News & Car Wash Business Tips
- march 26 2020
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In the car care industry, it’s a costly venture to upgrade your current equipment. It can be difficult to know when to invest and where to find the best equipment. New tunnel lights, vacuum systems, and water reclaim systems can be more energy efficient and save money in the long run, but which one should
- october 09 2024
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Cleaning Car Wash Catch Basins in the Southern State of Alabama Alabama is full of natural beauty, music, food and history—with plenty to go do and see. And while it may be landlocked in the North, East and West, it has a coast meeting the Gulf of Mexico. So between the rural areas and the
- october 09 2024
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Cleaning Car Wash Catch Basins in the First State Delaware may be a smaller state, but it still has a diverse landscape from rural towns to coastal areas—giving residents plenty of travel opportunities. And while traveling they pick up new experiences but their vehicles pick up new debris and gunk. After Delaware residents get back
- september 16 2024
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Cleaning Car Wash Catch Basins in the Sunshine State Between trips to the beaches or nature preserves, city driving and turbulent storms, Florida drivers have plenty of reasons to get regular car washes. And all of those cars have a mix of sand, dirt, debris or gunk that gets cleaned off at local car washes.
- april 05 2024
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If you run a car wash, what you sell is cleanliness. Your customers want to drive away with a clean car smell and look. But there’s a problem. To get a car clean, your car wash takes the dirtiness from the car and that dirtiness needs to go somewhere. Let’s discuss the importance of smell
- february 29 2024
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Being a business owner is an ambitious job. If you’re a car wash owner, you probably lose sleep at night worrying about profitability. Even when business is good, you wonder if there is a trick to earn a little more. Perhaps spending more on advertising, buying up more locations or offering more premium products will
- february 01 2024
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It’s hard to predict the future. Sometimes the future seems to be heading in one direction and then it takes a hard left turn. It used to be that everyone thought flying cars would be the future. The car wash industry has a similar prediction problem. Some trends promise to take off but never materialize.
- december 28 2023
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From a part-time fast food worker to a Wall Street financial analyst, most people generate income from an exchange of time for money. They work a set number of hours for a set wage per hour. In this setup, there are only two ways to make more money. You need to either increase your wage
- december 01 2023
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3 Tips for Maintaining a Tunnel Car Wash A tunnel car wash is different from self-service car washes for one simple reason: the customer doesn’t need to do the work. Unlike a self-service car wash, a tunnel wash is as simple as driving your car up to the conveyor, putting it in neutral and enjoying
- october 31 2023
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Keeping Your Car Wash Up and Washing for Customers Automatic rollover car washes allow customers to relax and let the machines do all the work. Gone are the days of hand scrubbing, hosing down and cleaning up the driveway. Drivers can pull into the car wash, park and have the auto rollover pass over their
- october 03 2023
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Is Your Car Wash in the Trenches? Getting into the car wash business and wondering about the inner workings? Or maybe you already own one and want to know more? While there are many moving parts to a car wash, what you want to understand the most is where the wastewater is going. Car after
- june 02 2023
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Ensuring Reliability and a Steady Flow of Customers Wand-type and self-wash car washes are the backbone of the industry. They’ve been around forever and are hands down the most reliable option for customers. Most self-serve wash bays are open 24 hours and can fit any kind of vehicle, not just standard cars and trucks. They’re
- april 21 2023
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Take Better Care of the Planet and Your Car Wash Business When your car wash runoff can no longer drain into designated pits, where will it go? The unfortunate answer is often your local waterways. Car wash pits are designed to capture and hold contaminated car wash water and mud. But, if those pits are
How to Get the Cleanest Car Wash Catch Basins in The Volunteer State Heavy machinery and hand washers alike work to blast the dirt, mud and pollutants off of vehicles at the car wash. Those cars and trucks that enter your business filthy and exit squeaky clean are leaving behind weeks worth of dirt. All
- march 20 2023
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How Successful Car Washes Clean Up Nicely Many car wash owners make pit cleaning mistakes that they don’t even give a second thought. Chances are you’re probably not tossing and turning at night thinking about how you forgot to schedule a pit cleaning. However, you will start giving those mistakes some more attention when they
- february 23 2023
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How to Get a Spot-Free Car Wash Car wash businesses in areas with hard water may experience issues with spotting after washes or the over-consumption of soap. Hard water contains more calcium and magnesium than standard filtered water. These minerals are typically picked up when water flows through the ground. The extra ions don’t evaporate
