Too much down time..... need Transfer pump?

Yes some homes that have their irrigation system with a separate meter is good, more pressure

Actually no. Putting a vacuum on the system to pull water will muck with the plumbing. @Greg755 might be able to enlighten better than me.

What he said. This is where “common sense” comes into play

Take your time and eat lunch or have a cigg while your tank fills, hooking a booster pump to city water can pull a little more water but you may blow out back flow prevented, vacuum valves, Walter filters etc…
As far as country for a hooking one to a system in a pump especially a jet pump on a 2 inch well is not advisable…
If the farm,has an open resivor or a swimming pool you can use that. Of course if they have a week pump and you drain the cistern then you ran them out of drinking water for a while…
No I’m,not going to elaborate.
Put the right tank on your trailer get some electric breaks installed, put an anyway device on your vehicle. Then carry all the water you want safely… See you all in a couple months unless William summons me again…

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I meant that there might be more than 3-5 gpm on commercial irrigation.

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Perhaps when you have to wait you can go pull tape off outlets, move furniture back, etc. So by the time your done washing you’ve already inspected and touched up the rest of the house.

Basically switch your systems around

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Yea if you do that you will mess things up! It will pull a vacuum on the entire homes plumbing. We can’t even open fire hydrants during a house fire all the way most of the time or it can pull a vacuum. Same principle as a downstream injector when it comes to hydrants. Pull water fast enough across a T and it will draw from the 3rd leg. @Innocentbystander knows all about this as well. It will put too much stress on the home. Don’t do it…

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I filled my 275 tank yesterday at a fill station for $2.25 and it overflowed. I only had to pull it on my single axle trailer about 3 miles. Had to wash a large house and they had accidentally broken the spout the day before. Why can’t you haul in 50-100 gallons so you can start while the house supply keeps its pace? That’s what I typically do… I always have about 50gallons in the tank. I hook onto the house and start spraying without waiting. 50 gallons is about 430lbs so you shouldn’t be worried about that in the bed of a truck, let alone a trailer.

imageFire Departments have the same limitations on a much larger scale. This is why we use these ports tanks. So we can have tankers AND. hydrants dump. If we hook a rig right to a hydrant and pull vacuum we CNA mess up mains. Same principle as what you are trying to do except the fire hydrant is the customers water spigot.

Yeah. If your area is low flow bring a wye and run off both the back and the front faucet. Start letting homeowners know while washing you need them to refrain from running water in the house.

The time it takes to run two hoses is negligible.

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He said he had 2 hoses feeding it, down in his 2nd or 3rd post.

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Thanks. Missed that.

I can’t imagine having to wait on a tank to fill. I guarantee my faucet runs at 8-10 gpm. The water pressure is excessively high here. My tank overflowed the other day and the Hudson couldn’t do anything to stop it.

Despite the fact that I was running a surface cleaner for hours on end that day.

I think only 2 options exist here.

1- bring 100 gallons in the tank with to start each job. (If you realize the house is a slow output add the 2nd line)

2- run multiple lines and do what @squidskc says and ask homeowners to not use water.

I myself ran across a house yesterday. I knew the guy and gave him a hard time…

I carry 75 gallons at all times with a single axle no problem. That’s what I like to buffer from.

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Same here…my tank is a 225 round tank and I try to carry 50-75 away from each job.

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I keep mine around there. Still waiting on my hidden truck bed tank… my single axle doesn’t mind a bit with 100 gallons. I’ve slammed the brakes once with it half full and really didn’t notice a push even without trailer brakes. Only thing I don’t like is when I sit at a stoplight and I can feel myself moving back and forth a tad bit. Kinda feels like I’m on a boat! Great, now that songs stuck in my head…

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My Hudson is dropped in my ibc so it shuts off at 200. I soap the house and about half through the rinse I kill the flow to the tank. Ends up about right. If I’m shy I can kick it back on while I’m packing up other stuff and pack the house draw up last.

My house puts out 8gpm lol im well tho

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My bathroom sink puts out about 5gpm :joy: I took the restrictor plate off!

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Got it.
Ty guys for the input.
Never ran into so many problems feeding my tank.
Like I said I don’t drive with water cause I am scared.

Here is some pic of today’s job.