i have been wondering for many years just how much does it cost to one pair of  oil lanes for league night on average.
here in east tx it is like they are  saving thousands by not oiling  the lanes or by using the least oil to get by   

I rum the lanes for my house and we'll it's like 120 to 150 for 2.5 gallon of lane cleaner but I mix it with water to last longer and about 120 bucks for 5 quartz of lane conditioner which is oil and it takes about 1/4 of each item for 44 lanes each time so I don't know exact number but yea don't think it's super expensive,  my guess 20 bucks for 44 lanes

Yeah exactly should be by default required to oil the lanes. I oil them on morning and again before league. Centers shouldn't be worried bout a couple hundred bucks they should worry on that 30000$ electrical bill a month he he he that's just electrical , then again my house has a bar with many tvs but pretty sure most of the electricity is from the pinsetters.

You wouldn't spend $30k a month on electricity for a 60 lane center in Phoenix with the thermostat set at 60 in August.

It's not expensive at all compared to chasing away your most loyal customers who WILL go somewhere else if there is another facility that will take better care of them.

I manage a 32 lane center.  Every lane gets oiled every day.  They get re-oiled before a league, so many of them get stripped and oiled twice in a 24 hour period.  It's part of the cost of doing business.  It's not optional, in my opinion. 

Compared to all the other expenses of the business, the cost of oiling lanes is minimal, and shouldn't be looked at as anything other than essential...

I wish more centers were like yours or at least that ours was.

24 lane center, last eight lanes have the automatic bumpers so that is where all the kids parties and most open bowling is placed.  Center has a policy of having four lanes available for open bowling at all times so no league can be larger than 20 teams which when this policy was first put into action, cost some leagues to lose teams and now it seems most leagues are shrinking rapidly.  Most of their weird policies are because the upper management (not the center manager) do not have a bowling background.  They are more concerned about the local golf course they run.

Center only oils before each league the lanes that will be used plus one pair for breakdown and as most leagues start on lane 1 that means that the high end of the house is dry.  Of course, those are the only lanes that are available for practise during or just before leagues.  One counterperson (a league bowler) will oil the entire center during their shift once a week otherwise the last few lanes usually only see oil maybe one other time during the week.  I have given up trying to bowl practise on those last four lanes unless I need to test a dry lanes ball. 

I have been told that they are trying to save money so that is why the lanes are not oiled as much.  I have to believe that the friction of the balls on dry lanes have to be causing more wear on the lane surface than if there was oil on them but they don't seem to believe that.

Nearest modern center is 70 miles away so no local competition for the center and no other lanes in town.

Friction is indeed a factor that people who don't want to oil the lanes should consider.  Unfortunately the world is full of examples of short term savings leading to long term expenses.  Lane oil is expensive, but necessary to preserve your investment as much as to provide a satisfactory playing environment.

Iono u guess not 30 ggrand for the ex factory of panasonic nw turn into bowling/full arcade / full restaurant ccenter Im at . But my hydroponic( growing trees) lights 8 of emm running me 800 bucks already so iono.

Iono u guess not 30 ggrand for the ex factory of panasonic nw turn into bowling/full arcade / full restaurant ccenter Im at . But my hydroponic( growing trees) lights 8 of emm running me 800 bucks already so iono.

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