THOUGHTS ON USING A CAR

[Clisty1989]

Unprofessional in my view !!But what do I no [emoji15]

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Depend on your target audience. Posh houses and commercial I'd say van all the way, council/affordable houses tend to think that a new van mean your too expensive. Saying that people are more interested in you as a person, not what you work out of

 

[tommy15468]

Depend on your target audience. Posh houses and commercial I'd say van all the way, council/affordable houses tend to think that a new van mean your too expensive. Saying that people are more interested in you as a person, not what you work out of

Agree

Good personality will get you a long long way in this game

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[ECS Windows]

I would love a van but don't have the choice financially right now. Every time I role up the old dear/wife piles me with questions (wfp). Will gladly answer them and reassure. Haven't heard a bad word after the work is done. Spotless glass is all residential cares about. That's my few beers take on things anyway /emoticons/wink.png

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[J and S]

Lad round here has a tank fitted in boot.

 

[Ralph]

Well I work out of a Ford focus estate, and can do pretty much everything out of it such as trad, pole system, with a rhino guard attached to ladder rack for poles and backpack in boot plus I have l my softwash equipment for my roof cleans. Never had a problem so far.

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[Adams0211]

I've never worked from a car but it can definitely be done. You'll obviously be restricted to working from a backpack/barrels though. I started off working from barrels in the back of a combo and then bought myself a transit connect and van mounted system. Fair play to those of you lugging barrels around but it's not for me.

 

[Dave B]

Working in general is not for you mate :rofl::rofl:

 

[Adams0211]

Working in general is not for you mate :rofl::rofl:

I can agree with that)

 

[Dave B]

It is hard work lifting your wallet though isn't it?

I was gonna get a collapsible trolley for mine

 

[Adams0211]

It is hard work lifting your wallet though isn't it?I was gonna get a collapsible trolley for mine

Sometimes mate. Depends if the wife or kids has got hold of it.

 

[Dave B]

Sometimes mate. Depends if the wife or kids has got hold of it.

Definitely know that feeling lol

 

[A Pane In The Glass]

maybe people are starting out n use cars

 

[Pegasus]

used a car since starting 5 yrs ago. Now in a Peugeot 2008 1.6. 2 x 20 litre barrels plus a backpack and trad kit plus a roof rack when needing big ladders. Even gutter vax can fit in. No plans to get a van. Only need to carry backpack from A to B which is pretty limited weight and distance tbh.

 

[bhj1]

ANYBODY GOT ANY PHOTOS OF A CAR IN USE AND HOW YOU USE THE SPACE INISDE

 

[Marko067]

The car is a Nissan Primera P11 1.6 saloon. The boot doesn't interfere with the ladders when opened unlike the hatchback

With PF trolley and six barrels in boot

Without trolley could fit a reel in the space and use a pump box. There is space behind the barrels a pump box could be sited in if that is how you like to work

Pole rest for two poles. This car will accommodate poles with a collapsed length of an SLX 25. The posts stop the poles sliding about in transit which could be dangerous

Hoses and trad tools stored on back seat behind driving seat. Two extra barrels of water can be stored easily if need be, one in the front foot well and one on back seat. How tidy all this is depends on your organisational skills.

 

[Reach For The Glass]

It can work very well if you're organized. I've worked wfp form a 1.6 Nissan Primera saloon for nine and half years. When it breaks down I might get a small van, but the car has worked very well for me. Especially in view of the difficulty in parking around where I work.A fellow windie pulled up near me today in a van, blocked off the entire end of the street while he cleaned one of his customers. This is one example of why for me a car or small van is best. I appreciate it's not the same for all, probably even most.

There are only a couple of houses on my round where it's not worth getting the trolley out so I just connect up a short hose and work straight out of the back of the car, but for most it really is no big deal to get the trolley out, sling on a barrel and off I go. Car stays put and I just come back for more water every half hour.

Why would a van block the road and not a car? Just curious.

 

[Marko067]

Why would a van block the road and not a car? Just curious.

It's more to do with a lot of the areas I work in having limited parking, not that vans in general block the road. I cited the incident as an example of the problems there are with parking in many of the areas I work in. It was a large van and I presume the chap felt he couldn't park it anywhere else. The end of the street in question had three large parking areas that no one could get in and out of whilst he was working. I do a lot of work in the area and with a car or small van, I can park up and return every half hour for water which takes no more than a few minutes. I don't do any areas where a van of any description would be a real bonus to me so the trusty car works well for me at the moment.

 

[A Pane In The Glass]

I started with my mk4 now I have a Van.. we all gotta start somewhere

 

[MikeNW]

Im WFP out of a Citroen Xsara Picasso.  Outgrown it though, looking for a van (literally sat here now trawling the net for one!).  Would I have grown quicker if I started with a van?  Maybe but 12 months ish in im maing a living need a van and starting to get the higher end jobs where im ashamed to turn up in my car.

Make a living with what you have and then improve as you go along. 

 

[monkeyman]

This is how I got started. 



plus a telescopic ladder in the passenger footwell layed up the seat.

 

[222wrighty]

Got to start somewhere I’m using a fiesta I can get 5 25l drums in the boot and backpack in the back and off I go I have just started thinking of getting cmax and making wfp car lol

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