I think I got somewhere over 6 feet of hose for sure. But you may wish to get the strongest motor and try to get only the hose up into the gutters. I use my shop vac to clean out my dryer exhaust, and it uses almost all of that hose to get outside .
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008, Agent86b wrote: > Hi all, > thanks for the advice so far. > The model I am going to look at tomorrow is 1400 what and has a 20 > liter capacity whitch sounds big enough for me. > How long is the usual length of hose that comes with most models? > Thanks again. > Max. > on 00:55 24/08/2008, Bob Kennedy said: > >> In buying a shop vac it's a lot handier to have a wet dry model. I'm >> a bigger is better guy so I'd say don't buy one of the smaller >> models that will fill up and have to be emptied all the time. >> >> I have a 16 gallon model that I've had for about 8 years now. It has >> sucked floods out of carpets, water out of cars with open windows >> after rain storms and so much more. I can't say I've ever used it >> for gutters though. I think it would work if none of the attachments >> were used. But remember you have to figure out a way to hold it >> while you use it and that won't be easy. They are on wheels so you >> can't set it on the roof, the junk in the gutters is heavy and it >> will get heavy on the ladder and trying to work the hose at the same >> time. So I'd have to go against recommending a shop vac for gutter clean up. >> >> I believe Lowes carries the Shop Vac brand, and Home Depot carries >> the Ridgid brand. I bought Ridgid for the lifetime warranty but I >> understand they no longer offer that warranty. It's still a great >> tool for over all clean up. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Agent86b >> To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 2:30 AM >> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Workshop Vac >> >> Hi all, >> I am looking to purchase a workshop vac. >> What should I look for when shopping? >> I think I should get a wet and dry one. If I do can I clean out roof >> guttering with it? >> thanks for any advice. >> Max. >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
