Does anybody know what the challenger op diameter size is?

thanks

The pad driver is 15". Smoothest machine in the industry too.




Rick Gelinas
encapman

I agree, my Challenger is smoooooth! Does an excellent job too! I wonder why they don't have a larger model, like a 17"?

Thanks to Rick, this machine is getting the coverage it deserves. I have been shouting for years about my British Racing Green Challenger and how it speeds down the baseboard rapidly and smooooth. It also digs out the dirt. In the early days of the Challenger, I probably made some mad about the smoothness while they continued to mfg. vibrating machines. As a matter of fact, Jeff Brown brought one to my shop (one of the shakers) and our showroom has CGD over concrete, and we he turned it on, I thought it was going to shake our displays apart. What a POS! Yet all the while this mfg. continued to post about the greatness of his machine while running the Challenger in the ground. I am so glad to see that the Challenger is doing well. What goes around, comes around. If you are going to OP, Challenger is the name.

i will have to re-measure my pad driver. i thought i already did and it was 13.5"

will re-check tomorrow, maybe mine is just smaller.

thanx --- Derek.

Derek you are right the drive plate is 13.5", but the oscillation diameter and steel base plate is more like 15".

Rambo and GBlanas, you might like to see the modifications I have made to the Challenger. With it I do 2000 sq. ft per hour no problems. And if you thought it was smooth before, you will be amazed at it now. I have it running on wheels with both a gravity feed tank and an electric spray system.

If you'd like to drop by (Australia) I'd be glad to give you a demo.

My next step is to try a larger drive plate and see how it goes with that.

I'll have a go at posting the photos here. I've actually streamlined it a bit more since these photos e.g. better hoses etc.

If I don't succeed send me your email address to kearns@tsn.cc and I'll email you the pictures.

I got to have one of those.

Sure it's fast, but what kind of mileage does it get on the highway?

Way to go Tim Allen.




Rick Gelinas
encapman

With the electric spray on the Challenger I get 8 to 13 sq. metres per litre of RTU encap(ie. 300 to 500 sq. feet per gallon if my calculations below are correct) . ie. similar to or a little better than my Cimex with fibreplus pads.

With the gravity feed I get a little better than with the spray.

Calculations.
Translating that to gallons and sq. feet.
1 gallon = 3.8 litres

So it is 8X3.8 (=30) to 13x3.8 (=50) sq. metres per gallon

And 1 sq. metre = 10 sq. feet

So it is 30X10 (=300) to 50X10(=500) sq. feet per gallon of RTU encap.