Buying used equipment?

[Kris Caswell]

Exploring the idea of buying a used hot pressure washer for my first unit. We will be mainly focusing on doing commercial property surface cleaning, building siding cleaning, and dumpsters etc...

Any tips on what to look out for when inspecting the epuipment?


**** on a side note i ran into this ad. Any opinions?

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Pressure power Washer Hot Water "Landa"da - $4500 (winters ca.) <SECTION class=userbody><SECTION id=postingbody>MHP 4-300
140 hours
Honda ll.0 hp motor
belt drive landa pump
225 degrees hot water
3500 psi
I purchased it brand new for $8,500 in 2006. I changed professions and have been sitting on this since about 2010 I do a few odd jobs a year and keep it maintained year round. Asking $4500 or best offer.
it comes with everything i have about 275 feet of pressure hose, a double barrel landa wand, and a push pressure sweeper.
It fits in the back of a Chevy pickup, i have had mine in one for the past few years. Truck died and I wont be buying another one so my loss is your gain.

 

[Vince Wood]

That unit is too small for commercial work Kris, plus it's priced a bit on the high side. Keep in mind that pressure washers depreciate faster than a brand new car when you drive it off the lot.

If you're going to be doing flatwork and building washes I would recommend at least 5 gallons per minute at 3500 PSI with hot water. I'll keep my eye open for you down here if I see anything that might be worth buying I'll let you know.

 

[Kris Caswell]

Vince,

Thx for the advice. I had a hard time digging up the specs on this model. We are definitely looking for 5gpm+.

Appreciate you keeping an eye out. Pls pm me if you run into anything

 

[Hardwaresteve]

I could sell you a unit like that new for that price. My advice would be to definitely do what you are doing and ask people on the forum. Also don't take anyone's word that a unit runs fine, you need to run it and see for yourself. Even better video it running and operate all the controls, these guys on this forum can see potential problems on the verge of occurring by seeing how they are operating currently.

 

[CL Scott]

How handy are you? When purchasing used equipment, mechanical skills will be necessary, or you'll end up spending top dollar anyway!

 

[Osoto]

Alot of time you can find a parts list that will give you manufactures numbers aswell as an exploded drawing. As mentioned earlier, learn the new price and cross reference specs old vs new. Doing mechanical work is easy, however, not everyone has mechanical skills. One thing you'll find rampant is, people asking sale price for used stuff. I'll never understand that mentality.