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Desert_Captain
Sep 07, 2014Explorer III
Just returned from a 2,000+ mile trip up to northern California. As you can imagine our 24' Class C "Bug Catcher" was in serious need of a bath. I usually do it myself with an extendable soft bristle brush, bucket of car soap and some rags but it is a major Pita. This time I took the easy way out....
Just about every Saturday one of the local schools will be running a car wash fund raiser at the Burger King down the road. Sure enough I found the local high school wrestling team flagging down passing drivers and pulled in. I challenged the boys to "Man up" and wash a real vehicle offering them $15 and they jumped at the chance. I loaned them my brush and folding step stool and got out of the way.
They did a great job and with about a dozen of them involved it only took about 15 minutes. Water was flying everywhere and they were all having a lot of fun in the 90 degree dry heat of Tucson. They even managed to remove all of the bug hits from the cabover and the rig looks great.
I got lots of questions about the rig, where we had been, what kind of engine, mileage, etc. and a good time was had by all. I think my days of DIY have come and gone though I will be applying another coat of wax before too long.
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Just about every Saturday one of the local schools will be running a car wash fund raiser at the Burger King down the road. Sure enough I found the local high school wrestling team flagging down passing drivers and pulled in. I challenged the boys to "Man up" and wash a real vehicle offering them $15 and they jumped at the chance. I loaned them my brush and folding step stool and got out of the way.
They did a great job and with about a dozen of them involved it only took about 15 minutes. Water was flying everywhere and they were all having a lot of fun in the 90 degree dry heat of Tucson. They even managed to remove all of the bug hits from the cabover and the rig looks great.
I got lots of questions about the rig, where we had been, what kind of engine, mileage, etc. and a good time was had by all. I think my days of DIY have come and gone though I will be applying another coat of wax before too long.
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