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    Need advice on uninstall /install on S.S.

    More issues..... booster pump on R/O is bad. Can you not just buy the front (pump) part, or do you have the buy the entire set (electric motor & pump together)? Those things are costly!
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    Business value and financing?

    buy it dude!
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    Cat 3535 pulsing from 500 to 1000 psi.

    LaserWash 4000. I don't know at what psi it's chattering, it's just when it first goes to.hp (after the Pre-Soak passes).
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    Cat 3535 pulsing from 500 to 1000 psi.

    MEP, how do I solve that?
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    Cat 3535 pulsing from 500 to 1000 psi.

    Having the exact same problem. Mine chatters on the HP functions, but mainly just the first 7/8 seconds. Any advice? It's like a dam machine gun!
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    Car wash fundraiser

    They sell $20 details. I take $8/ automatic, which expedites the process, they get the rest. I'll prep the cars, &s rub em down in the IBA bay. They keep all tips to.
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    Car wash fundraiser

    what about this, for a small town wash: set up with the group 8am---10am on Saturday. $20 details + tips. Run their cars through your top pkg ($8) & owner keeps that. Group gets the other $12 + tips. Clints get: Dry, spray wax, vacuum, tire shine & wipe down inside. Tell the group minimum of 20...
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    What's it worth!?

    Figure out what you can do w/ the other acreage, to add more cash : storage building, Snow Cone stand (seasonal ) , Ice Machine (somewhat seasonal ), etc....
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    buying existing wash

    Proceed w/ extreme caution, & take your time. I needed more income, & bought a 3/1 wash. Seller showed me tax returns of $4k gross/yr, for 7 yrs! He wanted $150k, but desperate to sell, & I got it for $105k!! But, It was NOT A bargain. I was so eager, which was only surpassed by ignorance...
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    Need advice on uninstall /install on S.S.

    Dried up & flaky soap / chemicals in ever single place imaginable. Wth hard would it have been, to just drain it, & wash stuff out? Wouldn't take an hour or so, & would've helped the buyer immensely. Oh well, I've had to call distributor cor.some help. Wash is up & running, but can't get T-C...
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    ICE Vending

    I don't know but 3 washes that have em. 2 of em make good money, as does mine. However, if I didn't have the Mexican Restaurant signed up, mine would be very avg...
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    Need advice on uninstall /install on S.S.

    Well....the nightmare continues.....
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    ICE Vending

    Carwash is actually usually found in those "high traffic areas", hence that being a great location. Something not mentioned , if you can get a restaurant to use you daily, change ching. Doesn't work great in affluent areas, cuz everyone there has an ice maker in their fridge. Hit the lotto...
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    Need to replace water tank, looking for recommendations

    What do you mean by "on-demand" hot water heater? I know of a tankless, which is what we have in the house. I know of your regular hot water heater, like we also have in grandparents home, & am getting somewhat familiar w/ the high efficiency Phoenix, luke a couple guys on here talked about...
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    Need to replace water tank, looking for recommendations

    I bought a boiler, 265000btu, w\a holding tank, in a shut down wash. Guy is wanting to gimme $1400 for boiler & 75gal holding tank. Should I sell it & pocket the cash, keep it & take out my current small residential hot water heater (which can't keep up) & install this boiler/holding tank, or...
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    ICE Vending

    We put a Kooler Ice machine on our Carwash lot. It's doing avg. Thank the Lord, we have a Mexican restaurant buy 120 bags/week, or it would lose money. Only avg about 12 bags/day otherwise. Quite often, it take $$, but doesn't give change, or gives a half full bag. Kooler main problem is their...
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    Kleen-rite and J E Adams can go screw them self.

    If more folks would take your stance, those companies wouldn't operate that way.
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    Need advice on uninstall /install on S.S.

    Well, I do have some time til school starts back up. Guess I know what we'll be doing ALL DAY tomorrow. Frustrating, but I will not be deterred.
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    Need advice on uninstall /install on S.S.

    Ok, here's our issues now. The HP functions work great. The lp functions come one, usually, & then don't work. Not sure how we missed it/ or why, but....the lp tanks had a lot of flaky residual left in em. We didn't clean em out very good. I'm afraid those small pieces of trash are getting in...
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    Washworld High Velocity & Razor vs. PDQ LW 4000 & 360

    It appears like the M24 can not do Duallys....? My wash needs to do Duallys. Most folks I talk to feel closterphobic withe gantry & huge pipes on the ground. How much is a new M24?
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