WFP car set up

[Dan Paton]

Who does WFP from a car? Could you upload a photo of your set up? I need to use mine for 2 days next week. Cheers

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[Marko067]

I do, but use eight barrels of water and a trolley. It doesn't sound like what you're after.

 

[Dan Paton]

It is marko. I was more wondering how many barrels to get. It's a pug 307 and I reckon I could fit 8 in there somehow. Cheers mate

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[Dave B]

I do a bit of stick waggling and trad

This is the boot of my astra and i get another 4 barrels in with the seats down

If you have a spare pump and controller (controller not necessary ) stick it on a board in the boot

Can't wait till January as then the van comes

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[Marko067]

My car is a Nissan Premera P11 (99 plate). 6x barrels in boot plus trolley as below, one barrel in rear passenger footwell and one in front footwell. You could get 9x in the boot but I wouldn't recommend as all the weight is behind the rear axle.

 

[4Weekly]

i dont have any photos, but when i had my mercedes c350amg i used that when my van was off the road being repaired. lost a few customers too. they thought if i had a car like that then i could afford to lower their prices. lol

 

[Clisty1989]

Using a Mazda 323 for now, easily fit 8 barrels, trad gear, backpack, sprayer, degreaser, trad pole, hose reel, 2 buckets and a few extra bits and bobs and 2 people, with room to spare

 

[4Weekly]

i used to get 6 in my merc when i had it lol now i have a van and can get 20+

 

[J and S]

I do the whole of the avenue I live on bar one which is done by another guy purely because at the time he was WFP and I wasn't and couldn't do windows over conservatory.

He had a tank fitted in the boot of his car.

 

[Dave B]

I am getting a van so will be able to have a reasonable sized tank but i will still trad bottoms as i enjoy it as opposed to wfp which is great but a means to an end

The main reason for a van is to carry a pressure washer and softwash setup

Vans are a great asset and good advertising when sign written but no reason you can't work effectively from a car

 

[4Weekly]

when i was in between vans i used an old subaru impreza estate, non turbo thank god lol

That was awesome for work in winter being 4x4 awd

 

[Dave B]

I have had vans and cars over the years and my 2 favourite when trad were fiesta van and astra estate

But the ultimate was my old 2.5l tranny

You couldn't beat the old trannys back in the day

Proper workhorse that would never let you down

The body would rust into the ground but the engine would never miss a beat

 

[4Weekly]

i had a citroen berlingo for my first van, 2nd van was a peugeot partner ( same van diff badges ) now i have a renault master.

 

[Nudel]

I run my wfp from the boot of my Toyota avensis 4 doors.

Have the back seat down to fit the pole inside the car, put two 25l on the seat and four behind the front seats for a total of 6. Don't like to carry more as the car doesn't handle too well with the extra weight.

In the back I have my battery, pump hose reel and a large bucket with my trad gear.

 

[Dr Von Samstein]

I put a 125 flat tank that stays in the back of my Astra estate. I can carry another 8 jerry cans with the back seats down if I need to but usually get by with one or two. If it's a quiet day I don't even need to put the seats down

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Make yourself a pump box if you are working in your car and then you can easily free up space in your car at night and take it in. This was my first one, the wiring was lifted straight from an old trolley:

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Which worked fine but I wanted to be able to just take the battery in the house and charge it so came up with this:

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Crocodile clips onto my battery are brilliant. I used to have a trolley system but having a tank, pump box and hose reel has boosted earnings by almost 50% When I need to fill my tank from jerry cans I can connect a little 12v submersible pump to the same battery (more crocodile clips) and pump it into main tank and I don't have to lift anything!

And one last tip, if you make a box then put some cat litter in the bottom and it will keep everything totally dry because it sucks up the water

 

[1393jason]

I have been using the girlfreinds 208 for the last few months. I have two of the back seats down to fit my backpack and have two barrels next two it. another barrel behind the drivers seat and another two in the front passenger seat if needed.

Cannot wait to get my van sorted, fingers crossed before Christmas.

 

[Dave B]

View attachment 9079 Just rearranged my boot and put pump/battery/controller

 

[bhj1]

im using my little micra at the moment as im only doing it on my days off from work util i build up enough work. i can carry 8 25ltr barrels and my gardiner backpack in there,

im not sure weather to sort a reel out and a pump box and not use the baclapck?

 

[Nudel]

im using my little micra at the moment as im only doing it on my days off from work util i build up enough work. i can carry 8 25ltr barrels and my gardiner backpack in there,im not sure weather to sort a reel out and a pump box and not use the baclapck?

I opted to start out with a reel, so I have never used a backpack. For quite a lot of customers I believe a backpack would make for a smoother workflow as I both have to lift out the barrels to hook it up to the pump and reel the hose out and in. And if I empty the barrel I have to go back to change it for a new one, prime the pump etc.

With a backpack I would just have to lift it out of the car and start cleaning right away, though there is of course the time spent refilling it.

What I'm trying to say is: if you don't have a large tank or daisy chained barrels in your car, I am starting to wonder how beneficial it really is to have a reel. Inputs on this is very welcome.

Then again, I do mostly houses and the accessibility with hose on some of those are quite terrible, as in I spend most of my time on the job packing the car. Here are my prototype dirt cheap diy portable pump and battery, just needs to hook up a PWM controller to it to test it out for real next week. It works fine as is (apart from running full speed all the time), but it's quite cumbersome to lug around with that, a barrel and the pole.

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[Marko067]

You've got the beginnings of a simple trolley arrangement there Nudel. Pop that on a folding sack truck and a barrel of water on the front and off you go. You just need a simple way to hang that on your 'trolley.' I use a very similar pump on my Freedom trolley. Nice and light and does the job with a 7ah battery all day.