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I also notice that sometimes the worst incidents happen on the coldest day or week of wintertime & here in North Dakota that tends to be way below zero ... especially windchill wise. During snow & ice storms ... police are overwhelmed sometimes by vehicle accidents too. I like it when they...

Kramerwv & others, Ouch ... insurance underwriters pay attention to payouts from car washes in general! I might get a rebuttal on the following observation from me??? I am thinking that some of us just self service only operators are paying extra for insurance because we are lumped together...

I notice that those above linked appear to be more easily panel mounted also than some. I am thinking our panel mounted metering valves for our hi pressure soap feed never did function that great & are over 30 years old now.

I think anything that makes a specific car wash less affordable will eventually take its toll ... on total number of vehicles washed & how often. Personal debt statistics have been growing higher around the USA. At some point larger numbers of people will start finally budgeting more &...

Seeing the large wheel wells on the trailer ... it looks like some of the automatics may get their overhead door rails messed up on occasion??? Not the issue in this case but ... maybe an add'l damage hazard from some vehicles???

Mac, I was told by an expert that asphalt needs to be driven over to work the oils within it. Supposedly it is more likely to break up & crumble in areas that are not driven over. Not sure if that is relevant but that is what I was told when part of a contract (1980) originally specified...

Just to follow up on the British Standard Pipe (BSP) adaptor need situation I had. A local nearby hydraulic hose (Parker Hose distributor & hydraulic specialty warehouse) had samplings of the 1/8 & 1/4 part ... but their sample fittings did not fit ... maybe mislabeled not sure. The Local...

For a project like you describe ... I would say that a temperature controllable lab grade grounded soldering station with a variety of tips could be helpful.

are you sure i wasn't somewhat apologizing for my own lack of communication skills?

We very seriously considered going to waterproof higher denomination tokens. IMHO a better option than paper tokens. If our industry was even as unified in favor of dollar coins as the possibly larger laundromat industry ... we would have a much better chance possibly creating enough of a...

Waxman, To be fair to John ... I am not sure if he was the one originally responsible for the build. My thread intent definitely was not to make him look not quite as good on somewhat hidden building technicalities that he possibly was not aware of.

I notice the plumber should have got rid of some "globe style" valves. Maybe his OCD fell short??? 2Biz would have done better! The real nitty gritty even more important question is: Did the OCD guy or did his engineer that he depended on calculate & verify all his flows in the best...

The quickness that an operator can share with law enforcement should have a bearing on the system we choose. BTW, I talked to one of the city's IT people that I have known for a long time & he thought sending via email a common file format might have legal technicalities for the sender &...

I still have some Brass Spraying Systems Inline Filters the size of 2Biz's in my parts inventory. Our previous pre-1987 self service setup had them so they are a bit on the old side ... but they are probably still more durable than the more vulnerable plastic ones. Don't let any careless...

It is helpful on the internet when shopping for the best value to be able to sort by Amount+Shipping Total Cost vs Amount Only + Uncertain( who knows) shipping cost. At least a fixed shipping charge can be evaluated & then accepted as the best deal vs going just by free shipping a bit too much...

It appears that Wyze has the instant notification with their camera-sensors & I can vouch for the time that I got a loiterer to leave immediately out of my laundromat via Wyze's two way audio! Also we made good use out of the Wyze SD card when we needed to present 100% evidence of what went...

soonermajic & others, Now that we notice a much tinier proportion of the quarter look alike Susan B Anthony when we get our large supplies of prez-sac coins ... we are seeing even less to worry about when it comes to the also waterproof higher denomination prez-sac dollar coins. It appears...

So far our experience with Ginsan has been positive after we converted our Specialty Membranes (Yukky) over to durable buttons - menu. Fragile membranes I think gave "menu style" coin boxes a worse rap than they deserved. Sure a 12 position rotary is more trouble-free but I think that menu...

I wonder if workers comp claims is the trigger. It seems when a new charge becomes the new norm ... it can be tough to reverse. In our area there is a regional shipper called "SpeedeeDelivery" Greg is correct alluding to the fact that healthy competition can be a factor.

Randy & others, I have no experience & am pretty much a dummy o_O when it comes to what car wash wall construction is needed in places where earthquake tremors are common. I am wondering how vulnerable some of the lower height walls between some car wash bays are or could be. Magnitude on the...