Ah I remember the days when I started out using a
EDIC 10 gallon , 100 psi, 2-2stage portable.
I think I used it for two years.
And I remember when I "Discovered" those farm supply bucket heaters.
I had a home I had to clean on a sunday..............they were moving in on monday.
I dragged my portable up the stairs and took two 5 gallon buckets and put a bucket heater in each one.
Now I had HOT water!
So I'm squirting and sucking and when it came time to refill my tank I poured that steaming hot water right into that tank!
And 30 seconds later.......I find out.......that that HOT water..........had fried my pump!
So no more bucket heaters for me!
But after that I was considering buying one of those castex "magnum" portables.
Went to wisconsin and met my relatives who ran WM PTO's.
Told him what I was going to buy and he convinced me.............to buy a TM.
By going to a TM it cut my time in half on a job with NO bucket brigade!
PORTABLES suck!