| In the past one of the issues with automatic | | | | current technology is not quite there yet. |
| drive thru truck washes was that well, they | | | | Almost however, perhaps this year in fact we |
| did not work as well as one might think. | | | | will have it. The Robotics of the future will |
| There were and still are some issues with | | | | make it so, very soon. And there is good |
| their ability to get the Trucks perfectly | | | | reason for this as the labor cost increases |
| clean, which is the main objective. Sure they | | | | and the quality of the workforce and work |
| knock off most of the dirt and it is good | | | | ethic are a critical component of the success |
| enough for government work as they say, but | | | | of a truck washing business. And it appears |
| for an independent truck driver with chrome | | | | it will be getting worse. For instance; |
| and polished aluminum they leave a lot to be | | | | Robotics of Truck Washing business are |
| desired indeed.Our company; The Truck Wash | | | | helping operators with the changing landscape |
| Guys in the past have forgone the automated | | | | of over regulation, labor law, health care |
| truck washes as a major strategy. It is due | | | | costs and the cost of the labor itself, as |
| to this reason of performance to adequately | | | | well as the dummying down of society and the |
| clean the trucks to perfection or near | | | | ability or work ethic of the labor to perform |
| perfection that we had shied away from the | | | | the tasks need to insure a quality wash. So |
| concept of "Unmanned Truck Washes" the | | | | think on this in 2006. |