I am looking for comments as I plan on buying a new pressure washer to go along with our upcoming move. The brand pump I am considering is an AR North America (Annovi Reverberi) which is actually Italian. Has anybody owned or used one? The unit that I am looking at has a 4000 psi/4.0 gpm pump and considered an industrial grade. We will be back on city water instead of our current well pump so I don't have to worry about starving it plus the house actually has two separate water feeds as well. The main reason I am considering this brand pump is because the complete pressure washer unit runs off of a PTO. That way I don't need to have another engine to maintain plus the actual unit (because there isn't an engine) takes only 20" x 20" of space to store. I currently have an eight year old HF pressure washer that has been great, but I decided it is time for an upgrade.
Amazingly though for slightly less, for example, I can buy a Yamaha PW4040 with a Yamaha MX360 engine and 4000 psi/4.0 gpm CAT pump. There are other brands to consider that are similar and cost more/less usually with a Honda GX and CAT pump. But it seems that Yamaha drives the cam by a gear train instead of a timing belt like Honda uses. Anybody know if this is true?