Had a customer who almost ripped and bent our tire brush arm off the wall.

[Sound_Boi]

Had a customer on Sunday who almost ripped and bent our tire brush arm off the wall. He had knocked our tire cleaner brush off the wall while washing his dually. He didn't seem to care about picking it back up and put it back on the wall hooks. It got caught between his tires as he drove off to vacuum his truck out. He bent the arm and almost ripped the bracket off of the wall. We didn't have a back up arm for it, but we were able to take it to a local fabrication shop and have them fix the arm and straighten out the wall bracket. Had it back up the next day.
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[MEP001]

You might want to put a breakaway fitting at the boom. If that happens again, it'll break a $4 brass fitting that's meant to be easily replaced without an extractor.

 

[Sound_Boi]

I have thought about it but the fabrication shop that we took it to did for free.

 

[Kimberly Berg]

I have thought about it but the fabrication shop that we took it to did for free.

Plan for the future... The metal on your brush boom is now weakened and will easily fold if this happens again. MEPs advice is spot-on. You can't always rely on 3rd party help.

 

[HeyVern]

Plan for the future... The metal on your brush boom is now weakened and will easily fold if this happens again. MEPs advice is spot-on. You can't always rely on 3rd party help.

in this case, they pretty much can

 

[Sound_Boi]

Plan for the future... The metal on your brush boom is now weakened and will easily fold if this happens again. MEPs advice is spot-on. You can't always rely on 3rd party help.

I talked to my manager about it but he said that he didn't see the point in putting one on because this is the first time this has happend in the 5 years that he has worked there.

 

[MEP001]

The cheapest booms are $165 now. The good ones start at $300. So it's not worth five minutes and $4 per bay, just because " this is the first time this has happend?" Sorry, but that's just ignorant. But you do you. If this happens again on a Friday evening and you have a bay down all weekend, remember this thread.

 

[Mr. Clean]

I have thought about it but the fabrication shop that we took it to did for free.

Free this time and don't overlook the hassle involved. 3/8 brass nipples are even less expensive than breakaway fittings.

 

[MEP001]

3/8 brass nipples are even less expensive than breakaway fittings.

I actually use a 3/8" male to 3/8" female fitting because they're a little stronger than an actual breakaway fitting, but weak enough to keep the boom from getting torn up. I get them for about 70¢ apiece and put them on the high pressure booms.

 

[Mattwash]

Had a customer on Sunday who almost ripped and bent our tire brush arm off the wall. He had knocked our tire cleaner brush off the wall while washing his dually. He didn't seem to care about picking it back up and put it back on the wall hooks. It got caught between his tires as he drove off to vacuum his truck out. He bent the arm and almost ripped the bracket off of the wall. We didn't have a back up arm for it, but we were able to take it to a local fabrication shop and have them fix the arm and straighten out the wall bracket. Had it back up the next day.
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I had intellectually challenged individual back his 18 wheeler into my bay and bend the boom.