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    Sump Pit Dirt

    I used to shovel it out, dry it on the floor of the bay, and put it in the dumpster. Now I haul it myself. The trash hauler with the municipal contract now refuses to tip it, so I told the town to take back the dumpster. Meanwhile I had to get tested for heavy metals but not hydrocarbons (...
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    restaurant kitchen floor mats

    I was approached by a restaurant to wash their greasy kitchen floor mats in my SS carwash. I would crank up the water temperature and the soap concentration and scrub with a stiff floor broom, but I have no idea how to price this type full-service activity in my SS carwash. I already do...
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    Interest Rates

    My unsecured credit cards are running between 0% and 4% promotionally. I pay them agressively during the promotional period. Whenever one gets ready to mature (to 9 or 12% most recently) another is eager to start another promotion to roll-over whatever balance was still outstanding.
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    Cat 310 pump oil question

    genuine CAT pump oil turns milky with water. I can see it through the sight glass.
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    money discriminates against blind

    different sizes? start with eliminating $1 bills and using the sacajawea/presidential dollar coins
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    Wash bay Minimal Time

    I'm at $1.75 to start 5 minutes is $3 I raised it to this level a few months ago, concurrent with upgrading the coindrop and change machine to Dollar coins but my water/sewer is probably lower than yours.
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    Opening the first car wash

    If you have not already done so, read every post on this board, as welll as the archive "old" board.
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    Has Anyone Done Away With Free Vacs?

    "if you want it done right you have to do it yourself" is the quote i hear from many "you get what you pay for" is the quote that comes to mind when I hear "free" anything
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    Truck wash

    What height limit was used to convert to "cars only". Not exactly related, but my smaller bay in the one with a door (probably not the right door for a SS bay but it was here when I bought the place. Anyway, it doesnt fold to the sides or roll into a coil, it goes parellel to the ceiling. The...
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    Deleting Fresh Water Tank and Feeding Cat Pumps Directly

    The weep version has nothing to do with bypass, at least not the way mine is plumbed. a have a hot solenoid and and cold, each with check valves and a T Next another T with a needle valve and a check valve in the weep line. all that goes to the inlet of the PR1000A. this way, weeping passes...
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    Adjusting Time per coin?

    I had to get rid of my Keltner Model 9D timers because they only count to 15. at 30 seconds per quarter, any money deposited over $3.75 (7 and 1/2 minutes) was forfeited. in answer to the original question, remove the cover and turn the little knobs with a tiny screwdriver such as you might...
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    Switching to Tokens or $1 Coins Accounting ?

    collect the money from the vending count and record it and put it in your cash on hand account collect the money from the wash/vac count and record it and put it in your cash on hand account "but what about the change machine?" you might ask for income accounting purposes, it does not exist as...
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    Child Abuse with High Pressure Wand

    I guess I already posted that in the wrong category http://forum.autocareforum.net/showthread.php?t=1068
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    washing a child with HP is the SS bay?

    http://www.local6.com/news/15505090/detail.html
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    water heater

    it is best to turn off the breaker before trying to check the impedance and/or continuity of the element(s)
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    how to avoid getting grit in my gun tips

    I think you want to figure out where it is coming from. for instance is your pump getting ready to self-destruct?
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    How to handle a hit and run

    when she swiped her card through the card reader, didn't she consent to pay the costs she incurred during this visit? Was it somehow limited only to water, soap, etc?
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    Join my Facebook group on car washing

    in what way is that better than this here forum where I am typing this question?
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    Pit Cleaning is the pits!!!!!!!

    many places do not allow "liquid" to go to the landfill, (and therefore the dumpster) liquid is defined as "dripping" dripping is defined using a particular size paint filter and a specific volume sample size for a set amount of time but I just eyeball it As cold as it has been lately, I...
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    How does a $3 Start sound? Too Much?

    It is only a felony if you and your competitor agree to FIX prices. saying "gosh I don't see how you can afford to stay in business with such low prices, I had to raise mine just to keep up with utilites" isn't a felony; but it does "let him know" (just in case he doesn't watch your carwash...
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