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I’d expect you can beat out the car counts on the pro forma with that site. That said, I personally wouldn’t build a wash on that site unless you are able to keep the costs low. Even if you are able to salvage an existing building I’d expect to spend $2.5m + lan

What are the demographics? Speed limit and visibility good? Any big retail in the area? The above questions can cause a big swing as well as the wash style (is it express w/ free vacs?), branding/look and pricing but 65k seems very low for year 1 on 30k cars per day.

DRB admitted to having a bad batch of cards out. Hopefully your cards were under warranty. Likely faulty cards but both the cards and each output on the cards have a set amp rating. If you are running any lights or signs off the relay directly I’d look into the amp draw / limits

Not common at all. I’d try going with normally closed photo eyes so the wash turns on rather then off when an issue occurs. If you are looking for a permanent fix looks like wiring or your controller are what is left. Have you been able to verify voltage on the input when issues occur?

Solution would be preventative checks. A safety that can be employed is using chain, wire rope or rope as a safety to strap up the mitter. Put enough slack so that the mitter can move around but not enough where the mitter can actually come down

Kill the 24v meaning killing the control power so nothing turns on? I’d take a look at automation direct, unless I’m misunderstanding they definitely have some options for what you are looking for. Look at phase monitoring devices.

80% should power wash off but it takes some time (essentially holding one foam finger at a time and power washing with the other hand). As far as chemicals go bleach has seemed best to remove the black stains

Getting a full sheet costs a lot of extra money or a product solely meant for foaming/sheeting with little other use. Sheeting needs flow + product + air (to much air is also no good) What size injector are you running? What product are you running? What size chemical delivery lines do you...

Depends on your approach and the type of tunnel site. For most modern expresses 50% is a good rate of EBITDA. The best sites are doing around 60% ebitda.

Most quotes I’ve had have always charged quite a bit extra for pumping out of the trench. It’s always seemed to be 4x. Depending on the state you may be able to just put the sludge in the dumpster. It’s a bit of a mess and you can only do so much at once but will save a fortune. Lastly, the...

What’s the pit design? Does anything stop you from digging it yourself and trashing it? Alternatively dumping it into the larger reclaim tank? Based on the price you posted you are paying for a lot of extra labor (and still overpaying a bit) or you are just way overpaying. Depending on the...

Maybe it’s because it’s a picture of a picture but I’ve not seen a ground up tunnel wash built with such a plain look in many years. Is it brown?

I’ve always had poor luck with poly braid. Typically failure near joints. Lines tend to harden. I’ve always had better luck with rubber hose

If you previously had the customers but lost them I would change the signage, paint the place and make sure everything works. Make it look new so people who had a poor experience are willing to try it again. Change the name of the wash

Is it just a land lease or equipment/building as well? 4x for an express even leased might be a solid deal still. Going to depend on specifics (how much money do you need to invest over the lease term and potentially never get back)

With injectors there are a few things to look at (1)Not enough water flow. Leak, nozzles are oversized or worn down, injector is sized incorrect, or a water pressure/flow issue prior to injector (2) Air pressure is too high (3) Chemical ratio is off and not foaming If presoak works well...

If local building requirements are light, your starting with a good pad and your trying to build cheap I think it’s doable for $2.5m including development soft costs. Construction, especially something few people understand like car washes, can vary drastically in cost. A few local ordinances...

Highly highly recommend against TSS light bars, especially the larger sizes. Quality is very poor, the mounting fails on them. I’ve had better success with the smaller versions. G&G lights via Mr Foamer are the way to go but you pay a premium. I’ve used many different light bars and the quality...

If the color on the tri foam still looks good then the lack of foaming is likely from the reject water. I’ve never tried reject water on soaps (nor would I)

2022 is the last year of 100% bonus depreciation. Starting next year it will be 80% and drop 20% each year until there is no more bonus (unless new legislation is passed)