Truck Washing

Discussion in 'Questions To Truckers From The General Public' started by dudie0, May 23, 2013.

  1. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Especially if it's an offer from a cute little female voice on the CB wanting to detail the inside of your tractor?
     
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  3. RockinChair

    RockinChair Road Train Member

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    I'd go if I could get a free shower while the truck is getting its bath.


    Since you're wanting to operate in the Bakken in North Dakota, a free cup of hot coffee/cocoa/tea would be greatly appreciated, especially in those sub-zero winters.
     
  4. shortrun

    shortrun Light Load Member

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    I don't think they do knob polishing...
     
  5. dudie0

    dudie0 Bobtail Member

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    Gentle-people: thanks for lots of input. We'd be putting in a truck wash similar to this one: http://www.tctw.ca/
    8 minute wash. Not as detailed as a hand wash, but gets off the mud, ice and snow and leaves your truck looking great. Typical price point up there is $200. 90% of the water used is recycled so it's very friendly to government regulations.
     
  6. Saddletramp1200

    Saddletramp1200 Road Train Member

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    I have a "California Duster" My truck is my home. I own it. I don't do Mud, as a rule. Make it worth my time. I weighed 143,000 on a Cat scale. Took 4 hours to wash the mud off my low boy! I took a nap. $ 400 truck trailer wash. Made $ 2600.00 profit in 5 days. 1992, a good year.
     
  7. dudie0

    dudie0 Bobtail Member

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    As an alternative we could put in this kind of truck wash: truck_wash_006.jpg
     
    truckon Thanks this.
  8. TruckerPete1990

    TruckerPete1990 Road Train Member

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    We have a new high power one with no brushes it sucks I've been threw different machines washes they suck. Hand wash is best sorry...
     
  9. James Johnson

    James Johnson Light Load Member

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    I usually tried to keep my truck clean but it's hard to keep your truck clean. I usually go to a truck wash when I have time. Some cost like $65 or $75. I mean what the hell why that expensive. It's not trying to clean your truck to look sexy so everybody look at it. "Oh, that's a clean truck that looks sexy and beautiful" what the ####?!?
     
  10. miss elvee

    miss elvee Heavy Load Member

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    Streakin Beacon does a bobtail hand scrub with engine compartment for $50-60 USD. And I have guys with scrub brushes that do a walk around with me and touch up what they miss. I pay my niece $100 a month to detail the crap out of my interior.

    In winter, we knock the ice with a mallet. The big companies aren't paying to keep their dry vans clean. Tankers and reefers are a different story, though. Sometimes as often as every load. But to do those you need to clean the interior, too.
     
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