Petrol or electric Power washer

Dunedin

Have a pto power washer but I’m caught when I need to wash mower or something that needs to be on tractor to get at properly.

Would ye recommend petrol or electric washer and any tips that I’d need to look out for.

What can I expect to pay for a reasonably good one?

Tileman

Dunedin wrote: »

Have a pto power washer but I’m caught when I need to wash mower or something that needs to be on tractor to get at properly.

Would ye recommend petrol or electric washer and any tips that I’d need to look out for.

What can I expect to pay for a reasonably good one?

I have a electric one but if I was buying again I would buy a petrol. It would be much more flexible

Sami23

Dunedin wrote: »

Have a pto power washer but I’m caught when I need to wash mower or something that needs to be on tractor to get at properly.

Would ye recommend petrol or electric washer and any tips that I’d need to look out for.

What can I expect to pay for a reasonably good one?

How do you find the pto power washer as I'm trying to decide between one of them and a petrol one myself ?

AckwelFoley

One cant compare petrol and electric.

A decent petrol washer will be able to provide much higher bar than the electric.

Often one will see the PSI are similar, but PSI means little if you dont have the volume of water at the high PSI

High volume at high PSI requires engine or PTO

A ceramic spinner head on the washers are very good to magnify the pressure

Dunedin

Sami23 wrote: »

How do you find the pto power washer as I'm trying to decide between one of them and a petrol one myself ?

Pto is savage to be honest and will shift anything. Brilliant for cleaning sheds after calving season etc. and likes of slurry tank.

The only issue I have is like with the mower when you need to have it on the tractor to be able to lift it up to get under it to wash it do pto no good.

Can be a pain to hook up though if you just need to wash something quick

_Brian

Have a PTO washer here and since I’ve access to a petrol washer it hasn’t been on the tractor, that’s 10 years sitting idle.

Honda petrol washer is great, wheel it in place, pull the chord and away it goes.

Bass Reeves

Problem with s pressure washer is maintenance. Any petrol engine is the same. You will want it some day and it will not start. The other factor is noise. A petrol pressure washer will be heavier to move compared to an electric one. With the PTO washer already is this washer just for small jobs. If you have a big job will you put on the PTO washer. Will this washer be just to do small jobs.

Dunedin

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Problem with s pressure washer is maintenance. Any petrol engine is the same. You will want it some day and it will not start. The other factor is noise. A petrol pressure washer will be heavier to move compared to an electric one. With the PTO washer already is this washer just for small jobs. If you have a big job will you put on the PTO washer. Will this washer be just to do small jobs.

Will always use the pto for sheds.

Looking for Petrol/electric for both smaller jobs and also for washing mower/fertiliser shaker or something that you need to be on the tractor so you can get under it.

hopeso

If you plan on using it somewhere close to a power source, I wouldn’t look beyond electric, especially as you have the pto one to tackle heavier work.
There’s a lot of variation in the washers available. It’s worth avoiding the cheaper ones, and get something with decent psi and flow rate...

Bass Reeves

Dunedin wrote: »

Will always use the pto for sheds.

Looking for Petrol/electric for both smaller jobs and also for washing mower/fertiliser shaker or something that you need to be on the tractor so you can get under it.

Electric will do fine for that type of work. It a matter if budget. Something semi DIY. At the top of the market is Kranzle. You are looking at around 500euro for a semi industrial. However Amazon has nilfisk power washers that gave 520L/hour which is very good for s small electric washer. They have an aluminium pump instead of plastic. Hearing good reports on them. 250ish euro will get you a decent one. Two year warranty, Kracher ones are getting bad reports, Parkside out of Lidl is an option but it a matter of waiting for a decent sized model, they have a three year warranty.

I be inclined to go with nikfisk

patsy_mccabe

I bought an Electric Kranzle last year. It was around €700 but it is a completely different league to the cheap DIY types. Pump can be completely overlauled for seals etc.
I had gone through 2 different cheap Karchers and a Nilfisk and I wasn't going buying another one.

hopeso

Plastic pumps are best avoided.....Get something with a brass pump

endainoz

I have a karcher k7 full control electric one. As you said the PTO one will do for the big jobs but I wouldn't be inclined to spend big on a petrol one for smaller jobs. The karcher comes with some interesting additional attachments aswell. I got a telescopic lance that can reach the top of a second story gable of a house. Much safer than trying to operate one from a ladder.

