100 ft vs smaller wash

Is there a significant difference in the wash you receive between a 100 ft conveyor and a 60 ft conveyor?

Do you mean the quality? The cleaning part should be the same, the 100ft allows more drip space, therefore having a drier car. As far as cars per hour, you can load more with the 100ft but i have seen 60 ft tunnels keep up with 120ft conveyors. I have a 110ft comveyor at one location and it can do as many if not more an hour than my 150ft. Its all about the equip. and chemistry.

Thanks...

yes, the quality is what I am mainly concerned about. Seems like a 120ft wash is a little overkill if you think the site won't support 110 cars per hour

I think there can be a significant diffenence.

Conveyor length is not as important as what equipment is it - but more is better and a longer conveyor has several advantages:

equipment placement can be optimized for best performance - dwell time and drip space/time for example are two very important elements in the cleaning process.
A longer conveyor means more equipment can be added for redundancy in the process i.e. two sets of wraps cleans better than one.

I would never skimp on conveyor length, if the space allows I would add length, as more equipment maybe added as volume justifies.

Short conveyor successful sites are the exception not the norm.

A 60' front wheel pull is equivalent to a 80' to 85' rear wheel push. So you only lose 20' to 15' feet over a 100' rear wheel. I wouldn't do it to save money, only to fit a small lot. Conveyors and pits, per foot, are pretty cheap.