opinions, looks like I’m going to be upgrading the whole setup. Maybe an 8 and a 5.

Has anyone tried a Leon’s MoFlo?

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How much house washing do you do? I’d consider that for house washing but also would add a proportioner to be able to do roofs, decks.

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What type? Gas stations, dumpster pads, restaurants…?

I started out in flatwork for fast-food.

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Yes a lot of housewashing and strip malls, warehouses. Just for when I need more strength than downstreaming. Mainly wondering about reliability and usefulness

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Restaurants, parking lots and car washes