Considering I have owned my truck for 12 days and have washed it 8 out of the 12 (I know, thats the price I pay for owning black but i love the color clean..I also live in the country and the roads have been muddy lately from all the snow melting.) Anyway, I am looking into buying a pressure washer. I've seen one at Sams Discount Warehouse that was 1500 PSI and one that is 2500PSI...Is 1500 plenty for a good wash? Mainly, I wash by hand but I use a pressure washer to get all the mud and crap off the bottom and under wheels, my regular hose dont cut it. Anyone buy the cheap unit ($140) or other unit ($300)? I figure it will save me a ton at the car wash if I can do it all from home. The good thing is that by Oct, my road will be paved, FINALLY after 15 years of gravel and mud!!

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My SCrew:
Gen III, 2001 SuperCrew Lariat, 5.4L, 4x4, 3.55 Limited Slip, Black Exterior, Med Graphite Leather Captians Chairs with "BUN Warmers", Sliding Rear Window, Power Moonroof, Class III Trailer Tow Group, Skid Plates, Bed Extender, 6 Disc CD...

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• Ordered: 1/11/01
• Built: 2/19/01
• Delivered: 3/1/01

 

I bought a 2250 PSI gas model at HomeDepot a couple years ago and its more than plenty for around the house and truck. Works well for cleaning my boat and jetski bottoms in the fall also. It gets the wheel wells, frame and underside nice and clean. Careful though as I had it on pencil point one time and forgot. The next pass on my old truck cut right through the decal coloring on the side 1500 psi should be fine for what you need it for on the truck unless you are going to be packing it with mud off roading.

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2000 F150 SC, XLT, Bright Red/Silver 4x2,Auto, 5.4, 3.55LS,CD, sliding rear window, Tow package,Captains chairs,Remote Entry, Ford Bedliner, molded splash guards,Stainless step bars and bed rails.
FM40 single in/Single out the side.Clear Corners just installed.Pretty much stock now but waiting for performance mods to include FIPK,,Superchip, new wheels/tires and new audio.

 

1500 PSI will be fine if all you ever do with it is wash the car.....But, you will be amazed at the uses you'll end up finding for it in the long run....stripping paint, cleaning siding, washing decks, cement, etc....If there's any chance at all you might do other things with it get the more powerful one. Also, and you probably don't want to hear this, but buy a more expensive machine if you can swing it. The cheaper models will fall apart fairly quickly if you use them regularly and they hate to start in the cold weather....Try to get one with a Honda engine if you can - With these machines you definitely get what you pay for - A decent home use machine that will really last and do just about any job you can think of will sell for about $500 -$600 at Home Depot - For $140 you'll get a machine that'll barely do the job and for $300 you'll get a decent machine that will last for quite awhile if you use it only for washing cars but a good one will last forever and might be worth the extra stretch....Just my $.02 or extra $300 LOL...Good luck.

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2001 Screw Lariat 4X4
Dk. Highland Green/Arizona Beige
Rear Slider
Skid Plates
Trailer Tow
5.4 Liter
Cage Extender
Limited Slip
Black Westin Nerf Bars
Ford Duraliner
Extang Soft Tonneau
Pioneer 4100 HU/Pioneer 6cd changer/Rockford Fosgate Punch 400 Amp/Polk Dx7 Speakers (4)

 

Anyone considering a pressure washer who happens to be a novice at it like me take note.

I rented one that had four or five different nozzles and the nozzles make all the difference. I chose the wrong nozzle and before I realized it, I scored the brick on my house. Can't imagine what it would have done to a paint job.

 

I would go with at least a 2000 psi pressure washer for around the house and make sure it has some sort of pressure regulator. Use at around 1300-1400 psi with a 25 degree tip for washing cars. Any higher pressure will peel pinstripes, etc. I run the pumps at the car wash at about 1300 psi and they have plenty of punch and I have not received any complaints about peeling stickers, paint, etc in a long long time.. (knock on wood)


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2001 Supercrew, white/silver Lariat,

• gray leather capt. chairs,
• 5.4L,
• Expedition console,
• Truck Master Designs front air dam w/lights
• window tint
• wood dash,
• cobra hood,
• billet grill,
• Ford chrome tube steps,
• Line-X liner,
• Magnaflow cat-back dual exhaust w/stainless tips,
• k/n filter,
• Audiovox flip down TV
• V-Tech tail light covers and front marker covers
• Ventvisors
• Astro fiberglass tonneau

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