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    lovejoy for cat 340

    does anyone know which lovejoy fits on the shaft of a cat 340? https://car-wash.kleen-ritecorp.com/search?w=lovejoy
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    small claims advice, would love everyones opinion

    Small claims, would love everyones opinion Customer has 2007 highlander, antenna breaks off. Our disclaimer sign clearly states "not responsible for antennas" and also another line that states "not responsible for vehicles 10 years or older" We explained this to her, and she is insistent that...
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    reclaim retrofit

    What kind of costs and challenges are involved in retrofitting an existing tunnel and self serve bays with a reclaim unit?
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    accumulating vacuum motor timer

    I'm looking for some sort of accumulating timer I can wire up to each vac motor in my SS vacs to keep track of minutes/hours used. So it would have a display that displays the amount of minutes/hours. Probably similar to maybe what diskin uses when they offer to put a timer on one of your air...
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    erie hogs hair bristle length

    Do you actually get more life out of the hogzilla heads where the bristles are an inch or more longer than the regular ones? They are almost double the price...
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    dixmor accumulating vac timer

    Does anyone know what happened to dixmor's website? It just disappeared. I'm trying to get some wiring diagrams for this timer. I'd like to wire a sensortron coin acceptor to it. Does anyone have a diagram laying, or know how to wire it, or..?
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    free vac & car count formula

    Is there a formula for how many free vac drops are needed for X volume your wash is doing?
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    Belanger tech support

    I've got durashiner that apparently has a PLC that needs to be replaced. Belanger wants 900 dollars for a new PLC. I can get the same PLC off of ebay for 65 bucks...but it doesn't have the durashiner program on it of course :) Has anyone had any luck with Belanger or other manufacturers...
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    new booster pump for washworld high velocity

    My booster pump is starting to crap out on me and I'm in the market for a new one. This is the 3rd one maybe now that I've replaced. It' the sta rite pump that washworld sells. From reading an old thread I dug up a while back, it seemed that the consensus was that the sta rite pumps can't...
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    damage claim

    So, I had an old guy the other day come through my soft touch IBA with a mini van. He had a tennis ball and a large american flag draped off of the antenna. I'm sure you can see where this is going. The top brush obviously sucked that american flag up and wrapped itself around it and yanked...
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    eductor kit for dema threaded metering tips?

    Does anyone know if there is a KR part number for the eductor adaptor that allows the screw in dema tips to be used on a standard 506/511 hydrominder? Here are the tips I am referring to: https://www.kleen-ritecorp.com/p-3535-metering-tip-kit-for-gpp100-series.aspx I have a few of them...
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    ice and snow removal during prepping at EE

    What does everyone find as an acceptable level of snow and ice left on a vehicle and in the wheel wells when operating an EE with prep guys? I know many operators will put signs out that say we do not remove ice/snow etc.. How does this usually go over? How hard is it to convert customers who...
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    Mirrors..fold or no fold?

    What's your policy on mirror folding? What do you instruct your employees to do? Fold every mirror, only fold truck mirrors, only fold oversize trailer mirrors? We broke a ladies 03 tahoe mirror today. Guy on the passenger side folder the mirror, guy on the driver side did not. We obviously...
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    Monthly unlimited

    It seems to me that the monthly passes didn't start to become a huge craze until maybe the last 5-6 years. Somewhat coinciding with the economy taking a dive around 07-08. Most of the locations that I have seen who have been successful with it have it accounting for a significant chunk of...
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    Anyone ever done with this your xrs airlift door...

    Has anyone cut off the insulation bristles on their xrs airlift doors? We have terrible problems with ice chunks building up on the bristles and preventing the door from closing all the way. Attached are some pictures. This is what the door looks like when it tries to close and gets stuck on...
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    How much do YOU pay for water softener salt?

    How much is everyone paying for salt for their water softeners? Do you get the 3-4 dollar bags at home depot and fill them yourself? Or pay the premium for the 10 dollar a bag 99.9% pure stuff. Has anyone ran into dirty brine tank problems down the road using the cheap softener salt from a...
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    Does anyone buy photo eyes for a washworld or laser 4000 from kleen rite?

    If so, which ones do you buy? This would be for the T bar.
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    mounting/bricking in new meter boxes

    We are in the process of putting new meter boxes in all of our bays. Currently pondering any and all options for anchoring it or mounting it into brick walls. A while back Jim at etowah valley had mentioned a foam adhesive that you spray inside the hole that you cut into the walll, and the...
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    looking for used low pressure system

    We're adding a bug cleaner selection onto our self serves. Does anyone have a low pressure system they are looking to part out? The only thing kleen rite has is a 4 selection system for 3 grand, no thanks. We already have a 3 selection system for our foam brush/tire cleaner/pre soak. I'm...
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    LED light bar source

    Does anyone know of another source for this? http://www.tsscws.com/index.php/led-light-strip/144-watt-6ft-single-color-led-light-strip-24vdc-power-supply-included.html
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