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  1. eckert16

    Banning Fleet vehicles

    Check with your lawyer... pretty sure FedEx signed up to wash their vehicles at you carwash, and you agreed to provide them the service; and the confirmed by providing them access via your club. Did you have them sign for a limit on how much dirt you're wiling to wash off their vehicles? Caution...
  2. eckert16

    Looking to buy my first wash

    Those storage units to the South/rear, they access thru your parking lot, you'll need to make sure you can stop that by putting in a fence, and force them to use the public right of way to the dirt road on the East that is on surveys instead of driving thru your lot (unless it was included in a...
  3. eckert16

    Looking to buy my first wash

    Email or call Eric at the city to confirm any grocery store permits info online at ci.galion.oh.us/216/Building-Permit ... of course, don't tip yourself into a permit rabbit hole with a carwash rehab question... keep it simple, ...I heard a rumor, is there anything to it, any preliminary...
  4. eckert16

    Looking to buy my first wash

    Thoughts: $400,000 loan back in 2006, still owe about $210,000 with 17 years left, so it was a 30 year loan at about, what, say 3.5%, so monthly payments for that note is about, what $1,800 a month (just guestimating). Current owner is 'only breaking even every month'. IBA been down for over 5...
  5. eckert16

    Looking to buy my first wash

    Visit the competition, see what's attacting the customers, then come back to this one with a fresh perspective.
  6. eckert16

    Looking to buy my first wash

    your traffic count should be from 6,378 to 9,672 based on ODOT and Stratasan traffic counts
  7. eckert16

    I own the land already. Looking for information on starting a car wash. I own a gas station next door to the property. Self serve, full service wash ?

    Ask the town whereever that may be. The local codes may be online if you care to search. Not much info can be provided as you've not provided any....you are looking somewhere in NY... it could be St James, NY or downtown Olean NY, but yes, each town has their own 'rules'
  8. eckert16

    Looking to buy my first wash

    Curious. I wasn't logged in, so no pics were available in the post...ended up only seeing the description and looked for a 6 bay on google maps and found a 6 bay at 360 N. East Street in Gallion. Then I logged in to asked for clarificaiton, and pics pop up and show it's 839 harding Way. ...
  9. eckert16

    Looking to purchase Self Service Car Wash

    Great initiative...recommend you do a bit more basic research...US Census estimates that "town's" 2018 population at 5,180... the plus are the new civic buildings built on the Southern road and the housing development... you've got the gas station in front, and the exxon across the street, of...
  10. eckert16

    Politicians on the take? One TX carwash

    Dallas won't allow carwash to reopen... reason's continue to change... shutdown reasons continue to change just like with the "reason's" why covid masks are still required continue to change.. It's bad enough when politicians kill businesses with COVID-19 shutdowns. It's worse if they kill a...
  11. eckert16

    Gentlemen, l am chasing the ghost in the machine.

    concur on low volume being a big factor in not going out and buying new IBAs...lots of smaller volume sites would love to be able to buy new...but it's not financially feasible for many small town sites. We're still running an SEC Futura with low volume in a County of 29,000; county has 3 pop...
  12. eckert16

    Futura 9100 Password needed for dryer

    Did that resolve your issue? I had success in pulling the password from the Uniop controller
  13. eckert16

    Ssa-9001c program

    Gave Steve a hand. Got into his PLC, got the Futura security password, as well as the passwords for all his options (if he wants to add them later). Refreshed his Chip. Downloaded and reloaded his programs onto the equipment as well. Still functioning well.
  14. eckert16

    Futura Products

    Yes. Attached is the Spot Free or the Reverse Osmosis manual for the Futura.
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