- september 16 2022
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Comparing free and paid car wash vacuums Many drivers want to clean the interior and exterior of their cars all in one go. After they drive out of the car wash with a shiny clean car, the only thing left is a thorough vacuuming of their floors and seats. Successful car washes all over the
- august 04 2022
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All winter long cars line up outside of your car wash. Everyone is eager to rinse away de-icing salt without spending a bunch of time out in the cold. But summer is a whole other story. On a hot afternoon you can spot families out washing their cars in the driveway – not lined up
- june 10 2022
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You’re expecting a busy week at your car wash but then all of the sudden one of your pits gets stopped up. Now what do you do? You can’t just keep allowing cars to come through. Your wastewater will flood outside of your wash bay and you could have sludge building up outside of your
- may 11 2022
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Car washes can be a very lucrative stream of revenue, especially if you’ve got a great location and manage your business well. Depending on what kind of car wash business you operate, your income may be mostly passive with just light weekly maintenance to do. Passive income is becoming an increasingly popular concept as many
There are a lot of opportunities to protect the environment when you operate a car wash. As harmful as cleaners and wastewater can be, you have the ability as the owner to implement sustainable solutions that improve your operations. If you’re looking for ways to make your car wash even safer for the ecosystem, you
- april 05 2022
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Just like in racing, speed is important for car wash pit cleaning. The less time spent cleaning out your wash bays, the more time customers can spend using them. A single pit could be clean in just a few minutes when cleared out by experienced professionals. The key to efficient pit cleaning is bringing in
- march 14 2022
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Many workers are taking part in the great resignation by leaving their jobs and looking for something new. For some, that means just a new company but others are moving to entirely different industries. Working at a car wash might not be your first thought when searching for a new job, but you might be
- february 28 2022
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If you’ve never met us, we’re PIT CREW, LLC, a car wash pit cleaning service based out of Virginia. Although we’re based in Virginia, our car wash pit cleaning trucks and equipment can drive across multiple states to service car washes wherever they are. That’s very important for Kentucky car washes because we’re not sure
- february 18 2022
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Operating a car washing facility comes with a lot of responsibilities. One of the largest processes to nail down is how you drain the water waste from each wash. Every state has its own version of water drainage regulations that car washes must follow. In Virginia and most other states, a permit is required for
- january 20 2022
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Pit Crew is a car wash pit cleaning company that services many states along the east coast and some in the vicinity, including Ohio. Based out of Virginia, our trucks are pit-cleaning machines that haul pit sludge from Ohio cities like: Columbus, OH Cleveland, OH Cincinnati, OH Canton, OH Toledo, OH …just to name a
- january 04 2022
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Sending an email newsletter can be one of the best ways to grow your car wash’s customer base. Here at Pit Crew, we clean car wash pits across the East Coast. When your car wash is successful, we’ll have more car wash pits to clean. That’s why, in this guide, we’re going to go through:
- december 10 2021
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As a car wash owner, you have many responsibilities. From managing employees, planning finances and maintaining your equipment, you also have to be your own marketer. Without the right plan in place, your marketing efforts could fall on deaf ears. By understanding your target audience, your car wash’s unique selling propositions (USPs) and your consistent
- october 08 2021
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Every veteran car wash owner knows the importance of maintaining a pristine reputation online. If your car wash gets any negative reviews, it could have a negative impact on the health of your business. When it comes to business reviews, you want to respond to every review, especially the negative reviews. The worst thing you
- september 30 2021
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One of the most important factors when beginning a business is finding the right location. This is especially true when it comes to the car wash industry. The location you choose can oftentimes make or break the success of your wash. It’s important to note that not all locations are equal to all types of
- june 29 2021
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Pit Cleaning Services in Virginia Pit Crew is one of the leaders in car wash pit cleaning throughout the state of Virginia. We work with car wash owners all over Virginia and the metropolitan regions including northern Virginia, Richmond, Virginia Beach, and Roanoke. In addition to Virginia, we also serve communities in many neighboring states.