I also picked up this for cleaning drains and gutters.

https://www.espares.ie/product/es547362?utm_source=google+shopping&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=google+shopping&mkwid=sG1Q3ozTk&pcrid=235647299214&kword=&match=&plid=&pdv=m&gclid=Cj0KCQjwzZj2BRDVARIsABs3l9Kn28utazklkkrEJHjVuz0bZdHbY2z2fttgdb3ZKhc75BDx0A5ARfkaAut0EALw_wcB

Have used it a couple of times already, will never have to use sewer rods again.

wrangler

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I bought an Electric Kranzle last year. It was around €700 but it is a completely different league to the cheap DIY types. Pump can be completely overlauled for seals etc.
I had gone through 2 different cheap Karchers and a Nilfisk and I wasn't going buying another one.

We've a kranzle here too, never any problems ether , we've it connected all the time so very handy for washing something that is being repaired.
It also has a facility for using detergent, which is great for car/quad/tractor. it's always being used. bought in 2002.
Also have a 3000 psi PTO washer as well for sheds.
Both have a turbo nozzle and an ordinary nozzle

Dunedin

I suppose my question was is there any massive difference between the petrol and electric washers.

I have three different washing points on the farm and there is power beside each. I am not mechanically minded to put it mildly so I need something that I can hit a button and I have the pto one for heavy lifting.

That said if the petrol ones were definitely better, I’d go with that.

hopeso

Dunedin wrote: »

I suppose my question was is there any massive difference between the petrol and electric washers.

I have three different washing points on the farm and there is power beside each. I am not mechanically minded to put it mildly so I need something that I can hit a button and I have the pto one for heavy lifting.

That said if the petrol ones were definitely better, I’d go with that.

A good electric one is more than good enough. But do a little research first, and buy once.

patsy_mccabe

Dunedin wrote: »

I suppose my question was is there any massive difference between the petrol and electric washers.

I have three different washing points on the farm and there is power beside each. I am not mechanically minded to put it mildly so I need something that I can hit a button and I have the pto one for heavy lifting.

That said if the petrol ones were definitely better, I’d go with that.

What have you at the washing points? You need very good water pressure to feed the washer. If pressure is too low, it damages the power washer. Bigger units may have to fed from a barrel.

Cattlepen

I was hell bent on buying a karcher her diesel washer but the karcher agent talked me into an embarrassingly expensive diesel hot washer that gave up the ghost after 80 odd hours.
I bought a simple Loncin engined wheel barrow type one for €650 that has done serious work without putting a spanner near it. I have it sitting on top off a strong IBC and it is never taken off it. The IBC is just refilled and moved wherever I want with pallet forks. I can also put 2 IBC’s on I for Williams trailer and go wherever needs washing

AgriLad

We’ve an electric Karcher for the last 8/9 years. Absolutely no issues.

Cattlepen

AgriLad wrote: »

We’ve an electric Karcher for the last 8/9 years. Absolutely no issues.

Sorry, my post wasn’t clear. Instead of the diesel karcher I wanted, the sales man talked me into an Italian make that he rated above karcher. It was a ball of dung

Bass Reeves

Saw this on the DIY thread

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2058079660/1/#post113508616

patsy_mccabe

Here's my Kranzle 1152 TS. It weighs about 5 times more than the last Nilfisk one I had. Different league altogether.

addaword

A petrol one is best. I feed it from a barrel of water on my farm. I saw a neighbour once with a cheap lidl one but the water pressure was not great, maybe his tap supply was not a great volume of water per second either.

Dakota Dan

I’ve had both electric and petrol, petrol all the way. I bought mine used off my local plant hire for €700, I did get it overhauled 2 years after for around 250 and it’s going like new since. It’s 3500 psi Honda engine (trouble free) hawk pump.

Dunedin

Can anyone recommend a good place in the midlands area to buy a power washer?