Washing my tractor. Any pressure washer experts?

[1930]

Neighbor washed his brand new Mahindra with his pressure washer. Set too high. Blew many stickers off one side before he turned it down. Actually makes the tractor look better. All those safety stickers made it look like a fugitive from a carnival side show.

That's a big help, thanks :thumbdown:

Kidding

 

[Jaylegger]

I have a 4200psi 4.2 GPM pressure washer and on one occasion used a 115 volt 3 amp 1/4 HP utility pump to feed it from a lake through 25 feet of garden hose with no problems. The pump was just a small Bur-Cam same model 300502 but now discontinued.



Any Small gas or electric (if generator available) utility/transfer pump should easily handle the GPM required. If going electric might as well go on the safe side and get a 1/2 HP unit.

 

[1930]

Would something like this work, again I'm only guessing/ assuming that if my p.w pump specs state it is a 4 gpm pump than this 5 gpm pump would be the ticket.

https://www.amazon.com/Seaflo-5-5gpm-Diaphragm-Garden-Caravan/dp/B00HI88WLQ

Says 60 psi

 

[Jaylegger]

Would something like this work, again I'm only guessing/ assuming that if my p.w pump specs state it is a 4 gpm pump than this 5 gpm pump would be the ticket.

https://www.amazon.com/Seaflo-5-5gpm-Diaphragm-Garden-Caravan/dp/B00HI88WLQ

Says 60 psi

Funny I was just looking at one those as remembered I have a 12 volt Jabsco marine pump on my boat that provides 4.0 GPM. Assuming your hose run to the pressure washer is very short and the inlet is fed with some positive pressure from bag I don't see why it wouldn't work.

 

[4570Man]

Most high end pressure washers are gravity feed. I’ve seen plenty of them that even when using a water hose connection still use a gravity tank to feed the pump. As long as the hose is big enough and not a 50’ long dollar store garden hose I think you’ll be fine. One of the big diameter commercial water hoses thats short with no kinks or curls would easily flow 4gpm at low pressure.

 

[Jaylegger]

This thread has many of your answers:https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/owning-operating/182805-pressure-washer-draw-tank.html

 

[1930]

Good thread, thanks

 

[Diggin It]

Wash? What means this ... uhh ... wash?




Parts of my yard are almost like Quicksand. Tried awful hard to suck it down, but I beat it back and got away ... not clean though. Might be a couple hundred pounds of mud in all, but I don't think it'll work for wheel weights.

This stuff comes off easier after it dries, so I'll wait, break it off with a rubber mallet, then spray it down.

 

[ovrszd]

Must be a tremendous amount of mud on the other side out of sight.

 

[JJT]

The only washing my tractors get are when they get caught out in the rain. No trailer queens here, but they are parked inside out of the sun.