cleaning up mud
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throw away anything! you never know when you might need it!!!!!!
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dont ever
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MEP001
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I used to pack-rat stuff like crazy. I still have some boxes of stuff I haven't gone through, but for the most part if there's something I don't see an immediate use for and I can get a replacement without much difficulty, I toss it. I only hang onto something if I know I can use it.
Matt used to laugh at me for keeping stuff, but he finally quit laughing when I was able to fix his D&S 5000 in Lockhart on a Saturday afternoon because I had kept an old chunk of 1/2" key stock.
Matt used to laugh at me for keeping stuff, but he finally quit laughing when I was able to fix his D&S 5000 in Lockhart on a Saturday afternoon because I had kept an old chunk of 1/2" key stock.
I have a slightly different take on old parts. If I definitely know the part is still reusable, I'll keep it. I have been sooo frustrated however by operators who keep everything. There are just too many times Iused to spend literally hours at a customers site replacing bad parts with saved bad parts.
PaulLovesJamie
rural 5 bay SS
OK, teaser successful - I too would like to hear the story behind your comment.
On the surface though, I disagree. If I know something is usable, I usually hang onto it. Otherwise, THROW IT AWAY!
bigleo48
Active member
When in doubt, throw it out....
Over the years I’ve been in equipment rooms that were an ABSOLUTE nightmare!! I remember one car wash they had every part they had bought over a 25 year period, good and bad pars were mixed together in the equipment room. Along with stuff they had bought they had every floor mat that was left at the car wash, bicycles, car parts, scrap car batteries empty 5 gallon soap buckets. Why save all this crap? Toss it out. There no need to save every nut bolt and washer. They even had some old Hamilton HV-5 validators. It’s unbelievable what some people will save thinking it might be worth something or they might need it someday.
I.B. Washincars
Car Washer Emeritus
I'm pretty good at throwing away what needs to be canned, but I do save some things that could be needed and may be very expensive. I have had a couple of ACW cabinets sitting in my garage floor, one for 6 or 7 years. Having numerous changers and ACWs, I have a decent amt. of spare parts for them as well. Just today, I drug those cabinets out and bolted them to my garage wall. Since one of the cabinets still had all of the wiring intact, I built a complete ACW test mule. The other cabinet was pretty much cleaned out. I got to rooting around through boxes of old changer parts left over from various conversions and found enough stuff to build a bill changer mule as well. The ACW mule should come in especially handy since it is such a pain to program a controller while sitting outside at the machine (always colder than hell). Also, I shouldn't have much trouble finding a changer or ACW part when I need it.