Do you do this or am I insane?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by otterinthewater, Jan 15, 2019.

I wash my truck in the rain Am I....?

  1. Totally insane

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  2. Slightly insane

    8 vote(s)
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  3. Bored out of my mind

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  4. Slightly OCD

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  1. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    C'mon down to FL and do it during hurricane season, you'll get a high pressure rinse, guaranteed spot free...of course, it might end up in the next county, but, that's what the eye is for(some people call the eye of a hurricane intermission, or half time)
     
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  3. Sirscrapntruckalot

    Sirscrapntruckalot Road Train Member

    If spin dry is what you need visit tornado country.

    IT will be in the next county, but hey...it's free.

    I hear mother nature does a hail of a good job when it comes to a good wash an dry.

    Sirscrapntruckalot - Any chance there is an award for most bad puns in one thread?
     
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  4. UturnGirl

    UturnGirl Road Train Member

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    I was waiting to vote for missing chromosome.
     
  5. otterinthewater

    otterinthewater Road Train Member

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    I knew I could count on you!
     
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  6. rbrtwbstr

    rbrtwbstr Road Train Member

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    Slightly insane.

    I wonder, do you take the floor mats out and wash them, to get the piss from the Peelot off them?

    I'm probably totally insane about such things. I don't go in truckstop anymore, but I sometimes have no choice but to use a job Johnny. I ALWAYS scrub the floor mats after being in one of those.

    Yes, I wash my truck in the rain, thunderstorms, snow, sleet and sometimes hail. But, it's part of the job around here, and I'm paid to do it.
     
  7. otterinthewater

    otterinthewater Road Train Member

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    Yes. I’ve got some spray bleach that I hit them with first...just to kill any critters keen to hold on and infect me with windowlickeritis. :)
     
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  8. Tb0n3

    Tb0n3 Road Train Member

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    Rain WAS distilled water, but it formed around dust in the air in order to form a droplet.
     
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  9. Movingismylifeilovemoving

    Movingismylifeilovemoving Light Load Member

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    I e actually thought about this.

    I have a brush to scrub my boat that I've thought about bringing just for this
     
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  10. Dennixx

    Dennixx Road Train Member

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    We run a 24/7/365 operation so the units get filthy,
    especially during winter.
    State EPA regs don't allow on site washing even with a mobile service.
    I hit a beacon wash when I'm near one regardless of weather.
    Never a line when stuffs falling from the sky.

    Wash the car on way to work, sometimes on the way home too, in rain and snow w a unlimited wash pass, and yes I do get looks as I exit during crap weather.
     
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  11. skellr

    skellr Road Train Member

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    Yes, but it isn't full of minerals, they were left behind. It's still going to be a practical spot free rinse.
     
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