Eldorado2k
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Might try something like this: https://builtinvacuum.com/product/central-vacuum-hose-coupler/
Genius. Thanks. I’ll look for one 2.5” or whatever the diameter actually measures.
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Might try something like this: https://builtinvacuum.com/product/central-vacuum-hose-coupler/
Ummm...OK, educate me
Why are you guys talking about bigger hoses being better?
Setec and Eldo were talking about larger shop vac hoses, and I was wondering what their reasons wereI think it might be increased water flow. I just recently got a larger hose and it’s more cumbersome to handle than a smaller diameter one
So they don't get clogged up, Chilly. I use my Ridgid to vacuum up leaves and gravel from my garage and sometimes the hose gets clogged.
OK, educate me
Why are you guys talking about bigger hoses being better?
I have 2 of them and for the price they are pretty good![]()
My boy Wally sold me these for $15. I don’t think I need them but that never stopped me before.
Cars with Keav put me on to these and he liked them…
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I have 2 of them and for the price they are pretty good
Oh man, those are like a third of the price of the Grit Guard ones, I wish I had known about that a few weeks ago.I have 2 of them and for the price they are pretty good
Wonder if you can change the wheels to the grit gaurd ones. Do they come out?
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The new Grit Guard dolly I got has big plastic screws that didn't hold onto the bucket for crap. But It's a new translucent bucket and I have a Mitt Slide in it. The old Grit Guard dollies I have, have serrated nuts on the end of the (metal) thumb screws. So I don't know if they hold on to the bucket better simply because of that, or if my old buckets are stiffer (as suggested by chefwong in another thread) or if the Mitt Slide is not providing internal support for the screws the way the Grit Guard does.They don’t have rubber caps on the thumb screws but the ends are nicely rounded and finished and they grip the bucket well enough
The new Grit Guard dolly I got has big plastic screws that didn't hold onto the bucket for crap. But It's a new translucent bucket and I have a Mitt Slide in it. The old Grit Guard dollies I have, have serrated nuts on the end of the (metal) thumb screws. So I don't know if they hold on to the bucket better simply because of that, or if my old buckets are stiffer (as suggested by chefwong in another thread) or if the Mitt Slide is not providing internal support for the screws the way the Grit Guard does.
I would imagine they are all probably designed just to be able to stay together while being pushed around a garage and not lifted here and thereI keep my buckets in the basement so I have to carry them upstairs to the garage. I generally mix up the wash solution at the basement sink. The instructions for my new GG dolly actually say:
4. TIGHTEN ONLY TO STABILIZE BUCKET!
5. Do NOT tighten to carry the bucket.
6. WARNING: Injury may occur if dolly is attached to bucket and releases.
Anyway, not really going to work for me to not be able to pick up the dolly with the bucket, so I have to figure it out.
It seems to be more of a liability thing, as I said my old ones have serrated nuts on the ends of the screws and they hold well. I use 3.5 gal buckets so it's a lot of bending over to roll them around to the other side of the car on my rough driveway, so I frequently pick them up to move them to the other side. Anyway, I'll figure it out.I would imagine they are all probably designed just to be able to stay together while being pushed around a garage and not lifted here and there