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One other thing I am going to do is mount the hose high on a 10 foot light pole I have on the concrete vac island. I will use a coiled foamy brush hose to hang down from the light pole with the trigger and brush attached. This will make it easy to reach all 4 tires and keep the hose off the ground.

The tire shine I buy in 55 gallon bulk is much cheaper than Washmee quoted. I have been using it my detail shop for 3 years and still have some of the 55 gallon barrell left.

I am thinking about taking one vended service per location and donating all the proceeds to a charity. I might start with a tire shine machine at each location and give all the proceeds to a veterans organization. I would identify it with large signs stating this on each unit. My idea would be...

I am going to convert one of my extra vacs to a tire shine machine. Kleenrite makes a retrofit kit for $795 and I just ordered one. It is a self brush on unit that uses the vac timer and coin mech. I planned on using this as a added benefit for my automatic bays to compete with some of the...

I think it has market identity compared to similar products. Consumers know what it is. People who use it will generally keep using it IMO. I would use it over other waxes etc.

My question is really what do you gross in sales per dog wash bay. The people I talked to say they get around $800 to $1000 per unit. Is this accurate? When I was renewing my insurance this year they wanted to know if I had a dog wash. Seems there has been some claims due to dogs fighting and...

I have rain X low pressure at all of my locations. I converted one location from trip foam to rain x. It gets used more than the triple foam did but not a lot. It does require some instruction to the customers.

Any local Blue Coral distributor should be able to get it for you. Look on their website for a distributor in your area.

After a little more research I have found the reason the Pacific Northwest has had such a terrible winter. It seems that LA nina that occured this winter is the most severe in almost a century. The cooling effect of water around the equator has sent 2 to 3 times more moisture to the Northwest...

I always try to buy pure gas and not ethenol based fuels based on the fact that pure gasoline has higher btu energy compared to ethenol fuels. I have tracked it for the last year and I always get at least 15% better mileage when I use pure gas compared to ethenol. You can go the the website...

I have found the plastic heads get broken much more often than aluminum. It happens a lot in winter with the plastic heads. I have also had several plastic heads get stripped out. The brass bushing stays on the handle but the head no longer stays attached to the brass threaded bushing. I was...

At the ICA show last week a fiberglass grate maker had a booth. They will custom make them to the size you need or sell them in 4 foot by 8 foot sets. Should be able to get the info from the ICA website. Kleenrite also sells them.

I have 7 Hamilton ACWS with Credit card readers and they all have been very reliable. I am sure I have not had to replace a single reader in over 5 years.

Do not forget about FUTA ( federal unemployment tax. Your Suta and futa tax will be determined by the state. FUTA tax will be around 8/10th of a percent and SUTA will probably be 2% or more. You are required to pay these and they are not witheld from employee wages.

Sonny's mini tunnel was interesting but also found that other companies can put together similar packages. A few companies had taken a roll over concept and combined it with a mini tunnel. Istobal had a operting version on the floor. Basically you take the soap, rinse and wax functions off the...

Look to see a light is blinking on the timer. That indicates a modem stuck trying to dial out. It will make posting transactions impossi ble. Turn off power to each bay time so it can reboot. Takes care of 90% of the problems. In extreme cases unplug each timer and then seperate and replug in...

That is what the presentor at the show said and people at sonnys said. One to open,one to close and one for busy times n fill ins.

Looks like a good concept. Equipment includes tire scrubbers and shiner, triple foam soap or regular soap, trifoam wax, rainX, top brush side brush conveyor, dryer, correlator Hamilton pay station and gate etc. I think if you had a stand alone dryer and ACW already you might be able to shave the...

Look for bulging in ultrasonic unit. If it keep using it.

200k for a complete setup with tire shine etc complete. About 15 k for concrete for conveyor. 40 cars per hour.