[pardu]

hay yall..can anybody tell me if you have made a DIY. trolly system or if anybody has photos of one thanks''

[Ian W]

There are loads on this site. Use the search facility and you will be able to find lots of posts with pictures.

I made one, but now use a backpack on a trolley.

[matt]

E.mail for a DIY WFP site

diywfplink@yahoo.co.uk

[dai]

The first picture shows the sack truck as I take it out the van.
The second shows the hook on pump box

[dai]

The battery sits in the box between the wheels.
The hose reel holds about 25 meters of micro bore, so no need to take trolley round the back.
This system has been used and abused for three and a half years with no problems.
The sack truck is a Clarke strong arm, I chose it because it's made of aluminium and is square in section.
Apart from bolt holes through the footplate, I did not drill any holes in the sacktruck, every thing is held on with clamps. The container carriers was part of an old ladder, the base plate was a piece of stainless steel work top from a pub kitchen, the pump box is half of what was someones overall locker.
The two pole carriers are made from some alloy tubing I scrounged, the original ones were made from plastic waste pipe. they are held on with exhaust U bolts.
The two tubes going into the barrels came from a pub cellar, stanless steel and have their own strainers built in.
I know it's a bit of a scrap yard challenge, but I am one of Matt's trolls, and he inspired me.

[weetot]

Thats so cool, talk about improvisation, that should win a nobel prize, engineer of the year or what......
fantastic.

[Oakley Windows]

  There is something magical about that setup Dai. Well done mate.


I think it looks fabulous, wow, talk about improvisation!!


Has Ewan seen it ?

[elite mike]

nice job dai
is it very heavy

[AuRavelling79]

Very good Dai! Well done mate.

Didn't NASA send one of those things to Mars in the 1980's?

See, Ewan - it is Rocket Science!

[dai]

nice job dai
is it very heavy

No mate, It's nearly all aluminium, even the hose reel is only held on with 2 wing nuts and could be taken off in seconds.
There's a lot of hills on my patch, but even an old sod like me can push it no problem.

The pump and Varistream are mounted on a plate inside the box, if I undo 2 nuts they lift out too. makes it easy to get to if something went wrong.
The 2 support struts that hold the container carriers are just 2 bits of alloy tube with threaded bar running through them.
If any one wants to know more, just email me.

[elite mike]

cheers dai

my next trolley will be diy

[matt]

Ive said it before

a top notch trolley, the recycling of the ladders allways makes me smile

[ftp]

Brilliant Dai! Makes me wonder why people spend twenty to thirty thousand pounds just to clean windows. 
People like you will ride out the credit crunch quite easily i would think. 
I see the Harris pole, what's the shorter one?

[ftp]

Ewan you really are such a plank! Who's earning 300,000 a year then?
Sometimes you really don't understand.

Why would Dai need to spend on an elaborate system? Will it earn him 300,000 a year?
Of course it won't.
Which planet did you do your business courses on? 

[peter holley]

Brilliant Dai! Makes me wonder why people spend twenty to thirty thousand pounds just to clean windows. 
People like you will ride out the credit crunch quite easily i would think. 
I see the Harris pole, what's the shorter one?

£20’000 - £30’000 per year to clean windows!
Probably because they are earning ten times that.

Or £20’000 - £30’000 set up cost and running cost of £5’000 a year.
Earning £40’000 – £60’000 a year.
Even if you used it then gave this set up away after five years, it would be difficult to make a loss. Risk over five years is reduced and the rewards increase.

Got to know what you are doing though with or without credit crunch.

so its all about profit then?  why throw money away?

[rednick]

here's the trolley i made

[peter holley]

I thought everyone here who window cleans aims to make money!

Are you throwing any money away if you are making money?

this speaks volumes of a man who has knowledge, but of a BOY with no expertience

[ftp]

Because Dai has a system there, complete with van that possibly costs what? Couple of thousand? Not even that, and it's a pretty good system too. His costs are so low that he's earning money from the word go. His round is established, so how would he make more profit by spending ten to fifteen times more money?
Many guys on here use trolleys what's wrong with that? It does exactly the same job as any other wfp system.

[br00ksy]

I made a simpler one than dai's without the varistream. Basic sack truck, with frame to hold 25 litre tubs. Battery booster for power and 80 psi diaphragm pump it does a great job and because the pump has low power consumption the battery booster lasts about a day and a half. I have a cut off valve next to the pump which also cuts the pump motor. It does the job and that's all i wanted. Cheap and cheerful

[NWH]

You`ll never beat a vanmount on medium to large domestic and you`ll never beat it on commercial,it`s the first low cost step into WFP.