Recent content by Rodebaugh1

I inherited a Porter Cable 60 gal and a Kobalt 60 gal when I bought my car wash. About a month ago, I had the Porter Cable compressor go out and a week later the Kobalt motor went out. I started scrambling for an Ingersoll Rand 60 gal at the local Tractor Supply. The sold the last one the day...

Well, now I'm as confused as every about the greasing requirements. Mine is a Model M3211T and is about 16+ years old and it appears to be obsolete. I first checked voltages and looked for a dropped leg. Everything checked ok. So, I pulled the motor. It was still quite noisy just spinning it by...

I shut a bay down for unrelated repairs a couple of days ago. When I started back up and decided to test everything, the pump ran for about 2 seconds and popped the breaker. I initially thought I had a pump issue. Disconnected a few things and pulled the belt off of the pump and tried to run...

When I got to the wash this morning, a lady told me she lost a quarter in one of the bays. I quickly gave her a quarter and went to check out the problem. I could not get any quarters to go in the quarter slot. After taking the door off and dumping out a couple of quarters, I saw something else...

It's good to be lucky! The city sends me reminders about a month in advance of the due date every year for my car wash and laundromat. Inspections run about $150 each every time. If there is a problem, the guy that inspects them is also certified to repair them through his sideline business...

My last one was also about $600 2 years ago. They are now a little over $800. Mine is brass. If you move up to bronze, they get much higher priced.

They never forget

Hate to see crap like that Randy and I understand your frustration with law enforcement. We do still get them to come out and take a report but that's pretty much the end of it. On our Facebook page, I occasionally post "Disrespectful Person of the Day" with short video clips of people that...

Yes - It wasn't damaged too bad. Just had to use a pick and some small tools to dig the debris out and straighten the hole a bit. Then I used a small hammer and tapped a new key into it. Unlocked just fine.

Got ready to empty coin boxes yesterday and found one that somebody had been drilling on. Fortunately, he was unsuccessful. However, he did enough damage to the lock that made it quite a pain to get the thing open so I could replace the lock. Good news is that I had some excellent pictures and...

Thanks Soapy. I don't feel nearly as bad now. I'm not quite up to the 5% mark but I feel better about the number.

How, if at all, do SS owners use equipment utilization rates to determine rate increases, employment needs, equipment upgrades etc.? Or is that a number that’s only worthwhile for explaining to the guy that’s sitting in your wash bay detailing his vehicle how much the bay rents for per hour? If...

That's exactly what she said

While working at my other job yesterday, I happened to glance over at my car wash cameras. There was a lady with a broom, sweeping out a horse trailer. I was only a mile away, so I took off to go stop her. When I got there, the husband was up inside the trailer washing out all of the horse crap...

It depends a lot on where you start. Our city water runs 950 - 1100 ppm solids. Our spot free is generally 10 - 20 ppm. If you're running over 95 - 98% rejection, that's about the best you can expect.