Aluminum vs Steel truck bodies

[deserteagle71]

Just will make it harder to attach my $20 magnetic back up camera.

And my magnet-mount HAM radio antenna!

 

[Hay Dude]

The hand wash stations are going away here and they are build new automated washes where all of the water drains into a sump inside and nothing goes outside. I believe the water is filtered and reused.

Better hope someone is keeping a sharp eye on those “filters” or the pressurized water sprayed at your car may turn into a sand blaster.

 

[jyoutz]

You could spread some salt on your driveway, right?

If I need to deice a concrete sidewalk or parking pad near the house, I spread lawn fertilizer. Unless you get too crazy with it, there’s not the problem with rock salt killing the lawn or landscaping plants. And it deices just like rock salt.

 

[jyoutz]

Better hope someone is keeping a sharp eye on those “filters” or the pressurized water sprayed at your car may turn into a sand blaster.

So far so good, but you’re right. Usually the newer car washes are well maintained, but there are some that I wouldn’t patronize.

 

[DarkBlack]

The hand wash stations are going away here and they are build new automated washes where all of the water drains into a sump inside and nothing goes outside. I believe the water is filtered and reused.

In rust states like mine, hopefully they use a bank of RO units, in addition to filters, otherwise you’re spraying your vehicle with saltwater

 

[WinterDeere]

You could spread some salt on your driveway, right?

Yeah, I could. Water pools in one area, and then it all drains into the lawn. So it's better avoided unless necessary, but I have done it in some isolated cases.

 

[WinterDeere]

Better hope someone is keeping a sharp eye on those “filters” or the pressurized water sprayed at your car may turn into a sand blaster.

I worked at a gas station and car wash in the early 1990's, and even back then all of them were recycling their water. I think it's probably been a requirement in PA since at least the 1980's, if not earlier. So, this is nothing new, if you've ever run a car through a car wash in southeastern PA, it was probably recycled water.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Yeah, I could. Water pools in one area, and then it all drains into the lawn. So it's better avoided unless necessary, but I have done it in some isolated cases.

I wouldn't want to salt the driveway here, even though I could.

Unlike spreading some sand on it. There is no sand anywhere nearby, the closest we have available is crusher fines.

 

[Jstpssng]

I could argue that all water is recycled.

But I won't.

 

[jyoutz]

I could argue that all water is recycled.

But I won't.

In the big scheme of things, it doesn’t leave planet earth. (Flat earth for Trad).