Need advice on pressure washer

2K PSI and 2GPM will do what you want to do with it. Now if you want to remove HEAVY mud from the quad or tractor frequently you will like something bigger even more. I have a electric one with something like 1800 PSI and 1.6 or 1.8 GPM...it does fine. One thing that makes any washer seem "bigger" is a "turbo nozzle". It is a nozzle with a straight thin concentrated stream that spins around in a circle, sounds silly but they really make a big difference depending on what you are trying to accomplish.
FYI, a Honda powered washer normally will start very easily even with recoil...but if you don't mind the xtra cost and battery maintenance of electric start, then that will be the way you will want to go.

 

I have an electric one as well and it does great for me. I wash my truck, loader, and other vehicles with it. Higher psi is great if your in the mud a lot and I have noticed you have some at your place! It's not the heavy thick stuff though.

 

I am not at home to check...but based on the little bit of searching I did on my phone, mine must be less than 2k psi and under 2 gpm. I think if you stayed around those numbers it would be fine. As brenndatomu said, nozzle makes all the difference!

 

I think mine is like 2500 psi , honda engine , It will take paint off if you hold it to close

 

What's the best turbo nozzle ?

 

An electric around 2000 psi 1.8 gpm will do everything you want, as stated above the turbo nozzle is the deal. A turbo nozzle is a single stream which maintains the 2000 psi single stream but oscillates to cover a larger area, if you go to a fan to cover the same area you loose the impact stream which is broken down into little droplets.

 

It is hard to say the performance is going to greatly vary with pressure, also consumer nozzles are no where near the quality of a commercial nozzle, when I was involved in water blast engineering we were paying thousands for high quality nozzles.

 

I remember a while back MasterMech mentioning a turbo tip on his unit.
I don't have a turbo tip on my unit

 

Dennis it seems to me if you don't get an electric start you will be unhappy

 

Ill agree with the others here. My Honda Karcher 2000 psi ? Does just fine. You can usually find them around $300.
Be very careful around the quad and tractor, it will take the stickers right off.
And the 0 tip will cut the clear coat off your car... luckily I found this out while trying to get bugs off my work van

 

It's all about the GPM and a good nozzle. Commercial units don't have a much higher psi rating. They pump a lot more water thru though.

 

You will want to buy the turbo nozzle specifically for the machine that you buy (if it doesn't come with it, many do) as they are matched to the PSI and GPM of the washer for optimum performance.
PSI is important, but so is GPM...maybe even more so. It is always amazing to me how well 80 PSI and a couple hundred GPM (firehose) will clean things up and wash things away!

 

I like you am getting a little age on me. I don't have much patients with an engine that doesn't start easy.
I had a gas powered Troy-Bilt that I got free with the purchase of my Zero Turn. It sat in the shop for a year or 2. My son-in-law borrowed it and then my son used it.
I was refinishing my deck last summer. It fired once and never fired again. After a couple of hours tinkering with it, I threw up my hands and went to Lowes and bought an electric.
I got a 2000PSI Greenworks for under $200. I believe around $175. It works great and would probably meet your needs. It did come with a Turbo nozzle. It would have a little trouble stripping paint off a building but it works for everything I need to do.