Pit cleaner

[DBerst]

I just bought a 3 bay car wash. Looking for recommendations on vac trailer bands or any other way to clean out the pits ? They’re not big enough to get into and clean by hand. Thanks

 

[Fatboy769]

@soonermajic had one for sale.

 

[DBerst]

Thanks

 

[Randy]

A 3 bay car wash, you don’t need pit pumper. Get yourself a Handi Clam https://pryortools.com/products/manhole-tools/handi-clams-and-grabbers/handy-clam-8 or a catch basin spoon https://pryortools.com/products/man...ns/osh-style-western-pattern-wood-sewer-spoon

 

[soonermajic]

Yeh, Randy's right, unless there's some wild reason
..

 

[Greg_T]

Our pits are roughly 900mm x 900mm x 900mm in a 3 bay SS. I use a long handled shovel. Pretty low tech but effective.

To keep on top of it, I shovel about 40 litres of mud out of each pit each week.

 

[jack954]

handi clam is $300-400 but well worth it.

 

[soonermajic]

Yep, & KR said a new Pit Cleaner t1000 is $25,000 DELIVERED!!!

 

[MEP001]

How much if you pick it up?

 

[soonermajic]

$23,000

 

[MEP001]

I called Texas State Rentals and got a quote for a Ring-O-Matic 500T which was almost $800 cheaper than Kleen-Rite, not a huge savings considering what the thing costs, but it's only 90 minutes from me where Kleen-Rite has to drop-ship it from 1000 miles away, so probably another $2k.

 

[Car_Wash_Guy]

Considering the cheapest price I got to pump my 6 pits was $1800, and I've been doing them every 2 months, I'd say even with this incredible inflation we're seeing, at $25K it's still a great ROI

 

[Roz]

Considering the cheapest price I got to pump my 6 pits was $1800, and I've been doing them every 2 months, I'd say even with this incredible inflation we're seeing, at $25K it's still a great ROI

But where can you put the mud? That is the real issue...

 

[Car_Wash_Guy]

But where can you put the mud? That is the real issue...

I have a fenced off concrete drying pad where it dries out and then I pay a guy usually $300 to take it all away.