I have a landa 3500 psi 4.2 gallons Looking to upgrade surface cleaner between landa water jet or a big guy 1250 and 1000 respectivly
if you had to pick which one?

Can't go wrong with a Big Guy! They are sweet.

Your surface cleaner is really depending on how much gpm's your pressure washer is putting out.

A good rule of thumb is 4" per gpm, example 4gpm would be like 16" surface cleaner but you can go up to like a 20" if you wanted which the Classic by Whisper Wash is an excellent choice.

If you have 5gpm then 20" to 24" which the Classic is still a great choice or Steel Eagle 24" or Whisper Wash has 2 models, one is a floater and the other has casters. I am not crazy about the casters but if they rigged big back tires like the Big Guy (28" surface cleaner) has then I would buy one as it would be a lot lighter than my Steel Eagle machine.

The hover type are great but kind of hard to keep in a straight line for huge areas like parking lots, that is why I like the big tires on the back so you can keep them in straight lines.

You can run a Big Guy with 5.5gpm but it will not be as fast overall as if you run a 24" or 20" surface cleaner as you will have to walk slower than if you were running an 8gpm machine that will make that thing work great!

Many people have tried the Northern Tool brand of surface cleaners and a couple people I know have had luck with them but most say they are junk. The same goes for Whirl-A-Way, most have said they are junk but a few have said that they are ok. Everyone I know that has had a Classic says the same thing, it is a great machine.

Hope this helps.

Thanks chris great post lots of information and thanks Jason leaning towards landa water jet only because Ron swears by them 1250 new
but I could have lots of left over money if I go the other route will see thanks

Nobody around here or up in San Antonio (where I got my trailer rig) sells the landa water jet. It might be the price or it might be something else but I do not know.

I broke a nozzle out of the spray bar on the Big Guy surface cleaner last nite so I had to call Bob at PressureTek and order a new bar, only like $78.00. I like that design over the Steel Eagle because with the Steel Eagle it is two pipes that thread into a "T" and you have a piece of plastic that helps you adjust the angle and you do that for both pipes. The Whisper Wash is a one-piece spray bar with angle-drilled holes for the nozzles so you never worry about the right angles.

I called Whisper Wash about their 24" Ground Force surface cleaner (they make 2 of them, one is a hover type and the other is on 4 casters) and asked them if they could put 2 tires on the back and caster in the front like the Big Guy and they said that they do that often, it is called the Little Big Guy feature for like $50.00 more than regular price. If I did not have 2 of the Steel Eagle 24" machines, I would really like to get one of the Whisper Wash 24" machines with that feature, it sure would be lighter than the Steel Eagle.

I love my Maxima 36" surface cleaner

IT'S THE DADDY!

I have a 16 in whirlaway a 20 in whirlaway and a Big Guy. My big guy works great but I'm sure It would work much better if I were using a bigger machine. My other 2 clean like there is no tomorrow and other than the normal wear and tear I've never had any makor problems. If you are using 5.5gpm machines or greater I would definetly go with a big guy.

I have a 16 in whirl away a big guy and a 28 in steel eagle. I would trade the steel eagle for a big guy in a heartbeat. It is too heavy. Larry, I am still having problems with my big guy vertical striping. I am gonna call whisper wash and talk to them. I have changed my tips more than once and still have the same problem. I have talked to a few other guys that say they have the same problem.

Mine does it fron time to time and I have to overlap on all mine when using it. I've changed my tips also and it still does it. Last time I had to go to whisper washer they wanted to change out my bar to an updated one. They never said why so I told them no. Figured they were just after more $$ as usual. Maybe there is something in the design? I wish they would have said somthing if thats the case.

Larry, What degree tips are you using in your big guy? I switch mine out for different situations.

I've got 2.0 tips in mine. Norrmally I don't ever change them. I've tried 2.5 tips but didn't get enough rotation out of them.

Yes, because you are running both machines at the same time using just one surface cleaner and one guy. Eliminates the need to pay for extra help and an extra surface cleaner.

Not many guys join there machines together, it makes a huge difference.