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Sal at ESG

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Ive been surfing around looking at several diffrent types of water reclamation equipment. Their is some good info on how the systems work ,but I have yet to see a price. "ABOUT" how much should I expect to spend? Are the mobil systems more expensive(vacu-boom) than semi-permanant wash pads?
What kind of system do those of you who reclaim use? Is the system you use mantinance intensive? How long to setup/tear down?
Full of questions,
Sal:confused:
 
Did all the research on the three major ones, you can expect to pay up to and even over $8000 however that does not mean better in the case of reclaim.

Now I would suggest buying Water Treatment Technologies, Inc.
I have the MD 36 which is considered mobil, by mobil that does not mean on wheels where you can move it around, it has to be mounted down on your rig.

http://www.watertreatmenttech.com

I have seen The Little Sucker in action, that unit is mobil but also you need to consider the weight of it and I have seen copies of The Water Boy.

I went with the middle unit rather then the larger one do to space limits on new trailer.

Also have the Vacuboom ordered, I went with the larger system for the added vacuum power, that way I would not have to move it around as much.

Talk with Mark at Easy Clean Systems.

Jon
 
Water reclaimation Unit

John,
Do you use your unit on all your jobs? Does it do a good job of filtering out oil? Where do you discharge to?
 
I have a Steel Eagle Fury 2400 system, a Water Treatment Tech unit, and a vacu-boom unit. Depending on the job I can either use the vacu-boom, or I can use the vacuum spinner. The water treatment tech unit, or mighty mobile, was probably the best money I spent. It is easy to take care of, easy to maintain, and almost anything you would need to fix or replace can be bought at home depot. KISS, keep it simple stupid. That is what this unit is.

The vacu-boom, while a little more expensive than alot of other systems, has also been worth the money. Every job I do, I have to ensure zero discharge. That is what the vacu-boom will accomplish. When trying to decide on a system, you have to ask yourself what you are allowed to discharge. Here, we can't discharge ANYTHING, so I pick up everything, and run it all closed loop. No complaints so far. I purchased the smallest Mighty Mobile system, one step down from the one that Jon bought, mainly because of the limited space I had to work with on my truck bed.

It is a little more work with less filtration, but I just have to clean it out more often. It still does a really good job. All my work is Flat work, and the only problems I have had have been with the Steel Eagle system. Primarily because they have no idea what customer service actually is. Other than that, no big deal.

As far as set up and tear down time, I typically added about an hour to my time for standard 4-5 hour jobs. 1/2 and hour for each, on top of the original time it used to take me.

I'd feel bad giving you the price quotes on what I paid for my equipment, because I bought everything 5 years ago, when everything was twice as expensive as it is now. I know Jon paid less for his stuff than I did, so call around and get some current price quotes. Mine could scare you half to death!!

And finally, discharge. I have permission from my local sanitation district to disharge all grey, or recycled water directly into the sanitary sewer. After pre-treatment. All of the jobs that I do have discharge points on the facility, so I come in empty, and leave empty. No DOT restrictions to deal with. No transportation or plaquers to post.
 
water reclaimation

Kendra,
Thanks for the info. This gives me a good staring point that I know is proven. In Texas, at least where I live there are no restrictions yet. Storm drain run off is being evaluated at this time. I want to try and stay ahead of things before any legislation is passed.
 
I have a vacum boom for sale for $2,300 never used

E-mail me soon if you want it!


Eric
 
Kendra,

I'm starting a garage cleaning business.

I already found the hard way that water recovery is important since otherwise the grease will re-deposit again on the floor.

Looks like the most recomended surface cleaner is the Landa Water Jet.

Can you vacuum the water with the Landa (guess not) :confused: ?

How does the Fury 2400 compare to the Landa :confused: ?

Where do you get the vacuum from with the Fury :confused: ?

Thanks
 
Frank if your a handy guy I bet you could build a vacuum onto most any surface cleaner.

It will make a difference as to how much room between the spinner bar and the base, if enough room you can set up a sealed vacuum inside but why would you want to do that, you have twice the hose to move around and it will slow you down by half.

I much prefer to set up my vacuboom at the low end of the runoff and let it do the work for me. Vacuums up the water and sends it up to the reclaim, from reclaim to reuse tank and back into the system.

I switch tanks for final rinse with clean water and that gets picked up also.

Jon
 
Hi Ron,

Unfortunately, I'm not handy enough to build a vacumm onto a surface cleaner :(

I'm just starting and still have a lot to learn.

On my first garage cleaning the water settled in several puddles. I guess that I would have to move the boom over the puddles to collect that water (correct me if I'm wrong).

On the other hand, I see your point when you say that with a surface cleaner+vacuum I would have twice the hose to move around.

Why would I want to do that ? because as I said in my previous post, in my first job the grease settled back on the floor so I ended up moving grease from one place to another.

What I like in the Fury is that is seems to collect the dirty water right away, allowing no time for the grease to re-settle on the floor.

Do they sell the vacuum with the Fury ?

BTW Ron, your rig look great :eek:
 
Sal at ESG said:
Ive been surfing around looking at several diffrent types of water reclamation equipment. Their is some good info on how the systems work ,but I have yet to see a price. "ABOUT" how much should I expect to spend? Are the mobil systems more expensive(vacu-boom) than semi-permanant wash pads?
What kind of system do those of you who reclaim use? Is the system you use mantinance intensive? How long to setup/tear down?
Full of questions,
Sal:confused:
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Water Reclamation equipment is important to only use when its needed. Always check your own state an local authorities. Reclaiming water when not necessary creates a liability not needed.
 
Frank are you still around ?
Frank said:
Hi Ron,

Unfortunately, I'm not handy enough to build a vacumm onto a surface cleaner :(

I'm just starting and still have a lot to learn.

On my first garage cleaning the water settled in several puddles. I guess that I would have to move the boom over the puddles to collect that water (correct me if I'm wrong).

On the other hand, I see your point when you say that with a surface cleaner+vacuum I would have twice the hose to move around.

Why would I want to do that ? because as I said in my previous post, in my first job the grease settled back on the floor so I ended up moving grease from one place to another.

What I like in the Fury is that is seems to collect the dirty water right away, allowing no time for the grease to re-settle on the floor.

Do they sell the vacuum with the Fury ?

BTW Ron, your rig look great :eek:
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