Home-Built high Pressure Washer
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George "Bing" Ribble, Hettick, Ill.: "I built this high pressure washer out of a re-built compressor from a local car wash. It's powered by a 5 hp electric motor off an old silo unloads. I added a second pulley to the compressor to get the rpm's up high enough to develop 2,000 psi for washing. An old car jack installed between the motor and the pulleys serves as a belt tightener.
"The machine mounts on a cart built out of sq. tubing and fitted with two old lawnmower wheels.
"A garden hose connects the pump to any standard water faucet. Out the output side, I use 50 ft. of 1/4-in. dia. hydraulic hose and a wand-type spray nozzle.
"It didn't cost more than $200 to build and works as well as any commercial unit to keep my equipment clean."
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Home-Built high Pressure Washer FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 22-1-30 George "Bing" Ribble, Hettick, Ill.: "I built this high pressure washer out of a re-built compressor from a local car wash. It's powered by a 5 hp electric motor off an old silo unloads. I added a second pulley to the compressor to get the rpm's up high enough to develop 2,000 psi for washing. An old car jack installed between the motor and the pulleys serves as a belt tightener.
"The machine mounts on a cart built out of sq. tubing and fitted with two old lawnmower wheels.
"A garden hose connects the pump to any standard water faucet. Out the output side, I use 50 ft. of 1/4-in. dia. hydraulic hose and a wand-type spray nozzle.
"It didn't cost more than $200 to build and works as well as any commercial unit to keep my equipment clean."
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