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Hello Everyone, I was wondering what times during the year do you start your marketing campaigns? As an example I was thinking about putting out door to door flyers for residential maybe next week. But perhaps this is too soon? So when do you market residential and also commercial?

Hello Everyone, Here's a quick question for ya...... Do you prefer you hose reels on the passenger side of the trailer or on the rear and pros and cons of each? Thanks for your input......

Hey Wiz, I just put a new themostat on my Hotsy machine from the dealer. Now the temperature is fluctuating terribly. If I set my thermostat on 104, the burner goes until the water temp is about 150 then shuts off until the water temp goes down to about 80. Then it starts back up and goes to...

Hey guys, Where can you get vent hood liability coverage? I called Joe Walters but they no longer have a provider. Any Ideas.... Feel free to email me privately

I have a friend with a mom/pop store that has a small grill area. The hood is 6 ft wide with a square duct (about 16-18" wide) running about 6 ft onto the roof with a fan mounted on top. He asked me to take a look on cleaning it. I have NEVER done an exhaust system before but I am interested...

I need to remove some "redwood" stain from a treated lumber fence. I don't normally get into this but it's my mom's so I have to do this job. I normally stick to fleets and flat work. It's not the whole fence just about 40 feet of it by 7 feet high. It was here when she got the place so I...

How do you guys deal with rain/snow and the scheduling of fleet washing. My largest customer (about $4k mo) is being extremely hard on my income right now. If it even looks like rain/snow, they don't want there trucks washed. They can only be washed on weekends any way so there is no chance...

Alright fellas, Let's get down to the nitty-gritty on the two step process. I've got myself some accounts and I have been washing them for some time. I think it's time to start getting faster at this process and I would like to seriousily look at two stepping. I know the general process but...

I was washing yesterday with my hot water machine when I lost pressure. There was water coming from the bottom of the coil stack. I finished the job with my backup machine and limped home. So today I unloaded the machine and after getting it tore down I found a 1 1/2 inch tear in the very...

I posted this in fleet washing forum but maybe it would be a better question for the Equipment Help Section. Any help would be great. I was playing around the other day with 2 upright 85 gal tanks. I was using 1 for water and premix a little soap in the other. Thought I would practice...

I was playing around the other day with 2 upright 85 gal tanks. I was using 1 for water and premix a little soap in the other. Thought I would practice upstreaming. So I'm washing along and doing fine when I decided to stop for a few mins. to do something else. I did not think to shut the...

Just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who helps out this poor lost soul with the many endless questions. All the help is definately helping. I just picked up a new monthly contract for 28 short trailers and 14 day cab trucks. I almost feel like I'm getting the hang of this stuff. Anyway...

Does anyone know if a 24v ac solenoid will work on 12 v dc? Looking into remote control systems and was just curios. I can run the solenoids at 24ac with an adapter off my generator but would be nice if I could just use 12v dc instead.. Thanks

Hey Wiz, I have a older Hotsy 4.5 gpm 2500 psi hotwater machine. The other day, it shot flames out the stack. Now being a firefighter I didn't sweat too much. I shut the machine off, checked everything out, started back up and went to washing. I have noticed that from time to time it...

I am not sure if this is an appropriate question or not, so please just let me know either way. I am interested in buying raw chems in bulk and mixing my own cleaners. My problem is I am not sure on what I need to start. Obviously, there are the safety factors involved and I certainly don't...

Ok I read the poll question on which is better but I have a different question. When you upstream, say for example a garbage truck ( since I am washing some this weekend), do you try to do the actual cleaning while upstreaming or are you just applying the soap, etc. and then doing the actual...

The majority of the work I have done has been residential and I feel pretty good about my pricing schedule that I use for that. But, it's winter time now and the residential work is slowing down. I would like to get more into commercial work. The problem I am having is that when I go out to...