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Maybe you could get Bill to do a poll on this. I think more people would be comfortable this way. From the surveys I have read they usally range from 10k to 24K per year with an average around 18,000 per year. Those figure were for the good years when the economy was booming.

You can go to Hamiltons website and download the XE manual with the calibration instructions. I just typed in XE under the search sections and then you can click on the manual icon to get the instructions.

Dow chemical announced that it will take a across the board price increase of 20% on June 1. They manufacture a lot of the raw chemicals that other chemical companies use in the car wash industry. Even the ones who don't buy from Dow will see increases as other companies follow suit. Get ready...

I get a lot of people calling me and telling me they put $5 in whatever devise they think did not work right. Even a .75 cent vacuum they tell me it is $5. Last weekend I changed the vac prices to $1 for 4 minutes of time. It was .75 for 4 minutes before. I have had at least 6 calls this week...

The prox light might be coming on but see if you have enough room to adjust the prox closer to the metal plate that the prox reads. I have actually added some angle iron in the past to the metal plate so the prox would read it sooner and slow down so it does not hit the stop as hard.

I think I would really look at buying out an existing wash if you could. They may not understand how the sewer tape fees has increased the value of their wash.

You are looking at roughly $1000 per bay to add credit cards and $4000 per combo vac unit. I think If I was looking to spend the $8000 I would start with one combo vac and 4 SS bay credit card readers.

What brand of wheels did you replace yours with? I have noticed in the past when using astromatic wheels they are a different size compared to the Ryko factory wheels. You will need to replace both sides if their is a difference in wheels.

For my fund raisers I prefer to have them sell wash tokens for my automatic bays and I let them keep 1/2 of the proceeds and I keep half. It intorduces new customers to my wash and does not close me down on my busiest days.

I do something similar with a local radio station. During drive times in the morning during the week they have a gender war contest. 2 people of opposite sex call in and answer questions that generally the opposite sex would Know. The winner after about 4 questions gets a free carwash token for...

My large payments for the equipment are made with a line draft before the equipment is unloaded on site. This has always worked with Ryko. The last few purchases have been through a leasing company and I did not have to worry about down payments or the resulting payments. I was always called by...

MIne have always been purchased with 10% down and then another 80% when it is delivered at the site. The final 10% is when it is installed. I have heard of a few people who put large amounts down and the distributor never delivers. IF the distributor is not strong enough fianancially to order...

At one location where I recently added CC acceptance to the SS bays I had the following bad experience. Originally I had signed up for a long distance plan at this wash that billed for actual calls used with no minimum monthly fee since I did not forsee any need for longdistance calling plan...

SOunds like an arm rotate prox is not functioning. There are 4 of them located above the wash arm. As it is turned 2 should always be on as they are triggered by a large 1/2 moon shaped peice of metal that goes around with the wash arm. If you look at each prox they should have a light on when...

As for me it seems that the weather is the biggest factor in slower business here in the Pacific Northwest. Here it is APril 30 and as I look outside it is snowing with about 3 inches of new snow on the ground tonight. The weather people have confirmed that we have had the second coldest March...

I have recently installed several of his bay boxes with CC readers and have never had a problem getting through to him. Even when he was at the ICA show he always got back to me the same day. I have been happy with the system so far. He has upgraded to some more robust credit card readers and...

It is hard to make a blanket statement saying one companies chemicals are more expensive than anothers. Distributors all vary on pricing and some sell over suggested retail. I happen to buy direct from ecolab so I probably get a better deal than most since I don't pay a distributor mark up.

Pick a rainy or slow day when no one is at the wash and do the following: Record your water meter reading and your electrical meter reading with everything shut off like lights etc. Then run your own car throught each of your wash selections recording the numbers from the meters after each wash...

A poor man would use a little gasoline followed by a wash and rinse.

What system will you be using them with? It might make a difference.