On Dec 14, 4:56=A0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "shooter" wrote:
> >I am in need of a good gas powered pressure washer, 2400 PSI or
> > bigger.
>
> The serious machines start at 10HP.
>
> Let your fingers do the walking thru the industrial cleaning section.
>
> Lew
>
> Lew
Not looking for anything that big. Budget is probably $700.00 or
less. Thanks
On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:38:59 -0800 (PST), the infamous shooter
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>On Dec 14, 4:56 pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "shooter" wrote:
>> >I am in need of a good gas powered pressure washer, 2400 PSI or
>> > bigger.
>>
>> The serious machines start at 10HP.
>>
>> Let your fingers do the walking thru the industrial cleaning section.
>>
>> Lew
>>
>> Lew
>
>Not looking for anything that big. Budget is probably $700.00 or
>less. Thanks
I'm happy with my Costco-bought Karcher G3050. It's a 3,000 psi, Honda
190cc, 2.5gpm sweetheart. $350 delivered last year. If I had a
larger budget, I'd have gone with a 4,000psi 4gpm, but they are quite
a bit heavier.
--
Every day above ground is a Good Day(tm).
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The folks that sell pressure washers parts are
quite blunt about consumer grade washers. They
consider them a POS. The pump has a average
life time of "about" 50 hours run time.
The pump being the key part,runs $200-$300.
I have a lovely 5hp Honda setting in my shop
right now that was given to me.
It just needs a gasket was what I was told.
Turns out, they can't be bought for love nor money.
The pump is the only way to fix the damn thing.
[email protected] wrote:
> I bought a Karcher POS from lowes..... It lasted a summer. the next
> time, i looked in sears. they had a few machines in the 300$ range,
> but qant over 100$ for a 3 year warranty - It looks as if they know
> the washers don't last
Just a heads-up, and this might have changed during the past few
years:
We bought a Karcher in the general range you describe about 6-7 years
ago. Very good looking machine and it got good reviews at the time.
HOWEVER, the nozzle adjustment crapped out in about three or four
months and attempts to find a replacement part were fruitless. A
fellow at Karcher, USA finally told us outright that some replacement
parts for consumer grade washers where back-ordered with no projected
delivery date. It was purchased at Lowes, and to their credit, they
let us exchange at purchase price for a different machine.
RonB
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On Dec 14, 8:26 pm, RonB <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just a heads-up, and this might have changed during the past few
> years:
>
> We bought a Karcher in the general range you describe about 6-7 years
> ago. Very good looking machine and it got good reviews at the time.
> HOWEVER, the nozzle adjustment crapped out in about three or four
> months and attempts to find a replacement part were fruitless. A
> fellow at Karcher, USA finally told us outright that some replacement
> parts for consumer grade washers where back-ordered with no projected
> delivery date. It was purchased at Lowes, and to their credit, they
> let us exchange at purchase price for a different machine.
>
> RonB
I bought a Karcher POS from lowes..... It lasted a summer. the next
time, i looked in sears. they had a few machines in the 300$ range,
but qant over 100$ for a 3 year warranty - It looks as if they know
the washers don't last
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Most consumer pressure washers sold by any of the major retailers are pure
junk, but having said that, most of the problems with them which result in
premature failure, is the result of brain dead consumers. Since most people
don't read owner's manuals and these days, fewer and fewer people have grown
up in environments where tools and machinery were a part of their lives
growing up, they don't realize that you can't just let a low end power
washer just sit there and idle while you go about some other part of the
task. Pumps heat up, eat themselves up, and suddenly it was a POS.
We've had one of the cheapest power washers known to man for about 10 years
now. It gets a regular workout every year, and it just keeps working. I
wish it would die so I could convince my wife to let me get a real power
washer, but it just keeps chugging. Sigh...
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-Mike-
[email protected]
shelly
On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:26:10 -0800 (PST), RonB <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Just a heads-up, and this might have changed during the past few
>years:
>
>We bought a Karcher in the general range you describe about 6-7 years
>ago. Very good looking machine and it got good reviews at the time.
>HOWEVER, the nozzle adjustment crapped out in about three or four
>months and attempts to find a replacement part were fruitless. A
>fellow at Karcher, USA finally told us outright that some replacement
>parts for consumer grade washers where back-ordered with no projected
>delivery date. It was purchased at Lowes, and to their credit, they
>let us exchange at purchase price for a different machine.
>
>RonB
Similar experience, I found a good mechanic who specialized in small
equipment ie pressure washers and replaced the pump with a commercial
grade and haven't had a problem since. So I would recommend talking
to someone that works on them.
Mike M
On Dec 16, 11:05=A0am, Pat Barber <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a lovely 5hp Honda setting in my shop
> right now that was given to me.
>
> It just needs a gasket was what I was told.
> Turns out, they can't be bought for love nor money.
>
> The pump is the only way to fix the damn thing.
Well, maybe the only factory-supported way... but any
auto parts store can sell you a square foot or so of
gasket material. There's also those Permatex
goo advertisements that it 'works without a gasket'
but I hate those, since replacing a Ford water pump
put in with only the glue. The extra few millimeters for
the (three, in series) gaskets keeps the bolts from
bottoming in the engine block - without the gaskets,
those bolts were bound to break (and the removal of
the full-seam-glued housings was very stressful, too).
On Dec 14, 8:26=A0pm, RonB <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just a heads-up, and this might have changed during the past few
> years:
>
> We bought a Karcher in the general range you describe about 6-7 years
> ago. =A0Very good looking machine and it got good reviews at the time.
> HOWEVER, the nozzle adjustment crapped out in about three or four
> months and attempts to find a replacement part were fruitless. =A0A
> fellow at Karcher, USA finally told us outright that some replacement
> parts for consumer grade washers where back-ordered with no projected
> delivery date. =A0It was purchased at Lowes, and to their credit, they
> let us exchange at purchase price for a different machine.
>
> RonB
I bought a Karcher POS from lowes..... It lasted a summer. the next
time, i looked in sears. they had a few machines in the 300$ range,
but qant over 100$ for a 3 year warranty - It looks as if they know
the washers don't last
shelly
shooter wrote:
> I am in need of a good gas powered pressure washer, 2400 PSI or
> bigger. Anyone have any suggestions? There seems to be a lot of
> different models out there to choose from. Anyone know if an Axial
> Cam Pump is a good system? Thanks in advance.
What do you want it to do and how heavily do you plan to use it?
"shooter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am in need of a good gas powered pressure washer, 2400 PSI or
> bigger. Anyone have any suggestions? There seems to be a lot of
> different models out there to choose from. Anyone know if an Axial
> Cam Pump is a good system? Thanks in advance.
>
> Ronnie
I have a Karcher 2400psi & 2gpm with a Honda engine. I paid $300 for
it at Costco 5 years ago. I probably run it 20-30 hours per year and have
had zero problems with it so far (knock on wood).
Art