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Very tough question. Most people might say 12,500 or the same as each auto you now have. A friction would no doubt take some of your touchless customers. My opinion would be you would gain between 6 to 8,000 more cars per year.

This shows one side of the new dryers along with the height of the old side blower. The new dryer is about 9 feet between the silicone nozzles and the nozzles can be rotated forward/ backward about 15 degrees. Each side has a 15 hp blower. Another option I did not get but could add later is a...

On my 3 fan dryer setups the side dryers move up and down maybe 25 degrees. The bottom of the dryer nozzle is about 6 feet off the floor. Over the years I have banged my head in to them a few and can attest to the height. I always thought they did a pretty good job but not up to the level of a...

Do your side mount dryers have any kind of air cylinder to move nozzles?

My booms sit over 9 feet tall and I have never had a problem with them swinging over tall lifted trucks. If you buy the dual boom mounts from Kleenrite you can mount the boom so it naturally falls forward or backward. For what ever reason people seem to hang the hoses back up much more often...

I bought 2 SS booms and mounting brackets from Kleenrite and attached them to my existing 4 inch light pole. Then I bought a length of 4 inch PVC to siip over the boom and also to run the 2 inch hose from the vacuum through. At the end of the boom I down sized the vac hose to 1 1/2 inch. I think...

I just added some new dryers to a couple of my automatics. They used 1/2 inch wedge bits like the one pictured. I have also used 1/2 inch wedge bolts in the past with good luck. One tip the installer mentioned ( He has been doing this 40 years) was that if you are using wedge bits drill the hole...

Mac, I asked the question of how many cars per million spent did it take to break even for a express car wash a few years ago to a well known car wash appraiser. He had not been asked this question before so it took him a while to work the numbers. Based on several washes he had recently...

I only use salt from the Great Salt Lake. Not only is my water soft, it is HOLY.

I take $500 bags of quarters to the bank a couple of times per month. I always put a few extra quarters in the bag. The FED only gets after a bank if the bags come up short. NO charge at Key bank ever for my quarters.

A quick heads up for operators running as a sole proprietor. I was a reading a article in Automotive Laundry News and with the new tax laws you will only be able to deduct $10,000 of property tax. For many of us when you combine house property tax and more than 1 wash you can easily go over the...

Like I told Pat, I used my verizon cell phone time. By the time you called me it was after 7 and I was stuck on the freeway in a traffic jamb. I had already paid $9 for parking once and it would have taken me at least 30 minutes to get back there. No way I was going to make everyone wait for me...

I am only one here at 6:40. Guess I got stood up

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe Randy has heard from him.

Pat, I am driving down on Wednesday but will not make it all the way into Vegas until Thursday Morning.

I should be there.

I use intermatic timers for all my lights. I think in 25 years at 4 locations I have only had to replace 2 timers. It is very simple, leave the box mounted and the whole timer will pivot out of the box, then just take the new timer and pop it into the old box.

It is interesting that a Starbucks in Philly asked a couple of nonpaying customers to leave and they would not. Cops were called and had to handcuff the men to get them to leave. The only problem is that Starbucks is now being branded as Racist. I for one would call the cops if someone was...

TDL try now I deleted all my old inbox messages

I doubt it would help but what about putting a sign up that something like " Only 1 gallon litter bag per car" It would at least let them you have a limit and give you a basis to confront them with.