Loosen the gas cap and see if that fixes it ..read more

Hi there! I have a Predator 670 hooked up to an AR 8 gpm pump through a gear box. I have recently replaced the fuel pump, spark plugs, and changed the oil in my predator engine. The engine will usually start, but only after a few minutes of turning the key. Does anybody have an idea what the problem might be? The only thing I can think of is that the gas tank could be the problem. We have about 2 ft of gas hose in between the intake and the tank. Any thoughts or ideas are much appreciated ..read more

Okay, I see what you mean. To clarify, my bid for cleaning the entire area that they want plus the driveways would be $13.5K, which is based on the rate I would charge individual customers if they were to hire me to clean the concrete… I’m not losing money or working for free in that regard if that makes more sense? The cost of bulk water delivery, given my schedule doesn’t allow for a full week, let alone back to back days for availability, ends up being substantial and even with the reduced surface area (not cleaning driveways), it ends up being a couple thousand dollars more ($16.5). I’ll r ..read more

Because you’re looking at 2.5" equipment. Look at 3/4". You can buy the adaptor plate for 2.5" hydrant output to a 3/4" GHT for $43. Did just the setup like you need w/o the meter 2 weeks ago for an apartment project I’m on that has a master meter at street for less than $100 counting the adaptor plate. Google 3/4" water meter and there are a ton of them for less than $100…So your total cost would be less than 200 plus the wrench you need is about $40. I’m running 3 - 8gpm machines on this project and I’m having to dump excess water at EOD. It’s keeping my tanks brimming full all day long and ..read more

Dang are you guys really only getting $100 a driveway? Selfishly I also don’t want to only do the sidewalk and apron and not touch the drives… it’ll look like an incomplete job and I can’t stand the thought of that, especially if someone asks who did it and my name is thrown out there ..read more

I still say it’s cheaper to hand a homeowner $30 to use their water than burn up your time and resources on countless driveways. You could even get a cheap water meter and check to see how much water you used and double the price, STILL a lot cheaper than doing a driveway which would run about $100 each ..read more

We charge $1.50 liner foot. We tell them we will drop down to $1 if it’s really not that bad after we are done (maybe weird to do that) but no one wants to pay that price either. Had ten bids this year for gutter clean out and not one took it. Not mad at all about it ..read more

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m no mathematician… but when I calculate what all of the surface area is and times it by rate, I’m ending up with a considerably lower number then factoring in hydrant use (I’m not sure where you are finding a meter for $200 I’m seeing $800 for just the meter and then the back flow and all the connections, closer to $1500-2K… but I also don’t really know what I’m looking at in terms of pieces/brands/etc) or having to haul in water, even with less area to clean ..read more

Those are my thoughts exactly. As I keep chugging knowledge from this site I am getting together a mostly rental setup, for the end portion of this season. Start applying stuff I have learned from here and start finding gaps in areas I thought I had touched on or didn’t realize existed. I feel by doing it for free it will give ample opportunity to learn to apply proper procedures ..read more

Cleaning 45 drives. That’s got to be $4500. That’s nuts You can get the meter setup you need for probably $200. If you had a belt drive machine, you could just run a hose from trailer with totes on it. 3/4 ton you can haul a lot of stuff. If you could figure out how to get tote in truck bed, then work off of it When one on truck got empty, just use a sludge pump to transfer to truck tote from trailer, takes less than 10min ..read more