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Based on experience --- slightly pressurize to transfer works. Bubbles - John, We used to get all our chemicals in 30 gallon drums. When we did we had a real nifty way of transferring without using a transfer pump. We just used less than 5 psi through one bung hole fitting while the other...

Mark, Hopefully, it works out for you & for your specific location! As far as the pre-Roman comment ... I have a vivid memory of a similar mindset of a gated 14 bay car wash that was put here in Bismarck back in 1982. It was not as durable as they pretended. I was the beneficiary of a phone...

Life of the belts on single groove pulleys??? Diamond & others, I wonder if the deflection tension adjustment should vary some depending on how close the motor pulley is to the pump pulley? Only if the belt was slipping (as in too loose) I would think that pressure loss is possible. Too...

Eda, I wonder if it was on a part of the car that was plastic? I have a flashback of when I volunteered for a customer at our self service car wash to show him the bugs should come right off easily on his brand new car front bumper. I was shocked that what appeared to be a paint or vinyl...

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Mac, Just a thought. I would think that any area where manufacturers &/or distributors went out of business would be a prime area for displaced car wash techs. Such as Mpls St. Paul with Specialty & AOK going out of business because of the nationwide economy. They would have to uproot where...

We have spare bags & swap one set out while the dirty one goes into a front load washer & left to air dry

Has anyone ever had to slightly adjust a potentiometer on a Slugbuster III? Our heavily used internet kiosk in our laundry did not have a single jam or miss a single proper pulse output in over ten years that I can remember ... so I am a bit partial to the Aussie made MicroCoin. I have not...

Bill, I agree ... the only thing I will add is the other factors such as greater danger of theft & costs both short term & long term should be weighed in. The ATM approach & the tokens (float) have one thing in common: that is they both have a business model where the payment method itself...

Relevant for the most part --- from our perspective continued from last post We also have the truck wash version of the gun where we route several pumps at once into one hose ... to act as a super fast wash down hose & gun during times where a lot of mud is brought in. We have been using a...

Sticky & others, I was hoping we could keep the information relevant to the original question of going cashless (token only) specifically in the bays. I was hoping I was clear enough that I was learning from the fact that Turbo found it made sense & at his facility it worked out by accepting...

TurboJet, Whale, Ric & others, Turbo, your post shows that even with an in bay "all tokens" operation it is worthwhile to have the $1 & $2 coins vs just quarters. Plus ... just think ... there was not rioting when the transition occurred! It makes sense to me! Apparently, Mep needs me to...

When there is no chance of even stealing tokens ... I would think the above specific case is more vandalism than theft. We have alarmed doors on both ends of our bays & lock up securely at 10 PM ... so that is another factor. I do agree that tokens only like Ric referred to ... has a marketing...

I still think that similar to Big Leo's approach of when a sensor is triggered "something like a loudspeaker or better" scares the crap out of the perpetrator(s). That & a split second notification unique sound on our 24/7 cell phones with immediate video ... to give a firm dispatch for...

sticky, This is just my opinion but with the improvements in electronic cameras & speedy electronic notification of a violated sensor ... it seems like getting away from coins is not as critical as it has been in the past. I know that some areas are hit much more often than where I live ...

Blu, Respectfully, I agree there could be a gain ... especially for your specific car wash. I just don't see it as a good fit & enough of a gain for the majority of us. We have a 60 second grace period on our $5 to start PLC driven dog wash that works out well. We had a lady with 3 dogs a...

Where is the best place currently to buy the Gorilla hose? I agree on the 45° elbow. I did not see the Gorilla hose with a quick check on KleenRite.

"ditto" on praise for Jim & any other example of a small business innovator who is a straight shooter. Jim caught my faulty logic immediately when I called him once "on the change issue" when considering potentially going to tokens! Also for the online assistance when we got our MegaVendor...

blurdg & others, It looks like the non stop advertising over the last 20 years for credit card use has filtered down regardless of the size of the transactions. More & more laundromat owners are proving everyday that ATMs are a better business model. After seeing a positive cash flow...

Whale & Bubbles, Maybe it is just me, but personally I think that property taxes are more regressive than service taxes. Property taxes do hinge on the honesty & fairness of assessors though ... which requires a bit more faith. Tons of people voted today (high turnout) over at our Senior...