that looks great tim does it come in a pack or do you buy the top and bottom part seprate they have a few on ebay and do you have any photos of your van set up ready
Hi, I bought them seperately. I do have load of pictures, but still need to do one or two things which I seem to be putting off until it annoys me too much. Find some more pictures below :
Great system Tim. A couple of questions:
1. What stops the handle rotating as you drive and allowing the hose to unravel thus eventually dragging on the road?
2. How did you cut through the floor of the van and make safe the jagged edges of the aperture over which the rollers stand? Who did it for you?
3. Is there some kind of base plate beneath the van to which the bolts holding the reel to the van floor are secured to?
4. Is there any reason you didn't fix it to one side or the other of the van floor - in the middle wouldn't work for me.
5. Have you been through a hard winter with it? If so how did you stop the hose from freezing solid (I take mine indoors each evening when it's very cold)?
6. What are the rollers below the van called?
7. Where's all your tank and filters? As this is a "sneak preview" and unlited vid have you got any more vids we might all learn from.
Cheers
PS - Lovin' the footwork at the end. I think we all have our own moves lol
Have you got
Hi mate,
1) There is a locking pin on the Reelworks 460. I used to have a purefreedom reel which I just used a bungie cord on. It does unwind otherwise, and your rectus connector will be half gone when you turn up to your next job. Hilarious, but expensive!
2) I cut through the floor with a dremel, filed down the edges, and ultimately protecta kote went over it.
3) Probably should have done that, but at the moment it's bolted with penny washers. One end it went through a extension of the box section, so it's safe for anything other then head on crash.
4) No particular reason why you can't have it anywhere you want. You can do both. I wanted both sides free so I can put some boxes and safety cones there.
5) Yes I did go through a bad winter with it, several! During the day I did not have to take the hose all the way in. During the night I did have to do so, as that part of hose freezes up. When it's inside the van it's okay as I have a fan assisted heater with thermostat in there. Coldsnap app on Android lets me know when temps are going down.
6) Fairlead is the type of winch roller guide.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251094330203&ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:GB:3160#ht_500wt_1180http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330755937376#ht_500wt_14147) It's all in there at the moment, that's just a video I shot when I first started building the new system, all finished now.
Footwork is there otherwise the connector can slam on the ground.
Link to photoalbum with more pictures (all over the place as i is misbehaving) :
http://tinyurl.com/c3o8pe3Original topic back in 2009 :
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=76893.0