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I've had a pumper (Ring-o-Matic) for probably 20 or more years (and have worn one motor out). I bought it when California was saying everything was hazardous in the state including the air we breathe!:eek: I bought a warehouse in Stockton that used to be a bakery. The trucks were loaded from...

Scott I just got through replacing our old systems with new security systems in our 5 units and warehouse. I also bought 5 safes from e-bay, large enough to put everything inside @ each location. Also bought 2 APC 750va battery backups for them. We have already had some cameras stolen after...

Hi Soapy, good advice. Before we shifted to combo vacs, we had all Adams vacs with the quiet (foam) and after a month or longer the center foam piece had a tendency to fall down, but the outer perimeter of the center stayed put. We wound up tig welding a small bolt in the center of the lid...

"Where the heck has Kevin Reilly been? --- I really do miss him & his ability to sort out some of the inaccuracies that sometimes show up in the posts that could potentially hurt us overall. Is there a real lulu law that could potentially effectively eliminate the important dollar coin option...

When we installed our compressors we removed the valve on the bottom, put a street 90 elbow in its place, a short nipple and a ball valve that you can see, reach down and open to drain the water. The reason we do this is it's easy when you see it and it is part of the daily clean-up of the...

Duane, The only way you're going to know is if you do an inventory of your tokens put into the machines and match it against the currency and counter on the changer. As you know, we do this on each empty-out and keep a running total. If we happen to have a busy week we have spare bags of 200...

We had MA-800's years back when we went to 3 coins and for accountability we used ginsan's gs-255 with a digital counter and a non-reset counter to verify coins in the box. The only shortage problem we had was occasionally the coin that allows the coin to drop into the box after pulsing the...

Louise, I had a similar crime at one of my washes. Video cameras caught them about 4:00a.m. Within 24 hours we posted photos and a $500.00 reward at all of our washes and learned a name, address and etc. Police were given this info and they still wouldn't do anything stating that the D.A...

Soapy, that's how it's priced in California. My son has VFD's driving the blowers in his tunnel washes for that very reason. The VFD's ramp up slowly, and the computer is timed to keep the blowers on of there is a car close and if not shuts down. Long term it's the way to go.

You can use a solenoid valve at the entrance to each of your tanks on both the hot & cold side and use the float valve along with it. When any of the bays call for either hot or cold, the solenoid valve opens and allows hot & cold water in, but only when it's being used. We did it by looping...

When we install an air compressor we remove the drain valve at the bottom and replace it with an elbow, a nipple and a 1/4" ball valve so we can reach down and open the valve without having to get on our hands and knees to drain the compressor and we crack it open when we walk in the machinery...

You might also add a street 45 degree behind the swivel that attaches to the hose. When the customer has the foam brush in his hands the hose attached will be hanging at 45 degrees instead of straight out of the brush handle. This will save a lot of wear and tear.

If you have Medeco cam locks MEP and Paul are right. If I were you I would taken one lock, sit down at a table or work bench and really study the lock. remove the nut, the lock washer and then remove the last that that is notched. Turn it upside down and put it back together with the cam...

Over the years we've had 3 taken out by wrecks and 2 stolen. After the thefts our plumber sprayed them with a thick paint which devalues them to the recyclers because it's supposed to be "clean" copper and since then we've had no more problems.

Louise you are lucky! Reagan's (one of his sayings!) "Trust but verify!

I don't know, but "shipping & handling" is something that just sticks in my craw. Watch TV ads like "Billy Mays here" he comes on as a commercial on stations I watch out here and he drives me nuts while he makes millions on something none of us need; or "We will send it to you free for just...

If you talk to 10 different operators will you get 10 different answers and if you talked to 10 of your customers you will probably get the same and even some who don't have any idea! In the wintertime (California) we have it dryer, but in the summertime (gets to 100+ degrees) we like it wetter...

Mac, I am surprised at your cement statement also. I have been on the receiving end of something like this and fortunately our video cameras caught it and we were able to go to the company and catch the culprit. a flat bed truck pulled into a bay and evndently a 55 gal of resin had spilled in...

Richard, I have a laundromat next door to our of our locations and we had the same problem. When I first shifted to token/quarters mix the laundromat owner came to my office with a handfull of tokens and wanted money for them. After a short discussion with him that my tokens had "no cash...

axxlrod, I hate to pour salt in your wound but in my opinion you should have kicked his A$$ out of there right away. When you have a problem like this you need to address it immediately even if you have to hand deliver him off the property. Do what jfmoran has said. Work comp (at least in...