PDQ M5 recent install?

[Jsobi]

We have just started our 10 and 11th reload from PDQ 4k to M5. We started in 2019 replacing 4k we purchased in the 1990’s. All of these unit are used and I have seen other used M5 units quickly sell if I did not get them. Are other operators putting these used M5’s in also? We spend a lot of time fixing them back up with new parts but the machines are solid. The M5 work great in Chicago in my smaller self serve bays.

 

[Tball828]

In N.C. there isn't anyone installing them. However I have a big customer that has probably 20 of them. As long as you stay on top of them with service they will last forever. I have 2 bays within 5 minutes of me that I service that have well over 750k washes on them.

 

[washnshine]

FWIW, in terms of post - 4000 models, I always thought the M5 was better than the G5 and I know a lot of operators who chose them too- it was a solid model. I don’t know how many more reloads you have to do, but if you are buying used machines anyway, you might be able to start to find some 360’s that don’t need as much refurbishing to get back in good operating condition. By now the 360’s have been around long enough where you might be able to find them easier than M5’s, and again with less work needed.

 

[Jsobi]

Washnshine thanks for the tip. We looked into installing the 360 before we went with M5. Had two PDQ experts look at it. We don't have doors and most of our bays are too short to accommodate the 360. The M5 with the onboard heaters is only way to go in our existing wash bays. We wash all the way down to 0 Fahrenheit

 

[whistles006]

We have just started our 10 and 11th reload from PDQ 4k to M5. We started in 2019 replacing 4k we purchased in the 1990’s. All of these unit are used and I have seen other used M5 units quickly sell if I did not get them. Are other operators putting these used M5’s in also? We spend a lot of time fixing them back up with new parts but the machines are solid. The M5 work great in Chicago in my smaller self serve bays.

In anchorage Alaska we run them a few of our washes and at the one I am currently working at we have six running and they seem to have little issues from time to time but for the most part they are fairly easy to work on

 

[Jsobi]

In anchorage Alaska we run them a few of our washes and at the one I am currently working at we have six running and they seem to have little issues from time to time but for the most part they are fairly easy to work on

I looked at your washes in Anchorage website wow big sites of Automatics, most have 6? Looks like a mix of 4k, M5 and a few touch units? Any 360? What ones ways the most cars?

 

[whistles006]

I looked at your washes in Anchorage website wow big sites of Automatics, most have 6? Looks like a mix of 4k, M5 and a few touch units? Any 360? What ones ways the most cars?

We run a couple stores that have 360’s but at the location I am at it is all m5’s, it is a six bay wash and I am not sure what you mean by what ones ways the most cars?

 

[Jsobi]

We run a couple stores that have 360’s but at the location I am at it is all m5’s, it is a six bay wash and I am not sure what you mean by what ones ways the most cars?

Sorry washes. Washes the most cars?

 

[whistles006]

I actually really like how simple the m5’s are to work on and it does not take much to figure out what is wrong with them when things go wrong. I have only been working with them for about a year now and pretty much know the machine here like the back of my hand. I have not heard about these on board heater we were talking about, are they very efficient and do they keep the bay warm as well or just keep things from freezing up.