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I got an e-mail from a boiler inspection company to make an inspection of my boiler by their jurisdictional consultant. They list my insurance carrier as the party that is requesting the inspection. Called the insurance co they never heard of the company. My state boiler inspector was here in...

Piperken I've got a 3 bay ss,they are 48' long & 15 wide. I use a weil-mclain that is rated 366,00 btu input natural gas.I ve never ran out of hot water on my best days. Boiler is 20 years old too.

I've sold all my commercial properties but one without a realtor.I think realtors are going the way of video clerks,most aren't bright and lazy by nature.In the end the most important people in these transactions,title co,lawyer,cpa.A visit to the local public works office isn't a bad idea...

No not me yet. Terry Monroe writes @ times in the car wash trades,he has a book out " Selling with Certainty" that is a must read for all car wash owners. This book is more than getting a good price,it goes deeper in to the complexity of being in the right frame of mind to retire and being...

This is going to go against what you are thinking so here it is. Ditch the old worn out looking vacs.Replace all with a mix of combo units and stand alone vacuums and raise your price.Do not get into the mind set to give your services away,its a path the is hard to reverse.

I use Continental Neptune hose and replace a hose per bay every year.Even with a whip hose and a hose bend restrictor ,wire breaks inside hose usually a single strand that pushes up as a bump in hose. I mark it up to wear & tear and replace it.

I made a deal with the local bank,they supply the shotshell wrappers and I roll them.I also have friends that have a pizza business with an arcade that needs $ 500 in quarters every 8 days that are bagged.Not as many trips to the bank either for them or me. We have u s bank & wells fargo here...

I should have been an engineer @ NASA. I got back -up for every issue that seems to arise.Brass inventory is better than the hardware store and the list goes on. I cannot afford to be down for long in any bays,not just the revenue but the public perception .

Chaz total agreement there !

I dry my mud on site then haul away in the fall,last fall was 12 loads in a 10 yrd dump truck.that is every fall.

Jambowash I'm on my 2nd model 750 ring-o-matic vacuum pit cleaner.The 1st one went with the sale of a ss wash. The best way to pump out really compacted mud is to use a long wand and constantly agitate while pumping.I can pump out 500 gallons in 20 to 30 minutes this way. As far as...

Can't recall where i read it about the owner that put voltage to his ER door.I figured I would do the same using livestock electrical fencing.Gives a pretty good bite !

Soapy Here in Montana we stalk our antelope as they are more relaxed.Now in Wyoming & Idaho those residents tend to run down their game with pick-ups while shooting .Thats where the term drive by shooting was born.Nice time soak your antelope meat in milk over nite.

This summer driving hyw 2 driving mail truck early morning just getting light and gaining on car doing the cell phone weave & head down.i/2 mile ahead I see 6 antelope out in field running towards road. The driver never saw them until she hit the last one ,no brake lites ,nothing. lots of hair...

I use a 24 foot single tube radiant heater in ER and a 30,000 btu wall unit as back up never an issue.

Randy hit all the buttons. when i leave town my cell phone is turned over to trusted employee and I take another cell phone that only he has the number.Over the years I've got good relationship with a plumber & electrician that know when I'm gone.Employee calls them if there is a problem.Yes it...

I'm better than my competition because all equipment works and the business is clean,tidy and attended.

I've yet to hear a customer make an excuse for their dirty car.I don't ask either,paid to do the job & want repeat business.

I will get customers come into my office open up their hand to show the dollar coins that they got and ask "do these work here." I just nod & smile yes. I do get others that want quarters exchanged for dollar coins.

As a self serve car wash owner I want for Christmas is to win the montana millionarie lottery !