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    just an observation

    I think to be a car wash owner an early riser is a must. Too many things to do before the customers come in. Today is even busier for me, nice wx in ND, all the tunnels are closed for T=Day. We close the washes at 10pm, so on nice summer days I open alot of them before 6am. A little later...
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    Cross Check reports

    So . to make a couple of extra bucks, i just had to rewash them, now i can just steal the cash directly. I had a a good(exfriend) doing this to me.
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    high pressure functions not working

    Have him start by switching face plates with another bay, or timers. At least it's a place to start when your lost.
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    Zep Soaps

    I used to use the zep tfree soap, and their mango wax for ss. Not bad products, but they are a little over priced. If you decide to go with them, after they tell you the price, they are negotiable. I think i would buy 7 55g drums and get the 8th free. Don't pay retail
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    Do You Dream About Your Car Wash?

    I think you need to transfer those negative dump truck thoughts and turn them into hot women vacuuming . I have managed to do this but i think i'm having those thoughts while i'm awake at the wash, so something is still wrong.
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    Check out this cool bed.

    I thought a bed was only good for two things, too distracting.
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    I need info on HeatPumps

    I replaced my oil furnace last year with a heat pump and 96% eff. gas furnace, also had to remove oil tank and big furnace, it was $8300. In our current weather (30-48) it costs us $20 a month to heat and about $20 to cool in the summer. I replaced a 17 yr old trane High eff. air cond, for a...
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    Break In

    have the police check with the cellphone co's and see if they can find anyone on the phone from your cw at that time.Maybe that would help a little
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    SONNY'S DIRECT...Supplier or competitor???

    I would call the sign company and see i they picked that location or it was just random, they do sound like competition though, When you call the sign co, remind them it is so cheesy to advertise like that . The good news is that type of advertising is a waste of money, most people forget the ad...
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    What are you paying for pit cleaning?

    all of my pits were built on an incline, and are quite wide, a five bay holds about 3K gallons, But all can be cleaned with a skid steer, some skid steers work better than others if the bucket will tip back farther, so that it doesn't drop the dirt as you back out, and then can be loaded in a...
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    Door Openers

    I am in a colder climate in ND, and the magna glides are tough to beat, Mine i think are about 3.5 yrs old. Just keep the shafts clean, and the air dry, and they should work great. Mine are horizontal mount so they stay cleaner, no jumped cables with the counterweights , or problems so far...
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    Is the game over?

    I agree with red, with the theories of success, but you sold for a reason , which was probably a good price, before the market got really loaded. I am not sure why someone would want to compete with a close by express. I my area the highest price I have on a IBA is $6 as the expresses are $6...
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    Deer Hunters - We Hate Your Guts!

    All weekend long, I was complaining to my self about being the redneck cleaner at my wash. You know cleaning up after rednecks. On one bay it took an hour to clean, and cleaned up after more than 50 messes this weekend. Thank god those neanderthals are not just bothering me, and that they are...
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    Biomass Boilers for Floor Heat...

    You might have stumped some of us, Does Biomass mean the garbage at the wash, or like wood. My one wash has 4800 sq ft, and we heat with 190K nat gas boiler, but with garage doors, we are heating a different type of Installation. I'm sure it will go up in price but nat. gas is priced at .31 a...
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    Spenser the Windshield Washer Dispenser

    If it is rated "Intrinsically Safe" it is safe to put in most environments, and there are different ratings of safe. Is any money to be made on a dispenser. I can't think of a time, when I got the oil changed and they didn't fill with washer fluid
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    Rowe -Hopper Empty problem

    I talked to a changer business today. The back end of the hopper is new. I found i have alot of wear in the funnel(the black bottum) plastic piece It's like an $8 part, but was told if worn enough the coins will bunch at the bottum and bind the chain, which is what i'm having. the track is...
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    Rowe -Hopper Empty problem

    A couple of my changers are constantly coming up with the hopper empty fault. The one I just put a new back on the hopper, and both have been taken apart and are Spotlessly clean on the little ladder track. Sometimes the quarters pool at the bottum and lock up the chain also.
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    Cigarette Breaks

    Rodney dangerfield said : My wife and I ,agreed to smoke only after sex. I'm on the same pack since the 70's and my wife is up to 3 packs a day. I have only one employee thats a smoker, but i have a much better day if i focus on the results and not the means. Example: I used to have two...
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    in-bay heater?

    I have one about that size in the equip. room to heat them, probably not enough for a bay.
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    "Beer Barn" type drive thrus

    I think having one of those barns could be 10x more lucrative than a car wash, while not really a drinker, we all know people don't even need a reason to drink, I found a beer barn type in texas and copied the link http://www.texasdailyphoto.com/2008/01/beer-barn-drive-thru_08.html I am also...
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