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04-05-2024, 12:37 AM
#101
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Re: Tunnel wash rant - Free speech thread
Originally Posted by Big Dave
I do have one of those as well, but even at its lowest height it's too high for the Nissan, but it's a good height for the FJ, but then the extra width of the FJ makes it a pain to move it around it inside the garage. Also our driveway has a reasonably steep angle and I don't trust the legs, even with the locking mechanism, to not fold under on an angled surface. I'm sure there's something in the instructions about only using it on a level surface.
I find myself just using my favourite tub, it's easier to step up and down from, I can kick it into whatever position I need it in, and for some reason it grips our painted driveway really well, even when it's wet and soapy. It also doubles as a spray painting table.
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Wow, you must weigh half of what I do if you can use that
Or the Oz version is wayyyyy tougher
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04-05-2024, 01:05 AM
#102
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Re: Tunnel wash rant - Free speech thread
Originally Posted by chilly
Wow, you must weigh half of what I do if you can use that
Or the Oz version is wayyyyy tougher
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I don't think it's the Oz one being tougher, I think it's the old one being tougher, remember the old saying they don't make them like they used to, well I got this back in 1988, at my first job, they had bought some new trolleys and tubs just before I started there, I remember them being brand new when I started there. Somehow I accidentally took one home, back in the late 90s. But it does seem to hold my 113kg/250lb frame fine.
These days they try to figure out how to make them as flimsy as possible, if it ever breaks, I'm screwed, I won't be able to replace it. I thought I'd lost it once, my silly nephew gave it to a friend to store stuff in, and he knew I used it to wash the FJ, who does that. I made him get it back.
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04-05-2024, 11:21 AM
#103
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Re: Tunnel wash rant - Free speech thread
Originally Posted by hooked
Like a decade ago, my wife bought me one of those folding platforms so I can get to the front and back of the roof of my CUV without having to get down and move it. While watching a detailing video, the guy was using one of these and the legs locked into place automatically. I thought since mine was older, it was made before people figured out it was kind of dangerous to have the legs free to fold if you didn’t open them up all the way. I was actually thinking of replacing mine for one of these newfangled locking ones. Fast forward a few months later and my daughter was helping me wash the car. At the end I asked her to fold up the platform and she was having trouble. When I went over, she asked me what the buttons on the corners were for. I didn’t remember any buttons and when I looked…it was the locking mechanism for the legs!!!!
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I've got one of these, too. I believe mine is from Werner. These work great for SUV's, but honestly, I switched back to my smaller fold up step ladder because it's so much easier to get out of the garage and move around.
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04-05-2024, 11:26 AM
#104
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Re: Tunnel wash rant - Free speech thread
Originally Posted by Azure
I've got one of these, too. I believe mine is from Werner. These work great for SUV's, but honestly, I switched back to my smaller fold up step ladder because it's so much easier to get out of the garage and move around.
I have been wanting one of the scaffolds and with the new car being so big I may break down and buy one
But if I buy one and like it I would most likely buy a second one so I didn't have to keep moving it side to side
I hope my step ladders are enough because I Have other things I could spend that much money on
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04-05-2024, 12:44 PM
#105
Re: Tunnel wash rant - Free speech thread
Originally Posted by Azure
I've got one of these, too. I believe mine is from Werner. These work great for SUV's, but honestly, I switched back to my smaller fold up step ladder because it's so much easier to get out of the garage and move around.
I actually put a small plastic stool next to the platform to step on getting on and off the platform. My old knees ain’t what they used to be. I only have to move them once from one side to the other so I don’t mind the size and weight. I only have to wash my personal cars so it’s not worth it to buy two.
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04-05-2024, 03:41 PM
#106
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Re: Tunnel wash rant - Free speech thread
This is was shared in a facebook detailing group. Looks like they've moved on from wash and scratch to ding and dent.
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04-05-2024, 03:53 PM
#107
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Re: Tunnel wash rant - Free speech thread
Originally Posted by Optimus Grime
This is was shared in a facebook detailing group. Looks like they've moved on from wash and scratch to ding and dent.
Inevitable, given the state of maintenance (or lack thereof) I have seen in so many self serve car washes
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04-05-2024, 05:04 PM
#108
Re: Tunnel wash rant - Free speech thread
On YouTube I got served up a couple auto-car wash crash videos. It’s like the cars had had enough of the tunnel wash abuse and went kamikaze on them! Lol.
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04-05-2024, 06:30 PM
#109
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Re: Tunnel wash rant - Free speech thread
Typical tunnel wash
SOMETHING doesn’t get cleaned or rinsed
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04-07-2024, 07:35 AM
#110
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Re: Tunnel wash rant - Free speech thread
People are so hell bent on getting others to do manual labor at the cheapest price possible. I’m not sure if it makes them feel of higher status or what.
Glad to see I’m not the only one that loves to stripe the lawn. Been mowing the lawn since I begged to take over at age 9-10 or somewhere around there at my parents first house.
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