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Wondering where a do-it-yourself wash bay is in the Brainerd area that will fit my Ice Castle fish house with an AC unit on top. (9-10 feet tall?) I used to use the one by Pirates Cove but that's no longer a car wash. Would like to be able to hose off the road salt mad grime from time to time.

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The car wash in Pequot Lakes....just south of Super Value....west side of 371 should work.

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Try the one just north of sportland corners on the east side of the highway by nisswa marine. I tried the one by pequot and I couldn't fit

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The one by Nisswa Marine only has a short door. Mine won't fit in there.

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Snow white in Brainerd by Mcdonalds has a few bays that have very tall doors and would easily fit truck and fish house.

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Merrifield has one Nisswaguy. It is big enough to fit mine...You have the same.

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Thanks Rob. Forgot about that one!! Snow White is only 7.5 foot. It won't fit as I've already tried.

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Whats 7.5 feet? Height or width? I cant believe you cant get into snow white. I know for a fact height wouldnt be the problem there.

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What the heck is Snow White? the name of the wash bay?

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Snow white is the name of a laundry mat/carwash behind mcdonalds in brainerd.they have several wash bays for smaller vehicles/pickups and a couple larger bays for dump truck, jacked up trucks, etc. So I dont understand why the fish house wont fit unless its to wide for the doors. Other than the other suggested places you would be out of luck.

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When I drove by Snow White the tallest door was 7.5 feet tall - unless I didn't look hard enough. My fish house is taller than that with an AC unit on the top. I'll have to drive by and look again.

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Where did you end up going? I went to Snow White last night and it's too short for me also. Fleet has magnum mud flaps on sale this week, I'm getting one!

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I have yet to go but the one just south of Pequot just off the west side of 371 will fit. I drove by it on my way to/from LOW and saw it from the road. Left my house on LOW because a buddy is going up tonight and is going to use house all week. I plan on washing it at the Pequot wash on Saturday. It's right by the water tower just south of the grocery store.

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You didn't find anything in Brainerd then? Heck if I drive to Pequot I'd be a mess again by the time I got home. Throw up a post if anyone knows please. I know John over by the old Choppers had an outside truck one but he must close it in the winter I would guess.

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So I went to the one in Pequot yesterday and it won't fit because I have an AC unit on top. The guys there were great though and tried to guide me and and push the door up a little higher. No go! They said the one by Nisswa Marine was a little bigger - plus it had a bay that would be long enough to get my wheelhouse and truck in at the same time. He was right! It was close though and I ended up having to lower my fish house a little bit. That trick probably would have worked at Pequot too but with my own stupidity I didn't think of it then. I have a hydraulic house and I just had to lower the back end until it was about an inch off the ground.

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I heard yesterday Reichert Bus will let you in there for a small fee, haven't checked yet though. Anybody else know?

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went to snow white to wash my truck and talked to the guy working and he said the doors are 7ft and the taller ones i was talking about are 10ft. he said he has seen some wheel houses with ac units in there.

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