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Like the speed, but why does the top brush spin for no reason? Don't like sloppy engineering. Seems like a lot of the IBA machines have some of that going on lately. Wears out equipment faster, requires more maintenance touches. Thanks

I have instructed my employees to explain "we appreciate that they like our wash, but we would like them to take their business elsewhere, thank you."

One other thing no one has mentioned yet. You will not be open 24/7 in KC area with manual doors on your automatics. Anything less than about 25 degrees shuts my doors in OK on newer/freeze protected automatics and then have to reopen them when it gets above that. Not usually a problem (5 to...

Anyone else running into a problem with these? I have have two (one a high end truck and one a yukon) go through my autec and then get claimed the mirrors were damaged. Looks like they can't stand to have any pressure put on them or strip the gears. Anyone else seeing this or have thoughts on...

I count all cash coming into SS bays, vacs, vending and automatics as sales. I count only the token changer bills as sales (don't count tokens in the bay as sales only what I sale out of changer) I use an excel spreadsheet for all of this daily or tri-weekly and Quickbooks just to input total...

I was using 2507 then switched to 2505s and haven't heard any complaints, running at 1100psi, can anyone tell me what the difference in MEG vs iMEG vs other tips? thx

I used a 199k btu and for 2 bays 18x30 it seems to do the job. I didn't scientifically size it but I like Keith's numbers approach. I am in a bit more of a temperate climate.

MEP - I agree for a "replacement" T8s are very attractive and the cost is right but eventually they will go the way of MH and you still deal with ongoing maintenance costs which no one ever figures in. The LEDs I went with have a 5 year warranty and a 60k to 100k life expectancy. If you factor...

Yes, it depends on the time you burn them and rebates certainly help. Also if you look at the burning rate of scottsdales 320 (which is what I replaced) you will find that it burns about 460W with bulb and ballast and that degradates over time from a lumens and wattage perspective. So your...

This is still too much of an emotional decision on this board. Did the payback. LEDs are way to go with a 3 year payback for me from a replacement perspective, putting in new there is no doubt, 40%ish or less of electric for the same lumen output depending on which manufacturer you go with...

revenue up 15% costs up 17% Sheesh :)

I just put in a Navien house unit for 2 bays and only problem I see with it is that lowest value I can set it to is 90 degrees, would really like to be able to heat to only around 60 but it is doing the job just fine.

So how do I check into that? The state would let me know if the underwriter's were "licensed"?

There was a thread about money saving changes but I couldn't find it so thought I would post this in general. There is a new car wash underwriter (MacNeil, I think is the name they go by) out there that saved me over 30% on premiums as they focus on the car wash industry. The insurance guy...

I just did regular vinyl letters from the local sign shop about 5 weeks ago and it is helping and the letters seem to be staying with no problems. Thanks

Took out old WW 2.0 and red lion is still good and working in it. Let me know if you are looking for one. Thanks

I never converted any of my mechnical but I started to replace them with electronic just so I could get a multi-coin acceptance (I use tokens) and so I could price things differently ($1 on some $1.50 on others in same 3 column).

I just put them on the boom and left the sides alone, run them at 900 psi and they are fine. I was using 1100 psi without the hydroflex.

So I talked to the guy at the last ICA which got me to do 1 5 bay wash with it. No real customer training needed, signs came with it and it has really slowed down the dry brushers I was having. The entry price was my sticking point too but it is all heavy stainless and I have expectations of...

Ric for the crossovers I went to www.lsi-industries.com and called them for a local distributor. In Oklahoma that is Domino Equipment. I don't know who it is in other states/cities. Hope that helps.