lman
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Oct 3, 2009
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- Location
- Indiana
- Tractor
- New Holland 3040, New Holland 1530, Oliver 1850
I've never heard of anybody around here that shut off the outside water. We use freezeless hydrants and freezeless hose bibs attached to the house. We need outside water to feed the dogs, cats and horses. We even have a heated Nelson horse waterer. We were at -10F a couple days ago and nothing froze. I'm not going to attach a hose and make a skating rink while washing our car though.I've normally washed my own vehicles, except in the winter. Up North, all of us have to turn our outside water off.
coin op car washes are often a sheet of ice inside
I return to my dream of an oversized garage with a center drain floor and smooth concrete to roll around on a seat to fuss with cleaning the wheels
well heated of course
roads here still glistening white from salt and brine
costs five bucks to drive to car wash. another cost consideration
I think car washes can be hard on your car though. First the scratched paint, even with latest tech, and then i wonder about my front end alignment
as the machine drags my front tires against the side of the rail and you feel the car jerk. I spend extra time trying to line up as straight as I can.
Actually....I have a forward camera I could turn on. Might try that next time.
of course I have to turn off all the proximity buzzers, they come alive when you go in a drive thru car wash.
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