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Re: Is this legal or a trailer too far?
« Reply #20 on: February 21, 2010, 10:09:21 pm »
I have two- me plus helper- no probs. I've been plugging it for years on here but the hand crankers only ever scoff. Saves lots of time and energy.

I use an electric drill, but any motor would probably do.The drill is on the slow speed setting and connects to the centre spindle via a dog leg clutch.

paul rulton

Re: Is this legal or a trailer too far?
« Reply #21 on: February 21, 2010, 10:48:09 pm »
hey kev, have u shown it 2the old bill yet? ;D  NIC NIC ;D

AuRavelling79

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Re: Is this legal or a trailer too far?
« Reply #22 on: February 22, 2010, 08:19:57 am »
Kevin - why not put a music stand in the back of the trailer with a Watchtower magazine on it and "count yer time" as you go?  ;D
It's a game of three halves!

Londoner

Re: Is this legal or a trailer too far?
« Reply #23 on: February 22, 2010, 09:31:28 am »
I would think twice about having that pulling up outside my house to clean the windows - looks a bit heath robinson.   What impression would this give the average customer I wonder.

Not sure about the trolley wheels actually running on the road - is this a wind up?   ;D

I actually cleaned the windows of the house where Heath Robinson lived. Its in Love Lane Pinner and it has a blue plaque on the wall. So if anyone is a Heath Robinson window cleaner its me!

Richard Holt

Re: Is this legal or a trailer too far?
« Reply #24 on: February 22, 2010, 09:56:16 am »
I like the idea Kevin, maybe just needs a bit of tidying ?

I wouldn't mind bombing around on one of those all day cleaning windows.

How much does one of those quads set you back and is it easy to get a trailer attached??

Rich :)

Londoner

Re: Is this legal or a trailer too far?
« Reply #25 on: February 22, 2010, 12:27:46 pm »
Not much fun in this weather, OK in the summer.

kevin James

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Re: Is this legal or a trailer too far?
« Reply #26 on: February 22, 2010, 12:44:02 pm »
Tis more fun in the spring but tWas great in the snow! Worked every day in dead slippery conditions. ( even pushed a car up a steepish hill)
getting snow plough fir next year (wot you reckon, £10 a drive?)
I've had snipes about not bei g professional enough but friday brought in my first custie, website, from betwixt Royal Crescent & The Circle in Bath. Now there's posh & there's The Riyal Crescent. ( Nick Cage is here, Jenny Agutter & not sure if Mr Costner is resident)

this one was £11500 but then it's nor a toy & gets used every day without any grief
attaching trailer is easy, comes with tow hitch. He electrics are another matter £260.

Kevin. 

John Walker

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Re: Is this legal or a trailer too far?
« Reply #27 on: February 22, 2010, 01:11:21 pm »
I would think twice about having that pulling up outside my house to clean the windows - looks a bit heath robinson.   What impression would this give the average customer I wonder.

Not sure about the trolley wheels actually running on the road - is this a wind up?   ;D

I actually cleaned the windows of the house where Heath Robinson lived. Its in Love Lane Pinner and it has a blue plaque on the wall. So if anyone is a Heath Robinson window cleaner its me!

Nice one matey!   ;D
BaxWalker Window Cleaning

Ian_Giles

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Re: Is this legal or a trailer too far?
« Reply #28 on: February 22, 2010, 01:49:12 pm »
Well apart from the trolley on the back (that bit a joke surely?) I'd say that was a great way of going about your business, no fun in the winter of course but very eye-catching.

some years ago (way before WFP I might add) when I had lads working for me I would give them all a mountain bike and attached to the side of the mountain bike was a custom made side-car - I designed it along the lines of the ones you see on trial bikes - they would have a pointer ladder and an extension ladder, plus bucket and all their gear including extra water.
I'd drop them off in an area, they would do their work and cycle back to base, worked a treat too  ;D

Really wish I had some photo's I could have posted on here, sadly it was also pre-internet   :'(

If (god forbid) I should ever lose my driving license, I'd wondered how I would continue working...my plan (at least in my head  ::)) was to get a shire horse and trailer of some sort....can you imagine the looks you'd get pulling up outside an office with all your WFP gear on a trap/trailer all towed by a shire horse??  Talk about Steptoe & Son!
A big proportion of my work is local enough for this to be practical, and until I left my wife I also lived on the side of my brother in law's farm, so also had the facilities on hand (and free!) to house and feed my..er..transport.

Sticking something like a 400l tank on a side car for me to pedal around on a mountain bike somehow doesn't appeal to me!  ;D

Ian

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Sapphire Window Cleaning

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Re: Is this legal or a trailer too far?
« Reply #29 on: February 22, 2010, 04:01:51 pm »
You done it again ! well done Kev, but I think the trolley has to be part of a braked system.


most trailers are free running and have no braking system.



Matt
Reaching parts traditional window cleaners can not reach.

A & J Owen Window Cleaning

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Re: Is this legal or a trailer too far?
« Reply #30 on: February 22, 2010, 07:06:28 pm »
good point mate ;D