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We have a lot of trash issues in our area, as it is rural and we have a lot of slobs with pickups. Not much you can do in some cases. But what I have been able to do lately is catch a lot of landscapers and contractors on camera due to the company names on their vehicles. I then call them (or...

Wouldn't stop me. The enjoyment I'd get out of taking someone to task would be reward enough. Similar to dumping on my site - we've taken people to court over it. It costs us money in the long run, but I deemed it to be a worthwhile endeavor.

My brother and I probably spend a total of 40 hours at our wash (2 IBA's 2 SS) between the two of us, each week. We also have a helper that cleans and scoops mud in the mornings 5 days a week in addition to the time we spend there.

Our wash is in Northeastern PA, and I can't remember what the sun looks like.

We have a cell phone number posted in 8-10 locations around our wash and I always carry that phone with me at my "day" job. Usually that keeps people happy. For the VERY few times that I have gotten a complaint to my face (of that nature), I was usually not polite with my response... I have no...

Our IBA's have a setup to print reports on receipt paper any time we want. We also dial in (for our monthly stuff) using hyper-terminal on a home office computer.

We have Unitechs for our IBA's, and we periodically replace our card readers. Usually we'll notice a jump in bad card reads when doing our monthly reports, then we know it's time to swap them out.

We've had that happen to both of our WW's over the years. One time it was a failed bearing that slipped by us on our routine checkups. The other time it was a weak drive motor, as mentioned above. One side would leap out in front of the other, and start the "wobble." Our dealer (diagnosing over...

Has anyone used camera systems from Acquire Video? We spoke to them at the Nashville show and were impressed with their setup. We've gone through 3-4 camera systems (ranging from $3-8k each) over the last 14 years, and still haven't found one that holds up. Our latest set went in last summer...

Typically ownership of the watermain is from the building to the property line (where there is usually a curb stop). However, I have seen some municipalities moving towards having ownership extend to the main - which is ludicrous because it puts some pretty extensive permitting requirements on...

Hopefully I can help answer some of your questions. Civil Engineering is my "day" job. The sidewalk width and desire for landscaping and/or stamped concrete has to do with providing people with vision issues a safer avenue to walking (whether you agree, or disagree - that's the goal). By...

Northeast PA: $3.00 for 4 minutes in the SS bays. Vacs are $2.00 for 4 minutes.

I ask them nicely (once) point at our "no loud music" signs (which no one reads) and if they don't cooperate, I flip off the breaker for whatever piece of equipment they are using. I've had a couple of times where people squawked about it, but usually they know they are in the wrong and just leave.

We have 4 500 gallon pits at our wash and have to dig them out 3-4 times a year. We have used the handi-clams since we started, with great success (and sore backs lol). Only caution I would give you is that if you are digging hard mud, you need to make sure you don't put too much pressure on the...

Thank you for the in-depth reply. I spoke with a Unitec rep today and he informed me that the coupon option available through hyperterminal is not the same thing as a paper coupon that gets fed into the bill acceptor. Apparently the bill-acceptor coupons need to be set up manually at the Unitec...

My brother and I have recently taken over our family carwash when the owner, my father (username "Reds" on this forum), passed away. Prior to taking over, we were involved in some of the paperwork aspects, but are still teaching ourselves some of the finer points - hence, me posting here. We...