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Open Roads Forum  >  Tow Vehicles  > car wash for pickup? This Topic Is Closed  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 3   Next sydmeg1012 • View posts NJ Full Member Joined: 10/14/2008 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Posted: 01/23/09 05:22am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I recently bought a new TV, a 2007 2500HD Silverado D/A Crew Cab. Is it ok to take this through the car wash? It has the extendable towing mirrors but I can fold them in and it's well under the height restriction. I'm going to ask the car wash employee when I get there but was wondering if anyone here has done this. 2009 Keystone Outback 310 BHS Sydney Edition 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD 2LT 4x4 CC D/A LMM ProPride 3P Hitch, PressurePro Tire Monitors swebber • View posts Brunswick , MD Senior Member Joined: 02/14/2005 View Profile Offline Posted: 01/23/09 05:39am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator If it fits under the height check bar...go for it...I only go thru cloth car washes in the DW's car. My F250 won't fit thru most auto carwashes. Steve & Tracy Webber '07 F250 6.0PSD LariatFX4 LB,AirLift,Edge,IFW BedSlide '09 Jayco Eagle 324BHDS "CramalotInn III",Reese DCHP, Atwood 3500, BAL Deluxe Chocks, Weber Baby Q & Q200, Champion 4000 gennie Our Camping Pic's CoMoCo • View posts Oakville, ON, Canada Senior Member Joined: 08/12/2002 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Offline Posted: 01/23/09 05:39am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator You might want to push the tow mirrors in - there may not be enough clearance for them. I bring my truck to the self wash in the winter. '09 Sierra 3500 DRW D/A; '06 Jayco Designer 31RLS bluenote • View posts Michigan Senior Member Joined: 10/15/2001 View Profile Offline Posted: 01/23/09 05:45am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I've found I can generally use the touchless washes with no issues, but don't mess with the soft-cloth because the fabrics grab my mirrors and want to pull them out from the folded down position. 2001 Silverado 2500HD LS CC/SB Duramax/Allison Indigo Blue 2004 Cedar Creek 31LBHBS 5er Our Team Rallies Attended: 3½ Washboy • View posts Denver, CO Senior Member Joined: 07/10/2003 View Profile Offline Posted: 01/23/09 07:03am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Besides height and width, some in-bay automatics are length-limited, too. They may be able to handle a 20' vehicle. Conveyor type washes won't have length limitation. But...make sure there is nothing in the truck bed. The high pressure sprays and blowers will turn loose items into missles. And, 5th wheel hitches are frowned upon due to grease transfer and being "Snag Masters" for the cloth curtains. At "full service washes" don't be alarmed if you see an employee riding in your truck as it moves through the tunnel. The big truck tires can climb over the guide rails of the conveyor...the rider is there to prevent that from happening. "If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there." 2003 GMC Sierra SLT ExtCab 3500 D/A 4X4 2003 Carriage Cameo LXI F34CK3 RetiredbutWorking • View posts Central Texas Senior Member Joined: 02/10/2006 View Profile Offline Posted: 01/23/09 07:44am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I don't know about New Jersey, but in Texas most automated car washes will handle any size pick up. The car washes hear even have a dually setting. I would say you are fine with your regular sized pick up. RBW USAF, Retired mgbogue1 • View posts Colorado Senior Member Joined: 09/17/2007 View Profile Offline Posted: 01/23/09 07:52am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I haven't found an automatic car wash, touchless or soft cloth, that my F250 wouldn't fit through. Unless yours is lifted, height shouldn't be an issue. My topper is about an inch higher than the cab, so I have to be aware of it. Mike & Susie D-16, S-14 Corgi, cat who thinks he owns the place 2000 F250, 7.3L XC SB, Equal-i-zer, Prodigy 2008 Rockwood 8318SS BB_TX • View posts McKinney, Texas Senior Member Joined: 04/04/2005 View Profile Offline Posted: 01/23/09 07:52am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator No problem with my F350 CC long bed. The front attendant folds my mirrors in and the backside attendants fold them out when they towel dry the truck. I go to 2 different ones. Both use the spinning brushes and the moving cloth "walls". I do have a roll type cover over my bed covering my hitch. troll3193 • View posts SouthWest, MI USA Senior Member Joined: 07/07/2004 View Profile Offline Posted: 01/23/09 07:56am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I take mine through the car wash... I try to avoid the ones with the plastic bristle brushes... My last truck was dark blue and I picked up a pattern on my tailgate and I suspect it was one car wash that I no longer go to... Honestly I am not much of a clean the car myself type of guy, so if it didn't go through the car wash, it wouldn't get cleaned much... Bryan 2006 RAM 3500 MegaCab w/Cummins Turbo Diesel Mopar Exhaust Brake 2004 Dutchemen 31BK shorthair • View posts vancouver, wa. usa. Senior Member Joined: 03/18/2004 View Profile Offline Posted: 01/23/09 09:51am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I figure that hand washing my truck myself is repayment for the good times it allows us to enjoy. 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