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  1. K

    PDQ, Bad Business

    When I first read this I thought WOW PDQ sure dropped the ball in the sand on this. Then I read it again and saw that the machine in 9 years old. It’s a little late now to expect PDQ to do anything now, get real 9 years, Christ the machine is just about pass its life expectancy. Why weren’t you...
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    Video of auto cashier thieves

    There isn’t really a hell of a lot you can do to prevent them from jerking the ACW out of its enclosure. I’m surprised that that little Subaru could pull it out of the brick enclosure. But then it probably wasn’t installed very well. We use 6”x ½” bolts on all 4 sides and then pour concrete into...
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    eductor kit for dema threaded metering tips?

    You’re talking about 2 different manufactures, I don’t think you’re going to find an adapter. I think you’re going to have to engineer something yourself. What’s wrong with the screw in tips from Hydrominder?
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    Thinking of buying a SS wash

    That's a Super Wash in Butler Indiana. There's a reason they are selling it and it's not in your best interest. The best thing you can do is run, not walk, but run the other way.
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    advice on used equipment

    Most of that stuff is pretty much pass it's prime. I'd say .10 on the dollar.
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    Rotary pump vs. Flojet

    I think you guy’s need to go back to 3rd grade and get some math lessons, a 5th grade could figure this out. If you’re paying $239.99 for a Pup air filter that requires a yearly filter change that costs $104.27, after 10 years your going have spent $1282.69 and you’re probably going to have to...
  7. K

    New LED lights in the parking lot

    i hope you contacted who ever you bought them from and complained. They should be on warranty.
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    weep output

    I have to agree with Randy. Set it and forget it. Who’s got the time to make adjustments to the weep system every night the temperature changes? If it’s going to be 28 deg. tonight and down to 20 deg. tomorrow night I’m not going back to the car wash and mess with the weep system to save a...
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    Impact of state of the art express wash one mile down the street of 5 bay SS

    I’m pretty sure the people who you’re buying this wash from know that there is an Express tunnel going in down the road so they are trying to unload it as fast as they can. They probably know that it’s going to hurt them and hurt them bad. Figure on losing 50 – 60% of the business. I’d pay no...
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    Future Owner Looking For Guidance

    I don’t really understand why anyone would want to get into the car wash business. We are in it for the land only, we buy car washes for the sole purpose of redeveloping the property. We’ll run them until we find a better suited use of the property. There really isn’t much real skill required to...
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    Sick Business

    Sounds to me like a whore who is trolling for a customer.
  12. K

    Rope Lights / Trigger Pull

    Those lights should make the place look awesome.
  13. K

    coin mechanism inc coin slots

    We use these coin inserts now https://www.kleen-ritecorp.com/p-1436-imonex-120-900-01-insert-us-quarter.aspx , never have a problem with them
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    Source for HD Camera Cables

    Sounds like typical car wash operator doing everything on the cheap. To get the full HD quality from your system you’re going to have to replace your cabling with a high quality coax cable. Every connection your losing part of the signal. Speaking of CHEAPSTERS! I was looking at a car wash...
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    Nayax C/C for car wash?

    I’d be interested to find out what the fees are with the Nayax card system. We have a couple of USA Technologies ePort G8 readers on our bill changers and we pay .10 a swipe, $7.95 a month for the cell phone line and 2.5% on the total transaction. I wonder how that compares with the Nayax card...
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    Back up air compressor

    We have a portable 30 gallon air compressor that we have in standby. We’ve never had to use it but it’s there in the main shop if we do.
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    Handi-Clam Pit Tool

    Steve did you just climb out from under a rock! The Handi-cam has been around a long time. If you like hard work get one, I prefer to call a sucker truck and have the tanks pumped out. We have a pump out about every 18 months, costs us about $450.00
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    Wax/Sealant for LW 4000

    We tried the "Just Peachy" once and will never use it again, the stuff jelled up on us. We use the "Simoniz Cherry Glo" now. Works great, never had any problems with it.
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    GinSan "The Ultiamte" 3-bay problems

    Come on soonermajic you’ve got to be kidding us about having 2 timers, one in the coin box and one on the pump stand, I don’t believe that that’ll work out very well. I can’t believe that your so called distributor didn’t pick up on that. What does the distributor have to say about this issue?
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    need a new pump

    When you say you had 6 pump failures in one year what do you mean by pump failure? Did the crankcase fail or did the head of the pump wash out or was there some other failure. Were you using the correct pump for the application? Was the pump set up correctly? At what pressure and flow rate were...
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