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[CSteez]

What would your starting equipment be?

[Infinity]

That would depend on how large a budget/ how much credit I could get.

Ideal starter setup for housewashing I think would be:

• 8gpm belt or gear drive machine (Udor pump, either way)
• Hannay hose reels
• 125 gallon buffer tank
• 35 gallon mix tank
• 200’ pressure hose on the reel and extra lengths of 100’ and 50’ hoses
• 150’ supply hose with spares
• 19” surface cleaner that @innocentbystander goes on endlessly about, but I somehow can never remember the name of
• FatBoy bandit 12v roof pump setup with KuriTec hose and Gorilla chemical reel

Mounted on either:

• An older tacoma/tundra converted to a flatbed
• 5x10 tandem trailer

[CSteez]

That 8 gpm machine with udor pump is 2k itself right?

What if I wanted to keep everything under 2-3 k

[Infinity]

$3k is a fairly easy budget to keep to for a starter setup.

The pressure pro eagle 5.6@2500 runs $1500-$2000 after shipping. That’s what I have, and it’s a money maker.

Or if you’re a little bit mechanically inclined, you could get a 22(?)hp Predator motor from HF on sale and bolt a 8gpm Udor gear drive to it. That’ll run you close to the same cost as the pressure pro, but with better specs. And definitely lower freight costs, since you can pickup the heaviest item (the motor) at your local Harbor Freight. Definitely go for the replacement warranty, as some of those motors can be hit or miss. Chris Schertz ( @SchertzServicesLLC on pwr) is running a setup like this for weekend work, and seems to be really happy with it so far.

Then you can get some cheap hose reels, reclaimed barrels for your buffer and chem tanks, and a used trailer on CL. That’s pretty much what I did, and am still running the same setup. I plan on reworking some of it this year, though.

[CSteez]

@Infinity

8gpm belt or gear drive machine (Udor pump,

I actually have a engineering degree lol

So I will be going with the second set up, I am just completely new to pressure washing & don’t know what components are needed & so forth.

[Steve]

@Infinity

But in all honesty, if I were starting over with just a part time schedule of window cleaning work, I would go all-in on the PW’ing, and make wc’ing an add-on.

I can’t tell which is the add-on for me anymore. I’m almost 50/50 window cleaning to pressure washing. I love them both and hate them equally.

[Steve]

@CSteez

You don’t need a pressure washer to do house washing & roof washing right? I’ve heard some just have a safe up with a 12 v pump.

You don’t want to do that because You will want a setup with the ability to add a surface cleaner for concrete. Concrete is an easy upsell and decent money but you can’t do it effectively with a 12V set up.

[Infinity]

@Steve

can’t tell which is the add-on for me anymore. I’m almost 50/50 window cleaning to pressure washing

Haha, then I’d say neither is an add-on. They’re both core services.

I think I would be quite happy to only clean windows for my power washing customers, if I had the lead-flow for it.

[Steve]

@Infinity

I think I would be quite happy to only clean windows for my power washing customers, if I had the lead-flow for it.

Yeah, my favorite jobs are top to bottom cleaning. Roof, siding, exterior windows, driveway. Love, love, love.