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    Vendor recommendatios

    With 5 shurvends i guess you know my vote, you can't go wrong with the quality or the service. The shurvend will not be something you will never regret like some vendor purchases.
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    Bay Coin timer!

    I am wondering if the time machine is the time masters. 10 yrs ago i knew how to fix them as thats all i had and was constantly soldering the display to make it work or adding jumper wires, because the circuit traces were so poor. Also replaced alot of transistors that would switch the load on...
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    Testing dilution rates?

    I have used the zep before and are good products. I have never been on their powder side, but not sure you should be mixing in your own soap to get results. Zep did have a sudsing agent they sold to increase show that i used with their liquid. Have you thought about the blendco guys, i really...
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    Top Vending items to offer

    Ditto on all those plus sexy air freshners-They show bare boobies, and blue sham. and nu sham --paper towels, and a microfiber towel. Hard to stop at only 10 when you have a shurvend. At least a top 20. I sell alot of quick dry products glass cleaner with towel, surgical towel. Air freshners...
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    credit card acceptors for a low volume site

    At one of my washes i had a rowe changer that was possessed no mattter how many new parts it had, so i got a standard changer with cc to give out tokens, it has really been doing alot of cards. Not sure how your setup, bought thought i would throw it out as an option if you had a changer you...
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    Build or Buy?

    I hope my #666 looked more like the devils advocate than the devil. In that case i would have said --Have you ever thought about five car washes that are in an area that really has the four seasons. What you need is a turn key business in an area that really salts the roads. You would be...
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    Build or Buy?

    Is that question missing alot of variables, Is there a wash in question that needs work, do you have land, and what exactly are you trying to build. If it was a house i can't tell if you are trying to build the playboy mansion or a one bedroom house. Also need to know what kind of money you...
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    Another new $5 bill??

    I don't think he's right as they start with 20s then 10s and then the 5s. I think we have a couple years till it starts again.
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    Soap at start up

    I would look at the soap solenoid for the bay, take it apart and clean it , may just be some summer goo in the soap solenoid letting it slowly seep.
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    Wow. A 5 million $ wash goes belly up.

    It sounds like the perfect wash for this guy from ND. No snow right, I know a whole bunch of other problems, one i guess is not enough business. I visited the $12milion dollar wash in pa that was on modern marvels, so it is possible to make an expensive wash work.
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    Little Tree Prices

    I think i have been $1 for 4-5 yrs now, no one thinks twice. I end up buying big orders anyways with 5 washes about 10 boxes of each to stock supply 2-3 times a year. I think the cheapest i remember them is around $20 dollars a box in 1990. We have went from around .27 to .40 plus ship and and...
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    Adams vac motors going out

    The brushes are replaceable, so it could be they wore out. They do need to be checked so they can be replaced, otherwise the motor burns out.
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    How to get 55 gal drums out of pickup

    As a kid i delivered paint for an autobody store, and many times a week for a year delivered lacquer thinner in 55g drums. Never a failure with a larger pickup tire, we wore leather gloves and followed it to the ground- Just to slightly control it, and if we got it off center had to move out of...
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    Changers-Most Secure

    You could always gets some steel plates cut for all the back sides of changer and weld them to case, with a another lock over the lock. I don't think in the stock form one changer is any tougher than the next. An alarm and inside and outside cameras would do more for you along with possible...
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    DVR Problem

    The Ups is a great idea, One of mine had harddrive problems and by clearing out the memory a few times got it back on track , otherwise drives are cheap now- time to replace.
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    Dollar Coins

    Every now and then some one has left over tokens and doesn't want them, and when they call i tell them to leave Name and address and tokens under the door and send them a refund. Hard to sell anything but tokens at a discount or to corporate customers. To me the high crime car wash starts with...
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    Chrysler 300

    I did a google search it seems the 300 is prone to the problem with others complaining about it. Not your fault, if alot of owners have the problem. It looks to go from the 300 to challengers and even the pickups , they say the roof even flexes so much that they are hard to wax by hand. It...
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    Dewalt on Sale

    Lowes has the 18v drill driver on sale for $119 was $189 with 2 batteries and charger. I bought one last year on sale and love it. I had found the hammerdrill in the garbage at the wash and when i seen $89 batteries and $70 charger i knew why they threw it. But i have a battery and charger...
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    Upgrading Onboard Blower from 10HP to 15HP

    I think to see much for results, you might need to replace all 3 motors and blowers. You should see if they have any cfm numbers to compare. My thought is more drying agent or a better one to get the results your looking for. I would also see if the angle of the blowers can be changed for better...
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    Pennies from heaven?

    I find rocks up there also, but just in case it is from heaven leave a note that you want real large bills instead.
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