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    Dang Bugs!

    Hey Craig, Skin So Soft works well here in Washington, mosquitos and biting flies. I get a kick out of it though! In the summer if you go to any gas station/quick mart were alot of Loggers go on the way to work you can smell them before you get to the door. We call it Smell So Good! The way...
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    Safety Gear... what do you carry/use?

    We have some commercial accounts that require us to abide by their safety regs. If you want to come onto their property you WILL follow the saftey rules witch include hardhats and saftey glasses. Hate to wear saftey glasses! Water, grease, and saftey glasses just don't go well together. Also...
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    If someone started a new organization?

    Hey guys, Sounds like a interesting idea. I wonder how many companys are in the situation we are in. We buy our insurance locally. All but one chemical locally, 85% of all supplies locally. By locally I mean 10 minutes from the house! We are 70 miles from Landa's home plant and a sales...
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    Chemical Web Site

    Thanks Ron, Will take a look as soon as I get a chance.......Rob ------------------
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    Chemical Web Site

    Hey guys, Can anyone recommend some good web sites for researching chemicals. Have spent some time searching the web, but not finding anything to useful yet. Thanks............Rob ------------------
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    Don't have a jack?

    That's an old truck driver's trick. If you have duals on that truck and the outside tire gets a flat use the block trick on the inside tire. ------------------
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    HOW MANY COLLECT SALES TAX

    Here in Washington State you are required to charge sales tax for services. Unless of course the company is exempt from the retail sales tax. I still charge sales tax to tax exempt companys until they provide me with a Exemption Certificate because I am responsible to provide proof if I am not...
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    Good news, Bad news - to Newbies from a Newby

    Hello Mark, Hope nobdy was hurt! The only ss fittings we use are quick connects on our hose,guns,wands. We use brass fittings and 300psi hose anywhere on the intake side of our pumps. Outlet side is another story, need to use fittings rated above the pressure you are putting out. Live and...
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    Resoak--how do you do it

    Hey Guys, Good info! Diversity is a good thing, I enjoy hearing how others do the same thing. Dan, I hear you on the way you apply you chems. You are doing it exactly the way we do, shur-flo a 1step chem and rinse. I agree on the downstream injector, not to good 1-stepping. We as well...
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    Contractor (Pressure Wash) Insurance

    Hi Wanderer, Check with some local insurance agents and compare coverage and costs. It is likely they won't vary to much. One million in libility is a comon coverage. We have it on two busineses. The cost for our power wash business is 374.00 a year. This includes the following: 2 mil...
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    HEAVY EQUIPMENT

    Heavy equipment is our specialty, it is aprox.95% of what we do. This size of hoe can be done in 45 min. to an hour if you are familar with this kind of work, even if it is quite dirty. If you have little or no experience with this you can count on it taking considerably more time. If it...
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    E-mail Inquires

    Hey, is anyone else getting e-mail inquires from Lance Winslow III, the car wash guy? Maybe he wants a picture of my wash rig!...........Rob
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    Netscape

    And just think, I thought I was all alone!! Am having problems with the user name, password thing as well. I didn't want to put any pressure on you Dan, I know your plate is full already, just figured you couldn't tune something in if you didn't know it was off. I am not on here every day but...
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    Netscape

    Hey, I know Dan had mentioned the problems with all the updates to this board and using a Netscape browser. Is anyone having as much trouble as I am. I can hardly get this site loaded and when I do it is hard to get around. When I come onto the site it doesn't recognize me as a member, so...
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    question to the group

    Hey, just a test!!
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    Landa Generator

    It has a short in the wiring, am still working on it, Thanks...........Rob
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    Landa Generator

    Hi HWW, Had the generator go out on my Landa today. Are they worth checking out to possibly rebuild or just by a new one. Don't know what make it is. It doesn't have a name on it. Model #AB25 120V 3000/2500W 21.6A
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    Newbies & Prices

    Hi Craig, I think your idea on the prices is a good one and would help me also in any areas I haven't washed before. I'm not to proud to admit that I don't know everything and wouldn't benefit from this guide. My comment on the newbies was just something I thought of while reading through the...
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    Diesel smoke removal

    Hi Ramon, Going to have to take a stab at that price because I don't just wash any 53' vans. soap......$2.50 acid......$2.00 This is conservative and perhaps a little high......Rob
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    Newbies & Prices

    Just a rabbit trail from that rather long debate.(good on ya Craig) I hear the Newbies taking a lot of heat for lowballing and under cutting prices in our industry, but I will have to come to their defense. In my area (western Washington) it is not the newbies that are doing the lowballing...
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