Nobbymogs Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 well after many hours on the drive yesterday jetwashing i was wondering how every 1 else copes it took me about 3 hrs cleaning the purple thing and then about another 3 clearing up the drive before the wife come home i think there were a total of 6 - 8 buckets of mud removed. normally we try and go to the local garage but this time i had no drive plus to top it all off i blocked the drains and now ive looked underneath still aint clean Nobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtail84 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I normaly steam it off in my yard and all the mud and water runs into the scafolders yard down wind to me... then i do it again a few days later so when im underneath i dont get too much cr@p in my eyes.. and yes it allways looks like it could do with a dam good clean. Jeff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow White Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Luckily I have the facilities to wash mine down at a works premises also with a very high pressure cleaner. It did take 3 hours through and a spade to clean up the worse. However the cambelt broke on the way home, gutted. Can’t decide if I’m pleased that I finished the event and then it broke or just annoyed that it has broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I use the curtains . No but seriously I am lucky enough to wash mine at work , over a gridded pit , And depending on whats in the yard at the time I tend to lift either end up and give it a thorough clean , Takes me well over 3 hours some days depending where I have put it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrfarmer Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 i use the pressure washer with a very small jet cut the mud/clay off then wash with wider jet take me 1-1 1/2hrs but once a year for the mot it can take me 3-4 hours to get it clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I use the curtains .No but seriously I am lucky enough to wash mine at work , over a gridded pit , And depending on whats in the yard at the time I tend to lift either end up and give it a thorough clean , Takes me well over 3 hours some days depending where I have put it . which is why you get someone else to do it instead in about an hour then....... i use a hot water pressure washer in a field parked ona steep slope so you can get in under takes about an hour to 90mins, used to take twice as long with a cold water washer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparg Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I use some special attachments for the hose. For the body I use a "wife" and for the chassis and wheelarches I use a "son". Both are a bit fiddly to use, but get the job done eventually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 which is why you get someone else to do it instead in about an hour then.......i use a hot water pressure washer in a field parked ona steep slope so you can get in under takes about an hour to 90mins, used to take twice as long with a cold water washer. Well why have a dog and bark youself , Just for the record ,I have an apprentice Dean (Stoopz) who gets all narked if anyone else washes my truck , (Strange lad) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco tony Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I got one of those "wifes" but it costs me over £20k a year and does not work very well, a bit noisey if put to tasks such as this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WALFY Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 which is why you get someone else to do it instead in about an hour then.......i use a hot water pressure washer in a field parked ona steep slope so you can get in under takes about an hour to 90mins, used to take twice as long with a cold water washer. What it is to be rich and carefree with money A hot water pressure washer to be used about once or twice a year . Such extravagance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ101 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 A bit like Jase really,, a Job for Uncle Albert, Monday mornings,, Steam cleaner, in the wash bay,and all morning, by the time the ropes have been done as well, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Ropes go in the washing machine with the overalls , Just wating one day for a hook to break loose through the round window Uncle albert , Has he built up his Pinto yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treebloke Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Dawn is getting quite good but if she is out shopping the daughter in law is 2nd in command. They fit under the ramps better than me. We have a pact, I get em dirty and she gets em clean. She reckons it comes off much easier when its still wet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ101 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Uncle albert , Has he built up his Pinto yet OT Warning !!! No, its blobby with the pinto build !!! into a pop for drag racing !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saley Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 i ring the wife when we are about 15 minutes away and she gets the steam cleaner out ready back straight in the back field remove ropes and hooks, ropes go in washer, steamclean the car of on trailer trailer has mesh floor so all mud drops in field, drive trailer onto drive, back car of and into garage on ramp, lift ramp and place heaters underneath to dry of Glyn comes round day after and cleans his we have had to grade the field a couple of times so the gate will shut must have brought home about 3-4 tonne in the last few years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boothy Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I never do enough punches to get it dirty in the first place, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Turner Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I never do enough punches to get it dirty in the first place, Dont you get Tom to clean it Twiggy I hate cleaning mine but it has to be done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobbymogs Posted October 15, 2008 Author Share Posted October 15, 2008 i must be the only fool who spends longer washing the drive than the vehicle tnk god i aint ona water meter Nobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan kemp Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Takes me about 1 1/2 hours over a gridded pit with a drain. Its on the industrial estate where I work, they used to complain when I washed it in front of my unit as they would get their shineys all splashed with UK mud. The grid is superb as I just wash all the mud into the pit then some mug cleans it out twice a year, and its free.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jil6939 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I have no space to wash mine at home so i have to use the local jet washes and keep moving around to different ones so no one complains costs me a small fortune but it does come off better if it is still wet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePointFive Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I've had to clean my track rod guard with a folding shovel before... I think the lawn at the front of the house is a few inches higher than it was this time last year with all the Culmhead mud that's dropped onto it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I do not use the Landrover off road much these days but when I did, and now with the quad, I prefer to take 100l of water to site in a drum and use a petrol jetwasher to clean the car/bike on site before I go home. That way I have no mud disposal issues at home and the mud is still soft enough to be easy to get off. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I took mine to a jetwash at a petrol station near my house...people started giving me weird looks when I jetwashed the interior floors...and under the bonnet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrRob Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Run power lead and hose over the back fence onto a football pitch....drive onto pitch....hose it down. Hate football but love no mud on drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bm52 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 i use a pressure washer attached to rain filled water butts and dump the mud straight onto the front lawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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