I`ve been trying to convince myself why I need bucket dollys. If you consider them essential to your wash routine please s hook me in why
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I`ve been trying to convince myself why I need bucket dollys. If you consider them essential to your wash routine please s hook me in why
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Cuz they are awesome and so much more convenient than picking up a bucket and moving it a bunch of times.
They are an essential in my book.
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I used it and didn’t like it. My drive way has a slight incline so i would have to lock and unlock the casters. Found myself just picking up the bucket.
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I don`t have them and won`t for this reason. My driveway slopes on two different axis depending on where you are standing. I`d be chasing the things as they rolled off or, heaven forbid, rolled into another vehicle. I`m perfectly happy picking up the buckets and moving them around as needed...as long as I lift them properly.
To be honest, I only move the buckets four times when washing a vehicle. The front, each side and the back.
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Is it needed? No but it is convenient providing the surface it`s on is flat.
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Noting that I`m, uhm...different..with regard to what is/isn`t a deal-breaking hassle for me (I won`t even move buckets from one side of the wash bay to the other), I`d put this one in the "don`t look for problems you don`t know you have" category.
If you don`t mind moving a dolly-less/caster-less bucket around then don`t bother upgrading it.
I do find it convenient having the connector-plates (which mount to the dollies) to make the Wash + Rinse combos single units though. I don`t have that with the bigger rectangular buckets and it`s an (admittedly very minor) annoyance that I put up with since connecting *those* would make `em too unwieldy (that`s strictly another of those "just me.." things and somebody else here likes to do that).
Due to the two wash buckets attach with the metal bracket(don`t forget there is a wheel bucket too), with the grit guards & washboards inside, the screw-on lids, the buckanizer (side tool holders), and foam cushions that are part of the setup, there`s no way to stack the buckets as to save space, it`s at maximum capacity when stored trust me you will trip over if not careful...
I bought uhh 2 of them and the metal thingy that attached them, so I had a stretch bucket setup. Shortly after I discovered waterless wash and no longer used buckets. My buckets did get some good use when I was still doing soap, then rinseless. I also bought a Detailers Helper belt, which I think I used 2 times.
Also bought 2 of these, they`re 3 gallon buckets with a nice detachable holder around them for storing bottles and brushes and stuff. 2 of these + 2 dollies I could have every thing I used to detail my car within arms reach.
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I have always moved the 5-gallon bucket around, after a good, powerful, pressure wash, and find that is all I want to have, even in a bigger garage with nothing else stored inside it..
And, it is always good exercise to lift that 4.5+ gallons of soap around the vehicle..
No rolling buckets for me, thank you..
Dan F
Heh heh, lifting the ~6 gallon rectangulars up onto/down from my Work Platforms, let alone when those are wet/covered with slippery shampoo suds and I have a foamgun/hose in the other hand, can get...treacherous...but it`s the efficient way to do the roof/etc. of the Tahoe. Maybe the riskiest single thing I regularly do in life, certainly the most dangerous related to the Detailing.
With my "quick maintenance washes" taking well over 4 hours (and usually *MUCH* longer) that I`ll never get back, every wasted moment/movement/action weighs on me. I know...others speak of "garage therapy"/etc. but I`m not that guy. And I get more than enough exercise as it is
Different approaches for different people with different priorities and all that....
Mi Hermano !
Hope you guys are still safe and well up there in NEOH..
Totally on board with making every movement count, and looking far ahead enough to have - everything - you will ever need for that round, on the rolling cart, etc., and only an arm`s length away.. No extra time to walk back and forth a zillion times to get something you need or forgot..
Of course, if this is for more pleasure/garage therapy/etc., then you have all the time you want to do whatever out there, and come in when it`s time for dinner, etc.. Lucky You !!
But if this is paying your bills, or at least a lot of them, then one better be trying and thinking all the time, to make it more productive/efficient as much as possible, because like you said, this is time I/you/we will never get back..
And the Client wants it back soonest..
Dan F
After every single intense, through wash/detail I do, my lower back (just above and right across the cheeks of my ass), I am stiff and achy for days(not to mention my knees from all the bending).
Another little gift I get from getting older and having to contend with continuing to do all my own detail jobs, I assume has an expiration date when I can no longer do them anymore...
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