Advice from Lads with 2 reel set up

[johnny bravo]

 

[johnny bravo]

Changed fittings now,  back to hozelock  getting waterflow thank god.  at least i know i can get out   One main reel working.

 

[johnny bravo]

 

[johnny bravo]

Different coloured hoses can be handy to untangle them ?  Do they both need to wind in at same time? If so can you position reels so they can both be wound in at same time?

thats a big pump

 

[Deleted member 7446]

cheers enough here for lots of use

Yes it's cost effective and great to have excess for filling or overflow hose 

Hope that helps you 

 

[johnny bravo]

best to have,    you never no when needed.    Just put away,    use when needed

 

[Pjj]

We have never had a problem with 2 Shurflo pumps drawing water from a single 1/2' hose from the tank.

Having 8mm hose on one reel and 6mm on the other makes no difference. This is our current setup although soon still uses the backpack 50% of the time.

A 1/2" house with a t piece for the closest pump has worked for us for near on 15 years.

I put up a photo of my first van's pipework a while back for you to copy. I've stuck to the same setup with the following 2 vans.

Those Shurflo pump filters need to be hand tightened and then I nip them up with a spanner. They do leak air on the suction side of you don't. (They are plastic so you need to do this with care.)

I found having 1/2 outlet divided into two pumps they were starving each other , one would run and work fine but both running at the same time the flow rate dropped right off , I put a 3/4 outlet from the tank and both then worked fine 

 

[Dave B]

thats a big pump

You would have 1 pump per reel.

 

[Iron Giant]

@johnny bravo I have merged your posts as you've created 3 posts in the last 24hrs covering the same topic and related issues 

 

[johnny bravo]

thanks  I G .    got my main reel back up  .  try again later.    dig backpack out of shed for now

thanks  I G .    got my main reel back up  .  try again later.    dig backpack out of shed for now

i  still use the slx extensions   

 

[Iron Giant]

i  still use the slx extensions

S-Max sections, I sold you them a fair few years ago now thinking I would never need them and then a few years later I ended up needing extra sections ?

 

[Dave B]

S-Max sections, I sold you them a fair few years ago now thinking I would never need them and then a few years later I ended up needing extra sections ?

Is the s max any good mr giant?

Looking for a new pole for my commercial flats which have velux above the 3rd floor.

 

[Part Timer]

Is the s max any good mr giant?

Looking for a new pole for my commercial flats which have velux above the 3rd floor.

Spend some of your money and get an Extreme 25 with the extension pack to take it up to the 35. Just be very careful of the 1st section.

 

[Dave B]

Spend some of your money and get an Extreme 25 with the extension pack to take it up to the 35. Just be very careful of the 1st section.

I'm too clumsy to be trusted with an extreme ?

 

[Iron Giant]

Is the s max any good mr giant?

Looking for a new pole for my commercial flats which have velux above the 3rd floor.

Yes mate, years ago a had a full s-max and it was like a scaffold pole for rigidity, but got rid.

As you may remember my daily is or was an xtreme of sorts but sections have snapped and are fragile, so with the ? weather I removed my metal banded sections and swapped them for the carbon fibre weave s-max sections so my daily pole is a 22ft pole made up of sections 1&2 been s-max and the rest been slx sections as my section 5 xtreme snapped clean in half last week ? and to fit my slx/extreme pole I had to chop the sections to fit the pole as they are a good few inches longer than a slx, just don't tell Alex G ?

The s-max sections are a lot more rigid and defo more robust than slx sections, you will notice the weight difference straight off but your a big lad so should manage @Part Timer I thought would have managed ? defo greater rigidity for veluxs but you may have to consider the weight depending on just how big your jobs are and whether a lighter pole would be best long term 

 

[Dave B]

Yes mate, years ago a had a full s-max and it was like a scaffold pole for rigidity, but got rid.

As you may remember my daily is or was an xtreme of sorts but sections have snapped and are fragile, so with the ? weather I removed my metal banded sections and swapped them for the carbon fibre weave s-max sections so my daily pole is a 22ft pole made up of sections 1&2 been s-max and the rest been slx sections as my section 5 xtreme snapped clean in half last week ? and to fit my slx/extreme pole I had to chop the sections to fit the pole as they are a good few inches longer than a slx, just don't tell Alex G ?

The s-max sections are a lot more rigid and defo more robust than slx sections, you will notice the weight difference straight off but your a big lad so should manage @Part Timer I thought would have managed ? defo greater rigidity for veluxs but you may have to consider the weight depending on just how big your jobs are and whether a lighter pole would be best long term 

Cheers bud