Recent content by Dan kamsickas

They're probably stolen and the thieves are using your bays to swap them out with other ones on their stolen vehicles.

Congrats on making it out with most of your sanity intact.

Is that before or after the 104% tariffs?

Then it pretty much has to be a wiring issue. Probably a loose connection on the hot or common.

Does it happen on a certain function?

Well, you are in the car wash business, so some level of insanity is required It not a matter of if, but when you'll have to replace the 4000. Great machines but PDQ has end of life cycled them.

Actual statement from a customer once: "This thing has worked flawlessly for 15 years and it up and quit on me this morning. What the HELL are you going to do for me?"

25 years of built up cynicism and other operators that have actually asked that and been upset when told no......really.

Pro Wash Services has done quite a bit with us in that area. They're out of Washington MI Mike Elfiqhi melfiqhi@gmail.com

Oh, and before you even ask, it's not still under warranty and it cannot be repaired. ;)

You won't find that exact one as it hasn't been made in about 30 years. The standard Sensortron insert is the replacement.

That doesn't change my opinion at all. If anything it makes it more solid. They already have an operating business next door. So you invest $100k+, get the wash up and banging. Do you really think they're going to be like, "Hey, we'll just let him keep pocketing that money"? Nope, You're going...

All the more reason to walk and look for a better opportunity. They're sitting on a non-revenue producing property that they can't justify putting money into and want someone else to do the hard work. The odds of you taking it without lube is extremely high. Walk.

Not of fan of leasing a site you're going to have to put over $100k+ into just to get it operational. I'd wouldn't touch it if you don't own the dirt.

Couple of questions/observations: 1) It's hard to tell from the pictures but is that a pull in/back out site? That's really not preferred set up as it screws with traffic flow and if the meterboxes are on the "nose" wall of the bay, you're inviting maintenance issues 2) Are there existing...