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We have a "For Sale" section here on the forum. Post your ad there. There is also a FaceBook page as well. Just yesterday, someone was looking for a MegaVend type vendor.

Stay retired...

I spent a couple of decades in the lawn and garden equipment biz. We used and sold 4L belts every day. I'm not buying that "fractional HP" bit. IIRC, it's +2 for an "A" belt and +3 for a "B".

I've done it many times, usually on pumps. If you think it's too tight, roll the belt back off and scoot the motor back a little. This way sure beats the two-man, or contortionist one-man ways.

Get the belt as tight as you can get it, by whatever method you can, and tighten motor. After doing that, force the belt off by raising it up over the edge of a pulley while turning it by hand. Move the motor about 1/8" and roll the belt back on...you're welcome.

My background is in the SS and IBA segment, so this is just my opinion, take it for what you pay for it. So many express washes are being built, that in my opinion it just borders on insanity. I feel that within the next 5-10 years we will see that many are failing because what everyone sees as...

I checked him out and texted him the info.

Probably so. They are based in northwest IL, near the Iowa border. Their equipment is from Pro Equipment in Benton, Ky. Being the epicenter, it would make sense that the largest concentration of washes would be in this area. Back in 1973, my dad built a wash with equipment from Best Equipment...

It's not a big deal, but this section is for someone wanting buy or build a car wash, and probably gets a lot less traffic. Your other thread will get the best results.

IMO, they have always been the hairy mole of the car wash industry. Everyone knew they were there, but no one talked about them. They always seemed to pop up in the lap of successful washes, but not so much anymore. They never were much of a force to be reckoned with, but are they relevant at...

You mean, like the leader of a communist country?

First off, if you are trying to clean a vehicle without touching it, you must have soft water...period. If it's warm/hot, better. Don't bother trying this chemical, then that chemical, if the water is hard, it won't work. What is your water hardness? If it's not soft, you are just trying to piss...

I don't get what the big deal is about sheet foamers. I don't think there is a customer out there that could give two squirts, whether it comes out in a sheet or individual streams. I think it's just the chemical people and some operators that get chubbies over this gimmick. Spend time on...

Can you block their vehicle with yours, so they will have to ask you to move it. Then you can give them the answer I know you have heard a thousand times, "I ain't gonna be there but five f%#$@ing minutes!" I went through this with a wash I had that was next door to a pawn shop. I eventually put...

What Greg says. Methanol foam brush soap makes the hose harder than a wedding night...cake. On that particular chemical, I always made sure that I started the winter with a new hose and FV.

Dakota, did you replace the drive wheel as well? If so, and the one on the other side is very worn, one side of the gantry will be running faster than the other. I could see this putting the machine in a bind, possibly causing an impeded failure.

I've met him...the worst.

Sounds like a stacking issue as was stated earlier. That would explain things going back to normal after two power cycles on the GL. I would be more inclined to think the problem is with the auto and not the ACW.

Yes, but I wasn't addressing the "sort" part of your statement.

Customers will refer to it as wax as that is all they know. Whenever someone asked me what tri-foam is, my standard answer was always "fancy wax". They all understood that it was just a different kind of "Wax" and always got a chuckle out of my description. I think trying to educate the general...