[DB Cleaning]

Hi
Has anyone got a gutter vac for sale
Thanks Dale

[SB Cleaning]

Look on ebay, or the company gutter vacuum systems are your best bet for new one.

[EandM]

I inherited one from a customer. The thing is so big I need a trailer! Impressive stuff though.

[Steve H]

Spinaclean are brilliant for gutter vacs, but even the small one ("mighty atom" i think) isnt cheap. I chuck it in the back of the van on some of my windows days, can easily set it up when needed, doesnt take up much room in the van. Some of them are too big and awkward, unless thats all your doing all day, then you need something more powerful.

[DB Cleaning]

Thanks for the feedback

[james peters]

I have the gutter sucker junior,  the poles that came with it are sky vac.
I dont do a huge amount, but I have found it adequate when using.

[DB Cleaning]

Is the junior powerful ,

[SB Cleaning]

Is the junior powerful ,

If your serious about gutter clearing then i wouldn't bother with the junior...its small capacity makes emptying the drum a pain also its better to have a more powerful vac for stubborn blockages, you can't go wrong with the 3000w carbon Pole kit from gvs.

[james peters]

Is the junior powerful ,

Its been adequate for the amount I do.... I dont do one off gutter clearance .
All my gutter  emptying is repeat work from window cleaning customers, and the junior handles it well.

[simon w]

In my opinion the companies that sell this equipment still haven't put enough into proper fit for purpose development of equipment to do this type of work properly especially the end tools .

[Smudger]

Agree - most supply you with a bent bit of silicone - thats just not good enough to tackle serious gutter clearing

Darran

[Arnold Palmer]

Agree - most supply you with a bent bit of silicone - thats just not good enough to tackle serious gutter clearing

Darran

The top elbow piece is carbon fibre nowadays.

[Arnold Palmer]

In my opinion the companies that sell this equipment still haven't put enough into proper fit for purpose development of equipment to do this type of work properly especially the end tools .

I've got the "elite end tools"



Difficult to see what else you can put on the end of a big hoover though...

[simon w]

Agree - most supply you with a bent bit of silicone - thats just not good enough to tackle serious gutter clearing

Darran

The top elbow piece is carbon fibre nowadays.

Yes the fittings you fit into this are pretty pathetic though, just modified vac tools that would have come with the wet vac anyway. I have the full set of tools including the carbon top section with clamp and carbon gooseneck but end tools let the whole set up down.

Like I said it needs proper development and money being spent on end tools being fully ergonomic and fit for purpose rather than operator just having to make the best of what they've got. Wouldn't be so bad if the end tools were cheap to buy but there not.

[simon w]

In my opinion the companies that sell this equipment still haven't put enough into proper fit for purpose development of equipment to do this type of work properly especially the end tools .

I've got the "elite end tools"



Difficult to see what else you can put on the end of a big hoover though...

Climb up a ladder and watch whats going on inside the gutter while one of your guy's vacuuming and you'll see end tools are pretty primitive.

Two of those elite tools are just modified from end tools that came with the manufacturers machine so not intended for gutters and the other aluminium tools just a basic engineering machine tooled.

Reminds me of when WFP brushes were still being modified from bentley's broom heads r drilling holes in Vikan brushes to make them lighter.  Gutter Vac end tools could be a whole lot better, but  likes of spinaclean are hardly going to spend more money on development if they haven't got competition and cleaners continue to just put up with what's available.

[Arnold Palmer]

In my opinion the companies that sell this equipment still haven't put enough into proper fit for purpose development of equipment to do this type of work properly especially the end tools .

I've got the "elite end tools"



Difficult to see what else you can put on the end of a big hoover though...

Climb up a ladder and watch whats going on inside the gutter while one of your guy's vacuuming and you'll see end tools are pretty primitive.

Two of those elite tools are just modified from end tools that came with the manufacturers machine so not intended for gutters and the other aluminium tools just a basic engineering machine tooled.

Climb up a ladder? Lol. Talk about primitive.

I watched them do an industrial building with my drone on Monday 



It's the nozzle for a hoover, I can't really think how you'd improve on it to be honest. I'm not known for my creativity though.

[simon w]

In my opinion the companies that sell this equipment still haven't put enough into proper fit for purpose development of equipment to do this type of work properly especially the end tools .

I've got the "elite end tools"



Difficult to see what else you can put on the end of a big hoover though...

Climb up a ladder and watch whats going on inside the gutter while one of your guy's vacuuming and you'll see end tools are pretty primitive.

Two of those elite tools are just modified from end tools that came with the manufacturers machine so not intended for gutters and the other aluminium tools just a basic engineering machine tooled.

Climb up a ladder? Lol. Talk about primitive.

I watched them do an industrial building with my drone on Monday.

It's the nozzle for a hoover, I can't really think how you'd improve on it to be honest. I'm not known for my creativity though.

Yes ,sorry forgot your unable to climb a ladder, try doing a  days work with a pole in your hand  before giving feedback on kit being fit for purpose. 

[Arnold Palmer]

Yes sorry forgot you couldn't climb a ladder, try doing  days work on the gutters  before giving feedback on kit being fit for purpose

We have 100 sites to do - started Monday. It's slower than I'd hoped - done around 6 so far in two days (one day was the industrial building above). Still decent money though.

Again, I'm not sure how much improvement you will get on a nozzle.

The biggest issue we've had so far is seeing what we're doing - the skyvac camera isn't the answer. The battery doesn't last long enough and the picture quality is poor. The DJI mini pro 3 (drone) works pretty well but it's a faf and you can't use it in the rain.

[simon w]

Yes sorry forgot you couldn't climb a ladder, try doing  days work on the gutters  before giving feedback on kit being fit for purpose

We have 100 sites to do - started Monday. It's slower than I'd hoped - done around 6 so far in two days (one day was the industrial building above). Still decent money though.

Again, I'm not sure how you much improvement you will get on a nozzle.

The biggest issue we've had so far is seeing what we're doing - the skyvac camera isn't the answer. The battery doesn't last long enough and the picture quality is poor. The DJI mini pro 3 (drone) works pretty well but it's a faf and you can't use it in the rain.

Yes we have the skyvac camera too and that's also a bit of a joke, gets used occasionally when conditions are right but not afraid to climb a ladder safely to inspect on the right job. Point is if end tools were more ergonomic for covering full area of inside of gutter we'd not need to rely on inspection so much. Machines have the right power and suction, poles are great but end tools still the Achilles heel

[the king]

Lee at Bladeright will sort you out a good deal good hover too maxblast 3000w