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Car wash Crooks When I first started in the carwash business I was a green horn for sure. I remember collecting quarters from the vacs a couple of time a week in the first couple of years of operation. I would always see the vacs being used dailey but when I went to collect the money there...

In 1994 I bought a 1970 ringomatic for $3500. It might be the best $3500 I ever spent.

I am looking to buy some of the old wash card contollers that have been discontinued and are no longer being supported by WashCard. Just want to have some around for spare parts.

Part 2 Weather cooperated in Febuary and business was strong. Everyone in this business knows we are more weather dependent than economy dependent. I have been using a formula for the past few years that lets me track weather year to year based on an actual numerical value instead of just saying...

Winter reflections: This has been the strangest winter for my carwashes I have seen. It started out in late October with some early and continued through the end of January with cloudy skies almost every day. We had 2 sunny Saturdays out of 14 during that time, on Christmas day and New Years...

You can buy a good air rifle that will shoot a 22 caliber pellet at 2000 feet per second for under a $200. When I was 8 years old my dad got me a ben franklin 22 cal air rifle for christmas. I still have it anfter 40 years and it works like it was new. Ben Franklin actually designed this gun...

I remember only being 5 years old when my brothers were watching me one night and they got all their friends together for a bon fire while the parents were gone. Someone threw a oil filter full of gas in the fire and it exploded. Several of the guys got started on fire and I can still remember...

I had girl call me once from a wash and tell me she had lost a $5 in the change machine. I said no problem I would send her a refund. 5 minutes later I got a call from the same number and the guy said he lost $20 in the same bill changer. I only have one changer at this location so I was...

I stopped using a hot water tank and recirc. pump years ago. I installed some heat cable ( Raytheon winter guard wet) over 12 years ago and have never had a trough freeze or had one breakdown with it. It has its own GFI circuit breaker and all I have to do is plug it in the fall. It is self...

Black iron is a pretty expensive way to plumb for air lines now days. Most new installs are using PVC pipe for a fraction of the cost. PVC can also be done by yourself vs. having a plumber have to thread all that pipe and hang it for you.

In my detail shop I film everything that goes on with multiple camaras. I recall a few instances of people saying we did something which we did not do. One lady claimed we took her hubcaps off of her car. We reveiwed the video and showed her that she had none when she brought it in. She later...

You can save a lot of money if you own your own propane tank. It is much easier to shop around for a good price. Propane tanks tend to last for decades as long as they just hold propane. I would check with some of the local heating contractors. They usually have used ones that you can make a...

Kleenrite sells a simoniz titration kit that I have tested against the blendco kit. They both have the same values as far as drops etc. so you can use the simoniz kit and save a lot of money on the it.

I had some decals made up that are about the size of a business card that I mount right next to the bill slot. It has a bright yellow background with red letters. It explains the discounts availible.

We give a 10% bonus in our SS bays for anyone using a $5 and a 20% for people using a $10. WE get a lot of $5 bills and even a few 10s.

In the spring summer and fall I set the exit door thermostat on my Rykos high so that if the wind is blowing and can use the door kit during windy days to only control the exit door. My electrician has wired several fountans and they all have a wind sensor that will shut them down if the wind...

JJ, The scource for water usage came from a book by Metcalf and Eddy called Waste Water Engineering. I guess it is a industry standard book used across the US. They also used a state publication on SUbsurface water rules.

JJ, I will do my best. I tried to press the city engineer for the scource when I met with him but he was pretty good at beating around the bush.

What are your water and sewer rates? I have a wash in one town that recently had an increase. The town has decided to use a new method of calculating sewer rates based off a formula they found published somewhere. They say that the average carwash bay uses 3.1 times as much water as a typical...

I have tech support for my changers and Acws through Randy. It costs me a couple of steak dinners every year but is well worth it.