1st cleaning with the 370

dealtimeman

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now it won't be a fun for anyone to call you out, since you already called your self out.

are you using 2.5 hose the first 50 feet off the truck or 2 inch?


i ask because i just looked at mine and noticed it has 2.5 coming down from the waste tank to towards the panel mount but chokes down to 2 inch for the port.

i think i will head over to the shop and have some fun with the plasma and weld me up a new 2.5 pipe for the panel mount, if i have time.
 

Jim Pemberton

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I started as a porty guy, moved up to small 45 truckmounts then big 68's..

For my current situation this 46 and lightweight set up will be fantastic

"time is the fire in which we burn.."

The Mikey (and Jim P) of 15 years ago had more of the strength and stamina needed to push a wand with a 2" hose then than we have today.

Its a good thing we still have our charm and looks...

Well at least our charm...
 

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He speaks well. He has a better speaking voice than the other guy on last night.

Not Mike, Mike has is great voice and does exceptionally well with interviews.
 

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Mikey and Greenie started all this hysteria in the first place.

I'd go to a tiny tube in a heart beat if the drying times wouldn't suffer.

But they will.


Full disclosure


Northern Nevada has very very low humidity. (35% today)
My shower stall dries out in under a half hour.


No wonder there is a low Chem Dry presence here.


You'd have to go out of your way to cause 24 hour dry times.

Or apply water based protectors at recommended rates :stir:
 
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It won't heat up at all if you don't put a load on it. You have to warm the machine up around 10 HG while setting up your hoses. If you're doing 3-4 jobs per day it gets hot. It should hold 210-220 on stairs and upholstery. If you want more heat you have to go up to a bigger unit that burns more gas.
 
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It won't heat up at all if you don't put a load on it. You have to warm the machine up around 10 HG while setting up your hoses. If you're doing 3-4 jobs per day it gets hot. It should hold 210-220 on stairs and upholstery. If you want more heat you have to go up to a bigger unit that burns more gas.


What flow wand are you using and what type of pressure hose?
 

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Call me old fashioned. I still use 2.5 inch for 50 feet and then 2 inch to the wand. And if that is not heavy enough, I use 3/8 inch Goodyear Neptune pressure hose. No titanium wand either. Still using the Greenhorn 5 jet.
Never have run a heat exchanger truck mount. Now that is really old fashioned!
 
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Loren, I use to work for a company in Denver that had that same Steamway Powermatic 2100 back in 1994. It had a kerosene burner. Even though they perform well, I don't like fuel fired burners. To much liability IMO
 
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