</font><font color="blue" class="small">( That sounds a lot like my pressure washer it has a comet pump and is belt driven,did you buy yours in Florida?Thats where mine came from.
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Yep, that's it. Thanks for the link-- satisfies Polecat's request for a picture. USA Pressure Washers was located in the airport industrial park in Fort Pierce, about 45 miles South of Palm Bay, when I bought mine. Port St. Lucie is only 10 miles from that airport, so I just drove up there, told them what I wanted, and they built it. I knew they had moved to another facility several years ago, but I didn't know where until you posted the link.
I don't have a lot of luck with small gas engines, even Hondas, so what I really wanted was a washer with an electric motor. At that time, we used it for several hours a day, and always in the same location. The lower noise level would have been nice, too. The problem was that a washer of that size would, according to the builders, require a 10 HP motor, which would have been 3 phase -- and we didn't have 3 phase available, nor was I willing to buy a converter. So, I took it with the 13 HP Honda. Despite my fears, the only problems we have had are with the uinloader valve (almost annually) and some seals letting water get into the oil in the pump. 14 years and many, many hours of operation later, the Honda still starts on the first or second pull.
I love it. Just the other day, I brought it home, dialed back the pressure a bit, and used it to blast pine needles out of the overhead pool screen. Fortunately, our neighbor has removed the pine trees, so that's the last time I may have to do that! He never had any sympathy about the needles until he put up his own pool screen last year... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
USA Pressure Systems INC. )</font>
Yep, that's it. Thanks for the link-- satisfies Polecat's request for a picture. USA Pressure Washers was located in the airport industrial park in Fort Pierce, about 45 miles South of Palm Bay, when I bought mine. Port St. Lucie is only 10 miles from that airport, so I just drove up there, told them what I wanted, and they built it. I knew they had moved to another facility several years ago, but I didn't know where until you posted the link.
I don't have a lot of luck with small gas engines, even Hondas, so what I really wanted was a washer with an electric motor. At that time, we used it for several hours a day, and always in the same location. The lower noise level would have been nice, too. The problem was that a washer of that size would, according to the builders, require a 10 HP motor, which would have been 3 phase -- and we didn't have 3 phase available, nor was I willing to buy a converter. So, I took it with the 13 HP Honda. Despite my fears, the only problems we have had are with the uinloader valve (almost annually) and some seals letting water get into the oil in the pump. 14 years and many, many hours of operation later, the Honda still starts on the first or second pull.
I love it. Just the other day, I brought it home, dialed back the pressure a bit, and used it to blast pine needles out of the overhead pool screen. Fortunately, our neighbor has removed the pine trees, so that's the last time I may have to do that! He never had any sympathy about the needles until he put up his own pool screen last year... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
