[hilland]

Does any one out there use a trailer system fo WFP. I have a Erde 142 trailer which I am thinking of setting up with 250 litre water system, does any one use similar or is it not the done thing,  I will use an estate car with it...probs Volvo.

[gary999]

plenty have done it int the past mate,i know some one who has a 250 ltr
trailer system he tows it behind his multispace and has barrels in the back of vehicle
aswell

[Small but perfectley formed]

We have a 300 l Thermopure in a trailer good if you are good a reversing with trailer on , otherwise can be a pain .

[bumper]

Smaller the trailer harder to reverse I have buddy 1 sometimes it's quicker to get out of car and turn it round

[PurefectWindowCleaning]

I had a 250ltr trailor system... until I ripped it out and van mounted it 

[AuRavelling79]

I have a 400kg trailer (top end camping trailer as big as you can go without a braking system I think) and have used it with a 200L tank plus a couple of barrels. I have also used it as a giant soap holder when I was doing a building clean and wanted one system putting on the soap and two others using the big van to scrub it off with tap water. It is also available for occasional gutter vac jobs.

This was when I took on my employee in Sept 2011 and we were driving my little 1.3 Doblo with a 400 plus the above trailer with a 200 to work as a two man system.

I became quite proficient at reversing with it and it worked fine. I believe it is a bit slower than a van mount and can cause parking issues but in rare cases can actually benefit as you can sometimes unhook the trailer and park it in a small space or across a drive and park your car/van further away.

We insulated my tank and put an immersion in and it worked well.

It was only when I bought the bigger van that it became redundant but all the bits went in the Doblo and I sold the 400L tank with its immersion on here.

In all I would say better than a trolley (which I started out with) and all its components can go in a van (with a bigger or extra tank) when you are ready.

[AuRavelling79]

Does any one out there use a trailer system fo WFP. I have a Erde 142 trailer which I am thinking of setting up with 250 litre water system, does any one use similar or is it not the done thing,  I will use an estate car with it...probs Volvo.

Me again - don't go to its payload limit with water - if it's a 400 then I would go 250L plus barrels - if you add a battery, pump and hose reel and stuff I reckon you need to allow an extra 40kg. You need to allow the weight of the trailer too which might be 50kg as well.

[Banbury Window Cleaning]

and a very good 400ltr tank it is 

[AuRavelling79]

and a very good 400ltr tank it is 

 


Phew, thank goodness for that!

[johnny bravo]

anyone got any pics.  where does everyone get the money from for these van setups.    there seems to be a lot of new van setups  on streets.,   ill have to get my canvassing shoes on.

[Spruce]

I started off with a trailer system and I used it for a few winters.

If I were to do the same thing again (I now have a van mount) I would go for a trailer that had a lid/cover on or van trailer so I could keep the hoses from freezing. I would also not consider anything under 750kg, it must be braked and a minimum of 13" wheel size and single axle.

We live in a hilly area, and if you have to uncouple the trailer, there is no way you could hold it from heading off down the road. I used to carry around 2 bricks incase this happened, but I wouldn't do it now. We have 6 cul de sacs on our round that we couldn't turn a trailer around using the tow vehicle and they were all on steep hills.

As has been alluded to a small tank on the back will be an inconvenience, so you would have to make up for it by carrying extra containers of water - I did that - it was too much of a pain decanting water into the trailer tanks when needed. Better to get a bigger tank to begin with.

[Frankybadboy]

my mate uses one with a lid on and got his hose reel on top and he can go of in any dircetion with out worry about going around the back doors and rubbing the paint off.

[jmb]

doesnt that bloke from approved cleaning live in a trailer