Pressure Washer –

  • Grouse_Dog
    The Shores of Lake Harriet
    Posts: 2043
    March 21, 2011 at 3:41 pm #1271399

    Anyone have any insight on these.

    Looking to buy one

    Dog

    trumar
    Rochester, Mn
    Posts: 5967
    March 21, 2011 at 3:53 pm #949213

    Make sure it has a Honda engine on it and you cant go wrong

    AllenW
    Mpls, MN
    Posts: 2895
    March 21, 2011 at 4:13 pm #949217

    Gas powered or electric?

    Northern tool has a few, kinda depends on how much ya want to spend.

    Sears still have it’s scratch and dent place?

    Al

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22456
    March 21, 2011 at 4:16 pm #949218

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    Make sure it has a Honda engine on it and you cant go wrong

    I would agree with this 5 years ago…. Briggs was forced to step it up & has caught up IMO
    The bigger issue is the pump now a days… General and Cat make some good pumps

    t-ellis
    Colorado Springs, CO
    Posts: 1316
    March 21, 2011 at 4:50 pm #949223

    For a gas this one at Northern Tool has worked great for some buddies: http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200381527_200381527

    For some extra money you can get a really nice one at Northern Tool with a Honda motor and either a CAT or Comet pump: http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200347874_200347874

    The best electric I’ve seen is the Snap On 1,750 psi or 2,000 psi sold online or at Costco. Its not made in USA however. A fairly good unit compared to other electric washers but nothing like the quality of a gas one.

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18621
    March 21, 2011 at 5:41 pm #949239

    Do any of them make a hopper feed or pickup line feed? Otherwise I cannot use them at the cabin due to low water pressure from house pump.

    Bassn Dan
    Posts: 977
    March 21, 2011 at 6:55 pm #949248

    What do you plan to use it for?

    If you plan to use it for vehicles and boats, you’re probably better off going to a car wash. A car wash is FAR more effective at WASHING because they feed soap with the water UNDER FULL PRESSURE, as opposed to pressure washers that ONLY SPRAY WATER at full pressure.

    When the customer service rep for the 2500 psi one that I bought confirmed that that is how they are designed, I replied “So then they’re really just a pressure rinser?” He didn’t like that very much.

    Maybe I should have been a diplomat…

    Dan

    P.S. I returned mine for a refund – I can spray water with a garden hose.

    Grouse_Dog
    The Shores of Lake Harriet
    Posts: 2043
    March 21, 2011 at 7:07 pm #949253

    Cleaning decks, siding, patios, driveways, etc.

    Dog –

    t-ellis
    Colorado Springs, CO
    Posts: 1316
    March 21, 2011 at 7:19 pm #949263

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    P.S. I returned mine for a refund – I can spray water with a garden hose.

    Not at 1,650 to 3,000 psi..

    pool13_jeff
    NW, IL
    Posts: 884
    March 21, 2011 at 8:12 pm #949279

    I have a 2600 psi and wish I had 3000.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22456
    March 21, 2011 at 8:16 pm #949281

    Actually the one I bought last summer, you can mix chemicals (soap, deckwash etc) with the water, pulled in at the rate you set. Just a clear hose that you put in your jug. I guarantee you, the soap coming through with the water at 3000 psi, isn’t coming through any slower If you wash your car 2 times a year, go to the carwash, if you want to wash it once a month, clean the screens in your porch, wash the deck/house/driveway.. get a pressure washer !!!

    Bassn Dan
    Posts: 977
    March 21, 2011 at 8:41 pm #949292

    Quote:

    Actually the one I bought last summer, you can mix chemicals (soap, deckwash etc) with the water, pulled in at the rate you set. Just a clear hose that you put in your jug. I guarantee you, the soap coming through with the water at 3000 psi, isn’t coming through any slower If you wash your car 2 times a year, go to the carwash, if you want to wash it once a month, clean the screens in your porch, wash the deck/house/driveway.. get a pressure washer !!!

    Sounds good G!

    What brand and model is it?

    It was about 10 years ago that I bought and returned the “power rinser” and at that time all the brands that I researched did the dribble on the soap and blast it off with high pressure water thing – leaving the dirt behind.

    Dan

    P.S. I also liked how they tell you not to use them with flamable liquids. Gee, you mean I shouldn’t fill the chemical reservior with gas???

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22456
    March 21, 2011 at 8:48 pm #949296

    I will look when I get home Got it at Menards, I love it !!! It is a BRUTE… with a Briggs and is 2700 PSI

    navigator175
    Posts: 65
    March 22, 2011 at 12:31 am #949363

    i own a dewalt 2800 psi honda engine and a cat pump.paid around 700.00 pump is the most important. make sure it is not some dicast pos.

    cravin4mor
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 34
    March 22, 2011 at 1:55 am #949419

    I have two with honda engines for business and never a problem with either one. One is a North Star by Northern Hydraulics and not sure the brand on the other. Both have siphoning tube to mix chemicals and work great for a variety of uses.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    March 22, 2011 at 2:02 am #949421

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    P.S. I returned mine for a refund – I can spray water with a garden hose.

    I did the same thing Dan and it was about 10 years ago also. I don’t have a clue what brand or PSI it was, but it wasn’t much better than a hose.

    I’ve used a dirt devil electric and was very impressed with it’s pressure. For $150. I’m not sure how long it would last either.

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