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    Cost of starting a drive through truck wash?

    I was considering a truck/RV wash on the extra property we have on our site and my distributor actually talked me out of it. He said he'd love to sell me one, but the truck washes create such a huge amount of filth and grime in the bay that you need an attendant constantly on site to clean the...
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    The Next Generation of IBA - CBK!

    The license plate on the car appears to be European. They're made in China. Here's their website: https://www.cbkcarwash.com/
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    City shut down my Wash!

    Like Overachiever, our small town has shut off our water occaisionally for repairs. Sometimes the Water Dept. calls me directly, and other times, we just get an "Emergency" recorded message from the City advising of the area where repairs are being done. It's definitely a PIA to have to go...
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    Small Town IBA Startup!?

    Yes. We also took into account the overall greater surrounding area. Although there are only approx. 5,000 living within the city limits, the town is adjacent to a large recreational lake with approx. 12,000 living in subdivisions on the Lake; farms and ranches in the area, as well as nearby...
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    Small Town IBA Startup!?

    We started Cheetah Express in 2016 in a low income rural town in South Texas with a population of approximately 5,000, The only competition was a rundown self-serve with an old touchless that never worked. The place was a real eye-sore. The nearest working IBA was more than a 30-minute...
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    Best Touchless Car Wash?

    We have been very pleased with our WW Razor that was installed in mid-2022 (as an addition to our WW Profile), combined with the use of ChemQuest chems. Gross yearly income increased almost 75%.
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    Another "Just When You Thought You've Seen It All."

    He got off it and ran to the front of the bay while it washed. When he got back on it to drive it out of the bay, he was so high on it, his head was almost hitting the bridge. Ridiculous. The wash is unattended, but with WW's great app, I can re-home and reset the machine from my phone.
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    Another "Just When You Thought You've Seen It All."

    Can't believe the idiot who tried to take this through our Razor and when it stopped on him (getting caught on those big tires), he had the balls to ask for a refund!! I just told him to get that thing outtah there! I'm clueless as to what it is. I've never seen anything like it.
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    Worst car of the day

    We use ChemQuest with our Razor and they do a terrific job here in South Texas where we have alot of dust and caliche roads. It's an outstanding product line. I plan to ask our distributor about the Plazma. We are currently using their Lemon PreSoak.
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    Best way to count quarters?

    I use an AccuBanker Coin Sorter/Counter, which also rolls them. Our Bank, Wells Fargo, will only take them that way. We only take quarters at the vacs. The Pay Stations for the washes are only currency or credit card.
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    Interesting video of a new Autowash location

    Due to our demographic in a rural, lakeside town in South Texas, our ICS machines are set up for cash, credit cards, Tap n'Pay, Google and Apple Pay. We've got every type of customer from those who use only cash to those using their phones for all the high-tech stuff. When first installed, the...
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    Conversion of PDQ WALS Acct. into ICS WashConnect

    Honestly, it's been a nightmare. I absolutely hate ICS. The system is so complicated and is really not suited for an unattended IBA. Much more suitable for a tunnel where there are people on-site all day. The refit cost was $11,495 for the existing Access Machine, and then for the new bay we...
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    PDQ Access not dispensing cash for change?

    How old is your Access Machine? Sometimes those bill dispensers just wear out, the belts go bad, etc. We've had ours replaced once, and PDQ will rebuild the old one, so we now always have a spare.
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    Running both Friction and Touchless

    Both of our bays are open 24/7 and the site is unattended. Of course we have security cameras all over the property; and both the equipment and pay stations send us emails if an error or problem occurs. Serious issues have been rare.
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    Running both Friction and Touchless

    We run a touchless and friction side by side in a small lakeside town in rural South Texas (WashWorld Profile and Razor). We started with a single bay friction in 2016 and added the touchless in 2022. Our demographic is quite varied -- farmers, ranchers, oilfield, construction, tourists...
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    Stuff like this makes you want to quit the business...

    We traced the license plate and the folks were from out of this juisdiction, so the cops here won't do anything even if they could. Might just call up the guy and read the riot act to him.
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    Stuff like this makes you want to quit the business...

    Just before midnight today, some idiots took a boat attached to a dually through our Profile! So lucky it did not do any damage. The Profile must have stopped when it hit the hitch and bar attachment to the boat and did not try to continue around the back of the truck, and just washed the...
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    Welds Broken/Cracked on WW Profile Frame

    Thanx. I'll check into that.
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    Welds Broken/Cracked on WW Profile Frame

    Wes sold the distributorship quite some time ago. But the Service Mgr. is back and forth with WW on it. That's exactly how I feel. I'm happy to be past this and moving on.
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    Welds Broken/Cracked on WW Profile Frame

    I think we're okay there. I'm leaning toward believing it's the added weight of the Wheel Detailers that contributed to the problem with the frame.
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