Driver responsibility with the cleanliness of issued trucks?

To be honest, yes it is a lot to ask.

Are you going to assign each truck to a specific driver? If so, the interior may take a bit of a beating from being lived in. The exterior on the other hand, is a different matter.

If memory serves me right, you are acquiring used trucks. A weekly/bi-weekly wash may be a good investment for upkeep and appearance, but a deep clean exterior wise may be overdoing it. If all the trucks and trailers sit on the weekend, you may find a washing service to be cheaper to use.

If the trucks are not assigned, drivers should clean out the interior after each use. i would hate to get into a truck for the week to find a pigsty on my hands.

Personally, my truck is my home. I keep it as clean as I can because I do not like living in filth. But, road life is hard, and bad days exist trying to keep the truck clean

 

You would have to throw cash my way, To even, think about me hand washing a truck.

I get out the shop vac for my truck, windex the windows and scrub the interior.
Get paid hourly, so i can careless.

Anal retentiveness will just kill the employee/employer relationship.

As the old saying goes. If you want something done right, do it yourself.

 

It takes time to properly wash a truck by hand . When and where would you expect this to be done ? The extra cleaning you expect would be a waste of time and money under certain weather conditions . As far as grease removal goes , that can only be done with a pressure washer and has to be done under non-polluting conditions . As for paying drivers what it would cost to have a mobile wash do it ... Mobile washers can wash the truck in less than a quarter of the time and set prices for volume work . A driver won't wash the truck to your standards for that price . The price for rags , buckets , brushes , and other materials would add considerably to your operating expense .

 

I am a very neat and clean person. Already said i get out the shop vac and cleaning stuff. Nobody ask me to to do this. It's common sense.

We have a mobile truck wash crew comes by weekly. I never washed the exterior in 1.5 years been there.

I expect a lot from my company and get it. Why, because i bust my butt for them. They appreciate it. what goes around comes around.

You said to "really clean it"
I took that as hand washing

Oh for the record. the company just has 6 trucks. with 12 drivers.
Trucks are filthy running almost 24/7. Luckily i share a truck with common sense driver.

 

I WISH the last couple companies I was with would have provided me cleaning equipment. I absolutely hate filthy trucks. I do live in it, so I like it clean, inside and out. But thats just me. I had an Arrow truck that had mud all over it from picking up pipe at a yard in NE Texas. I begged them to let me wash the truck. It was a mess. All kinds of comments on the CB going down the road, but no biggie. I just hate filth. I finally broke out a garden hose at the yard in Dallas and did what I could with water and dish detergent.

Only thing I would reconsider is the grease, like was said before. Before you rinse all that grease and oil onto the ground, gotta make sure you arent violating any tree-hugger laws. I wont even begin to wash a truck engine down though, I dont know what I'm doing and dont want to get water in the wrong place.