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Prior to the wedge, I would cut away enough of the bottom of the reader to let a quarter drop through the bottom of the reader. I called it idiot cash.

Your vacs are probably a lower price per minute than your SS bay so you are robbing from yourself by not maximizing your profit.

The thumping sound comes from a rock or similar getting stuck on the rail between the wheels and the rail. A flat spot will get worn onto the wheel. Sometimes it will work itself back to round. WHat I do when this happens is to take a large flat file and find the flat spot on the wheel and...

I am also driving down on SUnday. I guess between Pat and myself we will be able to verify that Vegas is still there. I personally like the Peppermill for breakfast. If you want a short walk to the convention the old Hilton next to the convention center is a choice but probably a bit more money.

I buy low fume Muratic acid at Home depot for around $7. 1 gallon diluted 2 or 3 to 1 will let me clean a large IBA in less than a hour. 1 gallon will clean a couple of SS bays.

If you do have the wheels without grease zerks you can buy the new style with them and simply replace your wheels. If they have not been serviced on a timely basis chances are the center will be worn and not fit tight on the shaft. You can shoot some aerosol lube in and see if that helps. One...

Bob Lutz a very well known car guy stated in Automotive dealer news Nov. 6 issue that the modern car age is over. Within 20 years cars will all be owned by large fleet Companies. Self driving cars will pick you up and drop you off like a taxi. High speed freeway traffic at 120 mph +. No room for...

Enjoy your retirement and come back and visit occasionally.

I use self regulated heat tape in the troughs and that keeps all the LP functions except foam brush from freezing. I make my own anti freeze foam brush soap with methanol and foam concentrate. Weep miser for the SS HP hose. Automatics I use doors and radiant heat. I have already seen 10 degrees...

RV antifreeze is not just water and propelyne glycol. It also has some inhibitors mixed in with it and some color. I do use it to make winter tire shine mixed with concentrated tire shine. I would stick with methanol mix for foam brush. We will get down to 10 degrees tomorrow night so time to...

All of my direct drive pumps use Baldor motors with solid shaft and use the lovejoy coupler using wobble plate pumps so that probably helps in my case.

I had the typical bay menu signs that most washes have where you buy several menu strips to apply according to what options you offer. After a while the strips will start to peel off the sign and not look very good. I had a brand new sign that I never put up and still looked new. I had a local...

My belts are single pulley with 5 hp baldor and cat 530 pumps initially but now switched over to airimtsu pumps. The direct drive are wanner wobble plate designed pumps. Honestly both setups have been good and I like both.

I have had 3 locations with direct drive and 1 location with belt drive SS pumps. Over 23 years I have spent 10 times as much on belt drive failures compared to direct drive. I am sure when either is setup properly troubles would be minimal.

One of the main advantages of owning a car wash of any type at this time is that it is a service business. With record number of stores closing due to Amazon and internet related stuff we are lucky that the internet can't ship you out a car wash. Sure they can sell related products but not the...

This is a heads to anyone who accepts credit cards at your wash. If in the past you have been using Elavon as your credit card processor be aware that they were bought out 10/18 by Touchsuite. Transition was supposed to be seamless. However I found a couple of the accounts that were to be...

Low water temperature will also lower your output of RO. I do not see you getting 8000 gallons per day out of 2 membranes.

Every automatic will deliver different amounts of presoak. Some use city pressure others use pumps of different sizes to deliver water that gets mixed with presoak. You should not compare amount of oz.delivered. Get a titration kit and check your presoak at the car for required alkalinity. Or at...

Try RDM industrial electronics. They remanufacture electronics for the car wash industry.

Glad you got some response on this. In our town if you own a business you do not have to get a trash container or pay for garbage. All you have to do is say you do not generate any trash. For over 20 years I have had 2 businesses drop several bags of trash off in my dumpsters every week. No one...