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    Self Serve chemicals

    Neutral is working through surfactants and solvency and isn't going to do a great job cleaning tough soils. I haven't had any issues here with product strength. I often use IBA chemicals at a slightly weaker strength for my self serve presoak and tire cleaner. My HP soap is often neutral and...
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    Gross Revenue Per Bay

    Don't know what your budget is but if that place is doing 55K annually as it is now I think you could double that with a cosmetic upgrade and update as it looks like you're planning to do.. Buy 20 gallons of Wall cleaner from the vendor of your choice and have at the walls. It will take...
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    Vacuum mounts loose

    Never thought to use a hammer drive anchor. That sure would make life a lot simpler. I will say that if you go back with sleeve anchors or wedge anchors a big mistake I've made in the past is over tightening. I always thought tighter is better. It seems my over-tightening would cause the...
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    What's a good deal in Self Serve?

    If you can verify gross and net it's possible that it's worth 1.1. or a little more. 1.7M on a 220K gross is approaching bubble prices of the early-mid 2000s. ideally you want a return higher than 10%-closer to 15%. This is a business, a special purpose property with a higher risk of failure...
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    Gross Revenue Per Bay

    upload pictures when you get a chance
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    Performance Group

    They do exist but are but the one I am familiar with is invitation only. Try posting your inquiry in the Facebook group "talkcarwash".
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    New guy

    Just bought some vacuum tokens a few months ago. "Cheap" red brass .900 tokens with no security were .20. Larger tokens with security features go up from there. Sure, I'd like to sell a product with that margin all day long but that profit without service also reflects a potentially negative...
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    Looking for a Mobile App for Self Serve and IBA

    One of the reasons I went with coinless is wireless hookup and operation. The wireless relays on the vacuums work as long as you mount them under the dome. I tried mounting one inside the cabinet and it wouldn't connect.They appear to be using inexpensive off the shelf components that you can...
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    CBK- Chinese Manufacturer

    Jas4mmy thank for the input. Is your support domestic?
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    New guy

    carwashfng a couple of initial thoughts: 1)Rip off all the bay signs and order about 15-20 gallons of Arcadian Nu wall or Quest Aluminate to get those walls cleaned up. 2)If the cans are in good shape those vacs can be completely rehabbed to look and perform like brand new. You can clean...
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    New guy

    You know, for years operators used to brag about profit from tokens "walking off". Now tokens are so expensive that in many cases the profit margin is greater if the customer actually uses them. My variable cost on a wash/vacuum is probably 30% or less. If I paid .30 for a dollar value token...
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    Looking for a Mobile App for Self Serve and IBA

    I have a friend doing Payrange and I think he's pretty happy with it. He's not doing anything fancy though.
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    WW2 Premature End - Boom only goes part way down - Alarm 13 & Alarm 14

    That's correct- 30 minute-1 hr install
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    Looking for a Mobile App for Self Serve and IBA

    I did have a slight issue the other day and Conner got back with me within a few hours, so that's encouraging.
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    Touch Free soap in the Kansas City area

    Any idea what you are paying cost per car? A lot of operators are paying close to $1.00 MSRP for two good passes of an effective product
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    Selecting a pump and controls

    Pretty cool-How frequently will it run and for how long?
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    WW2 Premature End - Boom only goes part way down - Alarm 13 & Alarm 14

    IIRC they had to be in the right spot or the boom test would not complete successfully. I have no idea how it knows the difference.
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    WW2 Premature End - Boom only goes part way down - Alarm 13 & Alarm 14

    I posted a video of that updated boom count in operation on the FB group if you want to see it.
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    WW2 Premature End - Boom only goes part way down - Alarm 13 & Alarm 14

    I’m also assuming you have tried new proximity switches and cables and have checked the top boom proximity for issues
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    WW2 Premature End - Boom only goes part way down - Alarm 13 & Alarm 14

    Rainway I don't know the part number but the new boom count wheel is a good improvement. I did look in the Coleman parts manual and couldn't find it. Unfortunately Coleman support isn't what it used to be. You can order that part from that Coleman dealer that is in that thread, Chad Burton of...
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