Lol that's typical for me as well. We have people say that they put dollars in our change machine and it doesn't ever give them change. So when I tell them they are putting money in the dog wash machine instead of the quarter machine I get that same facial expression
Is Air Logic still a 3-motor system or do they now offer a single motor option? I installed Diskin's Air Shammee II just because they came out with single motor 4.5 HP. The less time I spend on a ladder replacing motors, the longer I'm going to live!
I prefer Air Logics nozzle & started using them 6 months ago.
I've had people put money in the auto cashier and instead of pressing refund to get quarters, sometimes they select a wash, then they stand there staring at the cashier or go back to the SS bay and stare at the meter wondering why it doesn't come on. At least two people, when I asked why they pressed a wash selection, said "That's how much I wanted to spend."So when I tell them they are putting money in the dog wash machine instead of the quarter machine I get that same facial expression
Kimberly, did you install a swivel cuff at the hand nozzle? It seems kinda awkward to hold was wondering if this would be a problem before I order them. We just installed our 6 this week.
No there's no room to add a swivel cuff to the existing Air Logic nozzle. Sometimes the hose does get twisted, but most customers untangle it as they use it. Here is our custom nozzle holder. Had my welder add to a SS back plate, so we could reuse the same bolts from Diskins box holder.
Ok yes that definitely looks easier for use of the customer, I was thinking about taking the one at the nozzle off and replacing it with the swivel style.
The Diskin nozzles use the nut swivel inside the cuff & its difficult to replace a worn hose (at the cuff). It kept unscrewing, so we would use Marine JB Weld to prevent it from unscrewing from the nut. Its also very difficult to push the nut swivel into the vacuum cuff. I prefer the Air Logic cuff & just use a long bolt & Acorn nut to hold it on.
Kimberly, I know this is an old post but I just installed the Air-Shammee 2. Implemented a lot of the suggestions you recommended but noticed a problem over the weekend. Have you had the vacuum cuffs coming detached from each other at the boom? Looking at my video the customer had 5-6’ of hose on his chest and he was pulling the hose from the boom when he pulled the cuff apart. Didn’t know if someone made something that was of higher quality and swiveled.
Hi Mattwash,
Here is the swivel cuff I was using.
LOL! That is definitely the WRONG cuff to be using! We tried it too, because it was a "swivel", but it's made of 2 pieces and pulls apart easily when the hose gets warm from the motor. Replace it with 1 piece cuff (Item # VAA-5). The narrow end is a "slip" and the wider end is threaded. I don't know if it comes in black.
Or have the whole frickin boom get yanked down!I would rather have the dryer hose give way and unravel from the cuff on the boom, than have the heavy metal hose clamp fall onto a customer's car!
Haha I’ll order the one with the slip cuff. I had bought some 2” 90 elbows off Amazon and heavy duty clamps for them. Also used self tapping screws and stronger hose clamps that I used for the tubing but the swivel was my weak link. Thanks again!
Have you got a Link for that? I got mine from KR.
