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Just to give you a heads up, in our capitol city of neighboring north dakota ... bismarck ... the city commission responded to a whole bunch of complaints about shipping containers used as storage & now there are way fewer around our area. I don't know all the details & the full extent but the...

Brad0505, Since you have experience with both, I wonder how some operators would come out cost-wise if they felt a need to convert the bays into self storage units. That is if the ss car washes unexpectedly did not work out for whatever reason.

Mac & others, Not sure if use of a gun is always the best way to prevent problems but I will say that a few years ago when the poorly run emergency men's shelter "stack of no trespasses for their convenience" & "not letting them in even in bad weather until 9 PM at night" ... was still in...

We have found that KR's flea & tick shampoo mysteriously makes the ticks fall off. I never try to promote it as a full fledged treatment though.

Soonermajic & others, If you can channel as much of yours & others "clearly worthwhile" business to the Red River Credit Union & similar (if possible) is one of the ways to go. Without consequences & our ability to help provide a needed "more than just words" message there will be more of...

Just to add about alarm systems ... it seems like there is value to having the alarm tell you which specific sensor is violated even though an operator might have lots of sensors. Also it seems like the main controller would be more reliable if it was hard wired as much as possible. A very...

Eric, Depending on the specific placement ... there are times when it can be wise to have a 6" pipe filled with concrete dug deep enough so it is as close to being indestructable as possible. We have one like that by our stainless steel siding covered utility shed we have in the rear of our...

Randy & maybe Earl, I remember there was something said about Coinco Vantage validators having an internal counter that made it so an operator would be prevented from "merrily happy go lucky" using them for decades in the filthy wet bay environment. Do the MEI (Mars) have something similar...

We are finding more & more customers just putting in $5s so they are not interrupted at our 6 bay self service with both dollar coin accepting & up to $20 bill acceptance. The only thing holding us back from also just giving out close to or actually 100%??? dollar coins like IB Washincars from...

OurTown, Based on past experience with some similar in design Hydrotherm ... I would ask some local professional duct vacuuming outfits ... get an estimate for them doing it ... with possibly more specialized suction equipment. I was really surprised with some those of those similar small...

MartinWash & CarWash_Netherlands, I had a grandfather & grandmother who immigrated from Czech Republic on my mother's side who both died before I was born or was barely born but I did get to know a great uncle after he retired who was successful for over 50 years here in the USA in a bakery...

I am on the side of chaz on this one. It really is a matter of sizing up your specific location. I had an older retired master mechanic & former gas station owner working for me for about 7 years. He astutely observed customers coming in from a gas station (often free or semi free with gas...

We had for over 25 years in our bays single coin acceptance with Parker's & GinSan's single coin acceptors with fewer than 4 problems with heavy use over those 25 years. By appearances & by what Doug Parker alluded to is that the GinSan is basically the same when it came to the single coin...

This reminds me: Anybody like us who have our condensing boilers exhaust dripping on a shelf rather than straight to the ground? We need to pay attention not to let the pile melt & fall at the wrong time. Anybody have any stories along that line. If it is a cold winter ... there can be a...

Ghetto Wash, You just gave me "heads up" on something. I have dealt with sometimes a person laying in front of one of the bays. Not sure if alcohol involved or what. The 1st thing the 911 person asked "Does the person need an ambulance". Based on your experience ... maybe a business owner...

Like 2Biz I too have pressure gauges all over the facility for the water lines. Reason: Back in 1987 when with all brand new car wash equipment we went with Specialty's small tanks the pressure & volume was too low during peak usage for the city water line use-age. Long story short the 2...

Apparently the box from Zoro is installed away from any moisture .... since it is made out of carbon steel???

frankm, The first time I saw Judge Wapner on People's Court ... I was very interested in learning. That even included getting his book as soon it was released way back then. What I have gleaned from his courtroom & others who took his place ... is that expert witnesses carry a lot of weight...

Randy & others, I will never forget the day when my folks & siblings found out one of my first cousins who grew up in Bremerton was murdered in the Seattle - Puget Sound area when he was in his twenties. On the other hand ... I guess it can happen anywhere for that matter. We did have a...

HiPressure & others, Well said. I would like to add that some of us have laundromats with our SS car washes which would make such a system logically even less practical factoring both install & ongoing costs for 50 - 200 readers. I am thinking that Canada is well ahead of the USA with the...