Glad to see a laserwash 4000 still in operation. The one in Cuba Mo (i grew up with) was replaced in 2011 with a 360. And then the whole gas station got remodel between 2015-2016 and their brand new car was is a ProTouch Tandem. I don’t know what happened to the 360 after it was torn down.
Here in central Florida, only two of these exist and they're about a half-hour drive apart from each other, followed by a third that may or may not be working two hours away. This is actually the only working one at the moment, but everything else here is just modern boring stuff for the most part unless you really take a drive, lol!
Oh for a second I thought these had the docking dryers still working. I heard that the docking dryers can be set up by the operator to dock during slow times and operate as a standalone during the busier times. Good job. Ps I found an abandoned laserwash 4000 in the middle of the desert at a Dinaco gas station and self serve car wash. Sad because it has the access entry system from pdq which I only seen on the G5s and newer
The majority of the 4000s that used to exist here were all LaserWind and did dock, but after a few years stopped working due to the magnetic mechanism, and or they disabled it. There happens to be one unit still around with all of its equipment inbay, but is currently broken or switched off. That video is coming soon, and a few years ago it docked, so if it's ever operable again, I hope it docks and it'll be the ONLY one to do so.
@CarwashReviewsFlorida ah I would love to see one that still works to this day. I'm guessing that feature breaks alot which is why the concept of docking dryers were not carried on into future pdq products. I mean they're kinda nonsensical because it makes more sense to just have them mounted on board if an operator wanted it that way. Looking forward to seeing that footage
Nice video!
Glad to see a laserwash 4000 still in operation. The one in Cuba Mo (i grew up with) was replaced in 2011 with a 360. And then the whole gas station got remodel between 2015-2016 and their brand new car was is a ProTouch Tandem. I don’t know what happened to the 360 after it was torn down.
Here in central Florida, only two of these exist and they're about a half-hour drive apart from each other, followed by a third that may or may not be working two hours away. This is actually the only working one at the moment, but everything else here is just modern boring stuff for the most part unless you really take a drive, lol!
Oh for a second I thought these had the docking dryers still working. I heard that the docking dryers can be set up by the operator to dock during slow times and operate as a standalone during the busier times. Good job.
Ps I found an abandoned laserwash 4000 in the middle of the desert at a Dinaco gas station and self serve car wash. Sad because it has the access entry system from pdq which I only seen on the G5s and newer
The majority of the 4000s that used to exist here were all LaserWind and did dock, but after a few years stopped working due to the magnetic mechanism, and or they disabled it. There happens to be one unit still around with all of its equipment inbay, but is currently broken or switched off. That video is coming soon, and a few years ago it docked, so if it's ever operable again, I hope it docks and it'll be the ONLY one to do so.
@CarwashReviewsFlorida ah I would love to see one that still works to this day. I'm guessing that feature breaks alot which is why the concept of docking dryers were not carried on into future pdq products. I mean they're kinda nonsensical because it makes more sense to just have them mounted on board if an operator wanted it that way. Looking forward to seeing that footage