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    Vacuum gas havoc

    Same thing happened to me. When I reported the claim to the insurance co. they sent a check for half the cost of purchase and said they would pay the remaining deference with shipping and install cost after it was installed. Kind of a pain but it all worked out fine.
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    What would you do?

    I agree with Greg...BUT With that volume there will most likely be another wash coming to your neighborhood. If you put in an IBA you won’t lose all those customers, they’ll wait for another bay or become your IBA customer at a higher ticket average and still use your vacs. Plus you’ll gain new...
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    Peco hydraulic unit help

    Peco’s site says: Fill the reservoir with 32 gallons of hydraulic oil prior to starting pump. Fill unit just to the point of satisfying the float switch. Never run unit without sufficient amount on hydraulic oil.
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    Guy says 1000psi stripped his paint

    Tell him to bring his car to the wash because you want to wash his car yourself to see if it takes off paint. Get your insurance agent to meet you at the wash. Talk to him before hand about the possibility of prorating the claim because of age of paint. If some paint comes off I would bet your...
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    Adding Crytopay to Vacuums

    4 or 5 months ago we added Cryptopay to our vacs. We kept our price at $1 for 4 minutes. Many charge people complained about about having to run the card thru twice to finish vacuuming. That weekend I talked to many vac customers and ALL of them agreed with me to raise the startup time to $2...
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    Need a new RO system

    Has anyone used Waterguy spot free system? Any other reasonably priced systems?
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    Cars in neutral that speed up

    I bolted on the right side of the floor in front of stopped car three hard rubber mats about 3 ft. Long, 1 inch thick and 4 inches wide 5’ apart in front of the car. This helped us with cars that rolled.
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    The fun never stops

    It’s Friday. Just have a drink and forget about it.
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    Option to buy our lease

    It sounds like it’s a good deal. But... My concern is with 30-40% empty spaces. This does not help your business verses if it was full. Is the property and driveway for the whole property in good shape? Will the driveway need to be redone later on? Maybe you can negotiate little bit better deal...
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    Option to buy our lease

    Having 2 IBA’S and 2 bays sounds good. How long is left on your lease? I would think that even in a small town it would be very hard to get a commitment for a loan from your bank that quickly without lookin over your books.
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    Option to buy our lease

    Are you just self serv bays? If so can your location use an IBA? I would tell them that your interested in buying it but your bank wants 3 yrs. P & L’S to see if it’s viable for that much money to purchase the property.
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    Fresh n vac

    Turn the power off to the vac. I would keep it off for 5 minutes and then turn it back on. Your power to the vacs are probably in your pump room.
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    Carwash blower philosophy, questions from a new wash owner.

    AZcarwashman are using them in tunnel or IBA washes? Do you use more than one arch in any of your washes?
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    Pit-y the fool

    Along time ago I had a retired guy that took empty 5 gal. chemical buckets and drilled several hole in the bottom and sides of the buckets. He hooked a couple of ropes around the handle and connected them in one corner of the grates. He would wash everything into the corner bucket. Every 2-3...
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    SS bay soap

    I agree with Randy’s. I switched to JBS years ago because of the same issue’s you’re having. Haven‘t had any problems since.
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    New Vendor

    Thanks
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    New Vendor

    Soapy what are the demention Soapy what is the size and the cost?
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    Presoak

    Sorry I forgot to answer . JBS High PH PRE-SOAK HPC
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    Drilling Medeco cam locks

    The whole thing has a bad smell. Be careful
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    Presoak

    I use JBS Presoak. Customers love it.
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