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A key point if you decide to hire a manager, ensure they are completely on page with how everything is done. When i was hired as a manager for the carwash i am at, i had 2 employees who had been here over a year each and it was a rough transition for them because there was no one to train me in...

washmee- Currently the conveyor is running at 17 seconds per 10FT. i have no way of adjusting this currently. once i get new powerpacks i plan to slow the system down. Today one of the company owners stopped in because we had our master link snap on our chain, so my wash is currently down...

unfortunately i cant change my conveyor speed at the moment... due to a lack of thought when this carwash was built, the apprently saw fit to install the powerpacks for the conveyor inside the wash bay, just past the omni's. so after 5 years of water abuse, all the speed controls are rusted in...

currently im washing around 20 cars per hour. on average i am open 81 hours per week, 7 days a week.

Earl- what i meant was that at 61ft (very end of the conveyor, i have a single arch that has 5 blowers mounted to it. if you watch the video link located in the "Surface Tension" thread that Diamondskin added, you will see my companies other carwash. here they have i believe it is 8 blowers...

Alan, when i asked about the system earl linked, i wasnt referring to the pumps, gears, ect. i mearly meant the base structure. Thats why it has lasted. When it comes to refining, the US has much better refining techniques than china does. It also depends on the grade of steel used. Most of...

Alright Earl, i can understand where your coming from... lesson learned... but i ask you, is that system made in china? or made in usa?

Hey gents, So i used today and actually went through and measured my tunnel, something i havent done since taking over as the manager here. ive been told since the day i started that i have a 90ft tunnel...that is incorrect. i measured door to door and my tunnel length is 70ft. i took...

just reading that link robert roman posted makes me believe this system will have major issues. Biggest problem...steel construction. regardless if it is coated, i would never use steel, all it takes is one area getting damaged and the rust will begin and spread.

Diamond- no, that one isnt mine. We have 2 washes, that link is for the one across town from me. its a 120' tunnel and alot nicer. Mine doesnt have a website link to it, only a mention about it on our website for the dealership.

Aint that the truth autospa, Semper Fi. Mep- no all of my pumps are santoprene. I had 3 pumps go bad in one week. first on my fragrence, then on my wheel cleaner, and finally on my yellow triple foam. i replaced all three and my triple foam still didnt work... turns out the new pump was...

From what i can gather on the chemical end im using is that the clear coat protectant im using is more or less a just a gloss finish that also incorporates a BDR. But ive always felt since taking over that it was redundant using both that and a sealer wax. unfortunately ive recently learned...

actually my system has 3 products... we have a drying agent, a sealer wax, and a clearcoat... our basic wash only gets the drying agent and our deluxe wash gets the sealer wax and clearcoat, no drying agent as the clearcoat we use does have the same properties as a drying agent. our deluxe...

I think the blowers are the biggest issue as well. i will look into the foaming clearcoat option as well though. Currently we are using lustra as our clearcoat option and it comes on during the spotfree rinse, just after sealerwax is applied.

well im still learning about the chemicals that im using, but they are a low ph conditioner. Currently though i only have red and blue. my yellow is down due to a bad flowjet.... since taking over this carwash in August (first time ive ever run one) it has been nothing but headaches... jammed...

rph- Time is also a factor with the drying agents. Example: my tunnel is only 90ft, and because of the way it was set-up, im left with only 6 ft of drip space between the drying agent/spotfree to the blowers. Im considering slowing down the timing of my system because as of right now, my first...

I know how you feel autospa. Because of my tunnel size i only have about 6ft of drip space. This has become a big issue for me because it doesnt allow my drying agent the time to actually work. I have to run a 650:1 ratio to get a nicely dried car, and at that rate im using about 100+ mil of...

My system uses the weight of the lift to drop when the air is cut. Ive watched the timing numerous times and the lift drops consistenly about a foot before the next roller reaches it, so i know that isnt the issue. I readjusted my timing on friday slightly to reduce the number of rollers...

ok, i will look into that, thanks for the advice jeff.

I am actually getting quotes on both the sc-78 and the x458. Price will determine which the company allows me to get. As far as conveyor type, i am using a sonny's convsc78...so it should have the sc-78 chain. it loos like the rollers are coming up to proper height. i think the problem...