[Roger Oakley]

Now with the colder nights setting in, if you have a trailer/truck mounted/stored machine it is well worth winterizing it after use. The last thing you want is a frozen pump when you start work, easy to do takes around 2-3 minutes at the end of the day.
All we do is run a 50-50 anti-frezee solution through the whole system without a lance on, so you need to have HP hose going into your draw tank/container so you are cycling the anti-freeze, run this for around about 2 minutes, then shut off machine. Attach your lance, start machine up again and pull the trigger a couple of times, so that the unloader valve is also had anti-freeze through it, switch off machine, pull trigger to release pressure and you are done. Pump, unloader, HP hose and lance should all now have a anti-freeze solution in them.
Even if you have packed away your machine for the winter, it is still worth doing.

[BDCS]

Thats very good of you Roger - I doubt if many jetwashers even think of antifreezing their kit. I got an antifreeze system on my drain jetter, I put the 50/50 in the tank and by changing a 3 way v/v the pump draws directly from this. I then run the pump until the antifreeze comes out , then in the morning I run the pump dry into the barrel and very little is lost - its a diaphram pump so you can run it dry. If I am using it the next day I use a green house heater set on frost protect. You don't get much "advice" from beryl box now the exchange rate is pants

[drive surgeon]

you finished now roger till the new year?

[BDCS]

Have you then?

[drive surgeon]

no i have been busy this week and got a nice job to do booked in for the 22nd of december on a commercial place.    got a couple of drives to do aswell before then.   you?

[BDCS]

I've been stacked all year but its not just pressure washing I do

[Roger Oakley]

Cheers BDCS,
I know the £ to $ must be hurting some people.....shame,

DS
Yes I think we have pretty much finsihed for 2008, just had the first free week since January 1st 2008 without a job to do, just doing quotes for next next year now really, not complaining as we start early January next year.

[drive surgeon]

nice one rog! have a nice christmas and new year 

[Roger Oakley]

Hey not gone away yet and far to early to say merry xmas 

[Richy L]

good bit of advice rog.
I just finished a big-ish job today. Got to the job at 9AM and everythig was frozen solid. Hose HP and water feed, and the pump! It was -5 thismorning! i managd to get going at about 10AM still around -1 mind you. Im happy to see the end of that job!

[BDCS]

It was fine here - I'm in sunny Dover