Lewis Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Where do the rest of you wash off after going off-road? I've been washing off on my driveway at home so far, but it takes a lot of water firstly to wash the car off, then to wash down the drive, and now more recently to wash the road down afterwards After this months playday the 90 was especially dirty, my jet washer packed up halfway through washing and then it went dark, I did my best to wash down the road, but the next morning the neighbours were round at 7:30 to complain. And rightly so - it looked like a truck had shed its load of sand in the road, it took two of us a further 2 hours and countless liters of water to make good. Not something I want to repeat I can't carry on as I am, and I really don't want to become a nuisance neighbour, so what are the options? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 There is a wagon park not far from me that lets me use their ramps and hot jet wash for not a lot of money. Perhaps worth asking around ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Wash... off...? Usually at a self-carwash with hot water, just make sure to leave it clean afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Local 2 foot deep ford. Go backwards and forwards through it a few times on the way home, and there is then rarely any need to jet wash. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I drive through the water when offroading to get most of it. If it's a play site I use their washer if available otherwise I have a petrol washer I take with me and dunk the hose in the lake at the site. Failing that there's a bit of waste land at my work where I can wash off without bothering anyone. I've washed the tow car and trailer at home before, I emptied a 200litre water butt just on the tow car and it took ages to clean the road so I can certainly empathise! What would be cool would be to build a jet wash trailer with an ibc on and a petrol washer. You could connect it to your house guttering to fill up then take it to the offroad site or a piece of waste land to wash off. If you have some offroad friends you could split the cost and share it? You could even fill it from a pond if it hadn't been raining. Just put some filters on it on both the pressure washer and gutter otherwise it can turn into a sand blaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zardos Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Wash off on site 1000l tank and petrol jet wash :-) Mud nice and fresh so comes off easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Just a quick note to say actually washing your car in a ford is not allowed I tend to pressure wash at home, but I have a large driveway and own the run-off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Washing your car off may not be allowed.......but there is nothing that says I can't drive through the ford as its a public right of way........which is all I do. jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 £1 coin operating car jet wash....get in there and get the copins in before the pratt runs out saying nooooooo he's getting faster, but not fast enough lol + ford drive through public right of way too 1st N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiftedDisco Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Our local Tesco has a coin operated jet wash that is behind the cash kisok and therefore out of sight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Indeed Jon, hence the 'actually' word in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Idris Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Here at Team Idris it is a game of many stages First off is get in with gloves and remove as much clay as possible on site. Then in with the petrol pressure washer to remove more using two five gallon drums or the Dragon wagon's 100 litre camper-van tank (if we take that rather than Disco2 or Jeep tow motor). That gets it respectable to take on the road and not get in-secure-load. Then finish off at home by making a right mess. Which is why I'm thinking of washing off on a big plastic sheet. Then I can roll the mess up But I'll always have all the bits that dry and fall off in the garage I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I carry a bucket with me to the event, and quickly wash the wheels and the outside before I drive home. Daan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 i park my disco and its lorry on a farm. i reverse my lorry next to the tap by its parking space. i then reverse the discovery off the back till just the front wheels are on the deck. i then take my petrol pressure washer and blow all the carp off the underside. i then drive it back on, park the lorry in its space and sweep the sludge into the hedge. job jobbed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel_90 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 We normally take a 205litre drum and a petrol pressure washer to wash the trialer but when I need to wash my 90 i go to the local BP garage in the car, buy £10 worth of tokens then wash the 90 off at 7am before I go to work. More recently I've used the local drive in car was that has 10 polish cleaners. They will wash it for £10 and they filled a wheel barrow 3 times on the last occasion! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I used to get banned from all the local car washes ? Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrRob Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 In the playing field behind the house with a jet washer handed over the fence by the wife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I used to get banned from all the local car washes Mo +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I think your all terribly antisocial! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I just used a trowel and spade to get most of it off on the road, then sweep up. Followed by a hose on the underside..... Used to get moaned at for covering the gravel drive in mud and making the weeds grow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyw Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Certainly the more you can remove in dry lumps, the easier it is to clean up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddy Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Time for a rear winch setup? extreme awesome super cool winch Will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyw Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 That is madness! While it sounds a great idea on the face of it, how many have a battery/charge system that could cope with even 10 mins of running the winch motor for the briefest of washes? I hope the motor would be water cooled too, cos they do get hot when run continuously! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete3000 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 coin op car wash, I meant to clean the mud from the floor after but ran out of coins, £5 just to blast the worst clay off the chassis. The guy in the transit who had waited for 10-15 mins drove off when he saw the pile of mud I left there. Needless to say i'm probably not welcome back there. Got a nilfisk pressure washer when they were on offer, so use that now, but I don't go quite as extreme off roading any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Load should be less on the winch motor than doing a 12000lb pull, so wouldn't think it would get THAT hot at that current draw... but of course would be interesting to see the duty cycle on it. But comparing to to a Karcher of similar pressure and water throughput, 300l/h and 110BAR, they are 1400W, so in this case with engine running, 100A, so most trucks would have an alternator just about able to keep up with that Going to be pretty pathetic in all honesty though, compared to a professional pressure washer that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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