First full day with the ol' Steamway.

Mikey P · Jul 25, 2008

The V had to go in for new shock and a lube and tune so my new to me SW Legacy 2100 with only 58 hours got it's first work out.

Some notes:

Single wanding sucks. We got off @ seven and lost a small job when we would have completed them all and been done by 5pm w/ the V.

Non electric reels are for you guys who do two jobs a day.

The 3/8ths hose was easy to wand with and delivered tremendous heat to my 012 wand but rolling it up on a reel is for guys who do 2 jobs a day.

Vac and pressure reels in the back of the truck, four feet in should be against the law.
I think I'll ditch the pressure hose reels.

2.5 straight to the top of the tank ala' a GG elbow, creates plenty of suck for single wanding. Best I've ever experienced with a 45 blower.

My V does not get this hot even in single mode.

Vapor lock is fun.

I am wondering if I'll ever get use to that nasty heat and stench that blows all over me all day long.

I am wondering if my customers will ever get use to that nasty heat and stench that blows all over them all day long.

A truck mount with out a fresh tank is like a wife with out..

Why did SW not put a ball valve for the fresh Water QC?

Where is the hot water convenience hose?

I feel ashamed in a ratty unmarked truck.

Even this pos 1989 Ford with over 400,000 miles on it drives better than the UD.

But it has horrible blind spots and backing up is a game of Russian Roulette.

Check valved TI wands makes some crazy ass noises when blasting that kind of heat.

It's temperature gage is not accurate.

Inch and a half whips are for scrawny 98 pound Minnesotans.

None the less, it sure was nice to make $1500 while my V was out of commission

packfancjh · Jul 25, 2008

what's wrong with Minnesotans veggie boy!

rhyde · Jul 25, 2008

LOL…

Wow how far you’ve fallen your one step away from 99.95 whole house cleaning

Mikey P · Jul 25, 2008

KMA you Rolly Polly MFr.

rhyde · Jul 25, 2008

Hit a little too close to home didn’t I

lurch

Mikey P · Jul 25, 2008

packfancjh · Jul 25, 2008

ya got enough space in that thing?

Jeremy · Jul 25, 2008

Can I have those reels?

floorguy · Jul 25, 2008

you realize you can unbolt those and slide them out???? :roll:

Mikey P · Jul 25, 2008

A $1000 truck with a lift gate conceals a lot of shame.

steve frasier · Jul 25, 2008

I would have died moving all that crap from one machine to another, I hated pulling everything out of the van so the mechanic could work on the slide-in

today I had to torque the pullys and lube the PTO shaft. Sure was nice to able to slide underneath the V and sit inside the box when working on it

let me know if the shock replacment makes much of a difference

once you go electric vac hose reel, it is hard to go back

wait until you get that hiss and steam from a RX 20

Pmatte · Jul 25, 2008

Dude...are you wearing capri pants :shock:

Patrick

Fred Homan · Jul 25, 2008

You must be referring to your buddy Chad..... :shock:

-JB- · Jul 25, 2008

AHRGH! What's next a SD? Oh the shame.

Oh the shame. :cry:

Jay D · Jul 25, 2008

There not capri's, there called MANPRI's. I hear they are Very poplar in Europe, along with crocs. :| Nice Box truck except ya need to push those hose reels back 4 ft towards the back of the truck. Oh ya know that, NEVER MIND.

Ron Lippold · Jul 25, 2008

damn Mikey I feel for you, I hope you get the big truck back soon, that old thing will make you old fast.

Dolly Llama · Jul 25, 2008

it just needs set up right, Ron.
Mike bought it from hOtEL mANager, not an efficient set up CCer.

Yo-Yo, vEEgs..you fit right in the projects with those pants.
they look a LOT like what the hood-rats wear :shock:

do you wear a baseball cap side ways too???

BTW, that burner shouldn't "stink" or smoke if the air ring is adjusted right
("IF" you're burning kero (K-1) and not diesel or fuel oil)

and I can't imagine gas engine exhaust smelling any worse than the exhaust from that rattle/chatter UD diesel motor....

..L.T.A.

Jimmy L · Jul 25, 2008

Forget the MANPRI pants and focus on the snappy upscale T-Shirt!

Brian R · Jul 25, 2008

Walrus said:
Forget the MANPRI pants and focus on the snappy upscale T-Shirt!

Sexy,

Stop lookin at me like that. Creepy. :?

Mikey P · Jul 25, 2008

Thats my helper ya idiots.

Those are Dickies work shorts.

He is just a short little fella so they look long.

rhyde · Jul 25, 2008

LOL...is he wearing a company thong too!

Desk Jockey · Jul 25, 2008

None the less, it sure was nice to make $1500 while my V was out of commission

That last statement says it all, smart move buying it! 8)

Wandslinger · Jul 25, 2008

Sounds like you had a "Steamway kind of day". Welcome to the club. Have you tried to become a True Blue member yet?

Pmatte · Jul 25, 2008

can't afford to get him some real shorts

Real men wear shorts that do not go below the knee!
Patrick

Dang...if you consider him short,I'd hate to see what you consider me at 5 foot 4.

BradFenstermaker · Aug 4, 2008

Mikey adjust the airbands on the back of the wayne burner.

Did you get a manual for it?

Blue Monarch · Aug 4, 2008

Jimmy can probably send you out a few nut-highs if needed.

R W · Aug 4, 2008

Those shorts would be to my ankles. True about the kero and exhaust smells. It clings to you from the first start up in the morning. That's one reason I got away from SW and kero heaters. But it will kick some serious arse with the heat cranked to max. Where you dumpin', mike? I'm sure that unit don't have an APO>

Ol' Meat just smells like a SW unit whenever you get within 10 feet of him. It gets into your pores.

First full day with the ol' Steamway.

Administrator

Member

Member

Administrator

Member

Administrator

Member

Member

Supportive Member

Administrator

Supportive Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

RIP

Number 5

Member

Member

Administrator

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Supportive Member

R W

Guest