[Caleb Morley]

I've got a 500l tank at the moment, but I'm running out during the day and then wasting time going back to fill up.

It's a 2004 Dispatch btw.

Cheerd

[Clever Forum Name]

Find out GVW

Brim it.

Go down to a weigh bridge.

Sit in it.

Make sure you record what you have in van and what fuel you have.

Weigh it.

Job Done.

On a combo with a 787kg payload with a 350 tank i was only 100kg under weight coz of the crap i carried.

[tonycarr]

1.9D model will carry up to 815kg, while the 2.0HDi will take up to 900kg.

i personally wouldn't carry more than 600 ltrs, with the rest of the weight being taken up with tools, equipment, fuel, driver etc

what size tank do you have at the moment?

tony

[ChumBucket]

1.9D model will carry up to 815kg, while the 2.0HDi will take up to 900kg.

i personally wouldn't carry more than 600 ltrs, with the rest of the weight being taken up with tools, equipment, fuel, driver etc

what size tank do you have at the moment?

tony

I do believe there is a 1200kg variant also, it's a more rare model in the older facelift (2004-2007) era but I'm sure there is one.

[Small but perfectley formed]

i have a ionics  800l in mine but don't fill it to the max

[Caleb Morley]

1.9D model will carry up to 815kg, while the 2.0HDi will take up to 900kg.

i personally wouldn't carry more than 600 ltrs, with the rest of the weight being taken up with tools, equipment, fuel, driver etc

what size tank do you have at the moment?

tony

I have the 2.0HDI.

I have a 500l tank at the moment.

I'm thinking of getting a 650 tank.

Thanks for all the replies.

[Smudger]

If it's a one man set-up then 650 (in theory) gives you about 200 kg for yourself, reel, extra battery, pole and some diesel.

We've given ourselves a little more leeway by having 600 ltr tank and one man setup

Darran

[AuRavelling79]

I you are a one man band you must be going some to max out a 500L every day. You using any water saving devices/techniques?

[LWC]

500 a day? I dont use 350 a day on my own.

[SeanK]

Have to agree, even on the busiest of days I wouldn't use more than 400 litres.

[windowswashed]

Easily use 500 litres in a day and that's using a tap on the end of the hose, doing large panes of glass all day long. Used 500 litres three days this week alone and that's finishing at 4pm.

[ChumBucket]

I can easily do 400ltrs in a day, this is with the varistream set only at number 2 on flow too. I'm upping to a 500ltr tank soon.

[Smudger]

I could always manage to do a full day on 400 but only after changing to fan jets and using aquadaptor.

I know you'll disagree, but you use more water on a lower setting than a high one, and have more risk of spotting ( but that's another debate/thread )

Darran

[Stoots]

Take everything out of your van and weigh it as you put it back in plus yourself. Payload - weight = tank size

I dnt worry about diesel coz I never stick more than a tenner in a time in case it breaks down

[LWC]

Take everything out of your van and weigh it as you put it back in plus yourself. Payload - weight = tank size

I dnt worry about diesel coz I never stick more than a tenner in a time in case it breaks down

£10 a time...hate to do your accounts at end of year lol

[Jonny 87]

I could always manage to do a full day on 400 but only after changing to fan jets and using aquadaptor.

I know you'll disagree, but you use more water on a lower setting than a high one, and have more risk of spotting ( but that's another debate/thread )

Darran

100% agree with that.

I used to use setting 2 on my flow controller, and I used to easily use 350 litres a day and that's the all the water I had, so I had to trad downstairs and WFP upstairs.

Now I upgraded to a bigger van with a 650 tank and I can work all day doing tops and bottoms WFP with just using about 600 litres or under, I also run my pump pretty much flat out on maintenance cleans and not only am I so much faster than before but I'm using less water than I was previously. I always get much better results and a lot less spotting.

Higher flow is the way forward. 

[LWC]

I could always manage to do a full day on 400 but only after changing to fan jets and using aquadaptor.

I know you'll disagree, but you use more water on a lower setting than a high one, and have more risk of spotting ( but that's another debate/thread )

Darran

100% agree with that.

I used to use setting 2 on my flow controller, and I used to easily use 350 litres a day and that's the all the water I had, so I had to trad downstairs and WFP upstairs.

Now I upgraded to a bigger van with a 650 tank and I can work all day doing tops and bottoms WFP with just using about 600 litres or under, I also run my pump pretty much flat out on maintenance cleans and not only am I so much faster than before but I'm using less water than I was previously. I always get much better results and a lot less spotting.

Higher flow is the way forward. 

Higher and hot. Honestly i never use more than 350...surprised you guys dont blow holes in glass with pressure you must be working with 

[Stoots]

Take everything out of your van and weigh it as you put it back in plus yourself. Payload - weight = tank size

I dnt worry about diesel coz I never stick more than a tenner in a time in case it breaks down

£10 a time...hate to do your accounts at end of year lol

Cash basis with simplified expenses. Only need to keep record of mileage mate. I do my own returns but im only part time atm

[SeanK]

I could always manage to do a full day on 400 but only after changing to fan jets and using aquadaptor.

I know you'll disagree, but you use more water on a lower setting than a high one, and have more risk of spotting ( but that's another debate/thread )

Darran

100% agree with that.

I used to use setting 2 on my flow controller, and I used to easily use 350 litres a day and that's the all the water I had, so I had to trad downstairs and WFP upstairs.

Now I upgraded to a bigger van with a 650 tank and I can work all day doing tops and bottoms WFP with just using about 600 litres or under, I also run my pump pretty much flat out on maintenance cleans and not only am I so much faster than before but I'm using less water than I was previously. I always get much better results and a lot less spotting.

Higher flow is the way forward. 

Higher and hot. Honestly i never use more than 350...surprised you guys dont blow holes in glass with pressure you must be working with 

Don't forget the wire brush for scrubbing, I sometimes wonder what some of the guys on here are getting on the glass ?
Flat out flow to wash 4 weeks of dust of a window, its no wonder they don't mind working in the rain as the water splashing
off the glass would soak them anyway.
 

[Caleb Morley]

There are two of us working plus we use a high flow rate as we work faster that way and are more confident in the results. It does use more water though.

If I install a 650l tank what would the police be clued up on me being overloaded if they pulled me over? What's the punishment if they do know I'm breaking the law?