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Thanks, I will check the photo eyes.

How do I increase the open time delay on the exit door. It will close the door while the customer is still sitting in the wash position, before he exits.

Times are changing and the concept of being closed one day a week or only offering full service 6 days a week is not necessarily wrong and may be better. Successful survival in today's marketplace does not mean the same policies as in preceding generations. Our business environment has changed...

The only defense against Express washes is Full Service or Flex. They are rough to run but that's the price of survival.

I converted from full service to flex express over 10 years ago. Today I have a chain Express wash 1/2 mile away, and our volume is down. Full service is a model that has an argument that works against the new Express washes. However, full serves are not fun or easy to run.

I extended a 28-foot bay 4 feet to 32 feet to install a 5 brush rollover. My town required me to get a site plan to extend the bay but it was worth it. Only regrets are that I should have extended 6 feet and gone to 34 feet in length.

The one which has good local service.

28 feet length should work with many Touch Free machines, but is short even for them. I don't think any friction units will work. 32 feet seems to be a minimum, with 34 feet much better for friction.

Slow in the Midatlantic coast region. The prior Seven weekends were washouts, rain. But as you said, the sunny days are not as strong as they used to be. economy or lack of money ?

Great, Stupid drivers are a common problem, but come with the territory. As long as the equipment is set up right .

I have a good, fairly new Touch Free In Bay automatic, but adding a second In Bay which is friction would expand the customer base.

Can a self service with a touch free In bay compete ? Does adding a second Friction Automatic help?

My town of 30,000 has 3 Express carwashes all within a half to 3/4 mile of each other. It is fun. The retail carwash economy in the Northeast seems to be slowing down. Gas prices, economy

The hard part is earning a living while waiting for sanity to return . The only part of the conveyor segment which is sort of safe is the traditional Full service model. They still do well but I did that for 20 plus years and have no desire to return to it.

Our business is weather related and also affected by consumer sentiment and gas price as part of it. People have to eat; car washing is a luxury.

After the past 3 months of rain, much bigger than mine was. Seriously great question.

This is a fascinating subject. Possibly with current interest rates and a slowing economy, the Private Equity groups will pause for a while. Two years ago, one opened up a half mile away from me. I doubt he is doing the numbers he needs, but neither am I with him there. I'm in a town of...

I have been using $1.00 Tokens and only dispensing Tokens from the Changers for over 15 years. The only way to go. I originally used a larger Hi Security Token but prior to the Pandemic shifted over to a smaller Red Brass Token. No problems with it, less expensive and more convenient. All...

My Soft gloss is 3 to 4 years old. I bent the driver's side shaft at least a dozen times in the first 3 years. One time when the shaft was bent it did over $12,000 worth of damage. Finally, about 10 months ago a really good Ryko tech finally found the problem. I have a short bay kit and the...

Perhaps the higher voltage will help on the demand load, otherwise reduced electric cost is unlikely. Where it saves money is in not having to pull out the old wire. Usually, the vacuum wire runs are the longest ones at the carwash