Good and Bad Tank Washes

Discussion in 'Tanker, Bulk and Dump Trucking Forum' started by wsyrob, Sep 8, 2012.

  1. Henley

    Henley Light Load Member

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    There's plenty near Keasbey you can bobtail to, but of course that part of Jersey can get a little confusing.
     
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  3. tank4life

    tank4life Light Load Member

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    The bad thing about bobtailing out of Keasby would be the temptation of never coming back!!!
     
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  4. 1catfish

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    keasby sheesh, i got lost coming out of that place.....it's hard to explain to my family how that place really look's under the bridge......lol.
     
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  5. Klleetrucking

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    JUST CURIOUS.

    What does it cost to have a tank cleaned/washed out? I pull a stepdeck and have often wondered about the cost.
    I'd imagine the cost goes up with the level of the product's nastyness. I'd also guess the washes have some serious recovery systems for the waste.
    Thanks for your time.
     
  6. david123abc

    david123abc Heavy Load Member

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    Varies greatly depending on the product/customer requirements. When I was washing tanks, a cold flush was $90.00 + $35.00water/energy surcharge. Stripper wash for latex was $215.00 + 35.00 surcharge. Any hand scraping was billed hourly.

    One customer, a plant owned their own trailers and made fragrance oils. They required the trailers be made odor free only with steam. Those washes routinely ran in excess of $700.

    A large heel can make the cost of a wash skyrocket into the thousands of dollars.
     
  7. Klleetrucking

    Klleetrucking Medium Load Member

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    "Heel", meaning leftover product?
    I figured the washouts were pretty pricey if only from an environmental standpoint.
     
  8. wis bang

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    The most expensive was any Acrylate monomer [butyl, methyl, ethyl, 2 ethyl hexyl, etc] the product that eliminates the odor is $375.00 a gal an it tkes a quart or two per wash...

    Pre-solvent wash is also costly since it is followed by a caustic wash.

    Heels get billed per gal recovered and can be big bucks. You can't eliminate some as the viscous product clings to the interior of the trailer and won't drain quickly. Any residuals large enough to be very costly to dispoas were usually turned away and told to go back and finish their delivery!
     
  9. wis bang

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    I wrote the directions that Krajack used to distribute to get trucks into keasbey.
    Every different approach was a different set of instructions...sound better than every different direction was a different set of directions.

    I still have photos of the re-build of the older Route 9 bridge...Do the Parkway commuters still mention when they go 'over the top' on the CB when they go southbound over the bridge?
     
  10. Drifter42

    Drifter42 Hopper Heartache

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    It is still decent and the free hotdogs and popcorn are a plus. Pretty cool people there.
     
  11. t bird

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    Rob that is the best one I have been to great people. There to.
     
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