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| Thread ID: 143418 | 2017-01-05 23:22:00 | Waterblasters | allblack (6574) | PC World Chat |
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| 1430437 | 2017-01-08 19:06:00 | I have worked in the hire industry have for almost 3 years. With water blasters its just a matter of the cost of buying them and the amount of use they will get. If it has no oil lubrication ie no oil sight glass its just communist Chinese junk for the household domestic market will run for a set amount od hours and will seize. The best water blaster pumps are made in Italy and you just need a non communist chinese electric motor or a non communist chinese made petrol motor to drive it.(Thai Honda OK just) Hoses are no problem for quality water blasters when they wear out you just fit another one from your local hose doctor. They only go when they wear from dragging on concrete this exposes the wire reinforcement and it then rusts then fails fair wear and tear. If its non wire hose its communist chinese rubbish impossible to do a join repair with them. Pretty simple if you want it for a business buy quality like Kerrick or AES in NZ if you want it for home and money is a problem buy any communist chinese junk including domestic Karcher. We hire 1200 psi electric water blasters to Grannies to water blast their paths to 3000 psi 6 cylinder diesel engine driven ones. Poetry aside, are you saying that Karcher are built in China? |
allblack (6574) | ||
| 1430438 | 2017-01-08 19:08:00 | You shouldn't waterblast concrete paths, it damages the surface and forces water and contaminents into the concrete. Rant aside my cheap karcher is still running fine and I've had it for more than 10 years. Well that ruins my Xmas. Even more so that it make sense. But I probably still will. Maybe just a bit more gently .. |
allblack (6574) | ||
| 1430439 | 2017-01-08 20:00:00 | Well that ruins my Xmas. Even more so that it make sense.But I probably still will. Maybe just a bit more gently ..We have a attachment for our karcher that's for concrete and decks. www.mitre10.co.nz | plod (107) | ||
| 1430440 | 2017-01-08 22:01:00 | Funnily enough I have one of those attachments, I still wouldn't use it on a concrete path though. Also out of several people who have borrowed my waterblaster and myself, I'm the only one who likes the attachment. I think the problem is they try to use it like a vacuum cleaner and go too fast, it leaves a spiral pattern if you do that. Instead you need to go slow and steady to get good results and if you do that it's still much faster and easier than the normal attachment. | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1430441 | 2017-01-09 04:00:00 | Poetry aside, are you saying that Karcher are built in China? Karcher has two types Domestic and Industrial I am pretty sure they dont make the homo throw away domestic ones in Germany. They even have different fittings on the hose. The bigger industrial ones are sort of OK but I know of some companies which had lots of problems with them. I was a hose doctor in West Auckland and used to do repairs on them esp fleet washes for trucking companies. Check two things 1. It has wire reinforced hose 2.It is oil lubricated. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1430442 | 2017-01-09 18:52:00 | Karcher has two types Domestic and Industrial I am pretty sure they dont make the homo throw away domestic ones in Germany. They even have different fittings on the hose. The bigger industrial ones are sort of OK but I know of some companies which had lots of problems with them. I was a hose doctor in West Auckland and used to do repairs on them esp fleet washes for trucking companies. Check two things 1. It has wire reinforced hose 2.It is oil lubricated. Ok thanks for that. I'm not worried about a homo w/blaster - I could use the fashion advice but I'll check country of origin first coz I don't need any of that commie chinese crap. |
allblack (6574) | ||
| 1430443 | 2017-01-09 19:31:00 | Stihl are all made in Germany. So Prefect would probably call it Kraut krap. | Richard (739) | ||
| 1430444 | 2017-01-09 20:59:00 | "Ok thanks for that. I'm not worried about a homo w/blaster - I could use the fashion advice but I'll check country of origin first coz I don't need any of that commie chinese crap." LOL |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1430445 | 2017-01-10 04:31:00 | Stihl are all made in Germany. So Prefect would probably call it Kraut krap. And Brazil |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1430446 | 2017-01-10 07:18:00 | I have repaired water blasters for 30+ years, and will make the following observations: Domestic Karchers have plastic pumps which crack, but this is not a problem as is usually covered by warranty. Most budget price machines are made in China, regardless of the brand name. eg: just because it has a German name don't assume that the works are German, even if the case & fittings are. My Choice for domestic electric water blasters are Comet, Nilfisk (metal pump model), some Stihls, Briggs & Stratton, and some Karchers. For Petrol powered blasters: Comet, AES, Kerrick, Champion. Avoid vertical pumps mounted on vertical petrol motors. Avoid plastic lance nozzles. Avoid adjustable 'squeeze water' nozzles, choose replaceable stainless steel nozzles with a bayonet fitting. Ensure that the switch is water protected. Most damage is done to a water blaster through storage. If you don't need one very often you should consider hiring. |
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