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    Anyone use a pressure washer without a pressurized hose feeding it? Need to start cleaning a remote 250 gal. plastic tank.
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    I use a 1" gas water pump to feed my pressure washer for washing remote tanks. works great.

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    I have used a pressure washer with a tank full of water attached up about the height of a pickup truck bed washer was on the ground and that was enough flow to keep the pressure washer pump satisfied. Jay
    Zucker Lager

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zucker Lager View Post
    I have used a pressure washer with a tank full of water attached up about the height of a pickup truck bed washer was on the ground and that was enough flow to keep the pressure washer pump satisfied. Jay
    Ditto......
    Noel Good
    1998 to 2009: 15 taps on buckets, scavenged fire pit and pans
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    Ditto.......
    shrunken producer, from 8,000 taps to 4,000 to 5800 to 9500 to 11,000 vac
    5x16 woodchip fired evaporator with 5x10 max flue and 5x6 revolution front pan
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    During sugaring my pressure washer is fed by a permeate tank about 3’ above it. Worked for years like this
    William
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