The wash that I've just finished renovating came with rigid lances and wall mount gun holders (mounted 45 degrees pointing toward the meter box).
In the first year that I owned this wash I replaced maybe 3 guns. All of them were situations where somebody snagged a spoiler, ladder, headache rack, etc. and snapped the lance off the gun when they drove off.
In the past six weeks I've replaced 5 guns, all broken off as described above. I've watched all of them on camera and it's not a boom issue. These dumbasses just aren't paying attention. The boom swings back to the wall and the hose stays draped over something on their car.
Also, my wash doesn't really have a "way in" and "way out" of the bays. I've got entrances coming from both sides of the lot with vacs on both sides of the bays. People are constantly pulling in to the bays from both directions, so remounting the holders to face the drive-out side won't really solve anything.
I know since Covid that I've inherited a lot of new customers from the tunnels that are looking to save money. Maybe that's where all these gun break off's are coming from because they don't know how to use a SS wash? Who knows? But I'm getting sick of buying and replacing guns and I'm looking into options.
I don't have any experience with flex wands but can see how they may possibly (sometimes) slide out of the holders without snapping, or am I wrong about that that?
The flex gun holders seem like a good idea, but I'm a little leary of anything "spring loaded" mounted at vandal/idiot height.
Any feedback? Appreciate your input.
In the first year that I owned this wash I replaced maybe 3 guns. All of them were situations where somebody snagged a spoiler, ladder, headache rack, etc. and snapped the lance off the gun when they drove off.
In the past six weeks I've replaced 5 guns, all broken off as described above. I've watched all of them on camera and it's not a boom issue. These dumbasses just aren't paying attention. The boom swings back to the wall and the hose stays draped over something on their car.
Also, my wash doesn't really have a "way in" and "way out" of the bays. I've got entrances coming from both sides of the lot with vacs on both sides of the bays. People are constantly pulling in to the bays from both directions, so remounting the holders to face the drive-out side won't really solve anything.
I know since Covid that I've inherited a lot of new customers from the tunnels that are looking to save money. Maybe that's where all these gun break off's are coming from because they don't know how to use a SS wash? Who knows? But I'm getting sick of buying and replacing guns and I'm looking into options.
I don't have any experience with flex wands but can see how they may possibly (sometimes) slide out of the holders without snapping, or am I wrong about that that?
The flex gun holders seem like a good idea, but I'm a little leary of anything "spring loaded" mounted at vandal/idiot height.
Any feedback? Appreciate your input.
