Trucks are so shiny and clean...

They pay for it and require it. I think all companies should. Nothing says a driver cares about his job more than a clean truck. Companies that want to contract you see that, and see that if you care about your appearance and your truck, you'll care about their frieght.

 

then on the other hand, there are companies out there that dont pay for it. and sorry, but as a company driver, why should i care more about YOUR truck than you do?

 

That wasn't what the question was about. That's a whole other debate. I care more about my truck than the company does, I am the one living in it. I clean my apartment too, and I don't own it. To each their own. Fortunately my company pays for my truck to be washed, then I polish it, doesn't cost much to do that.

 

Yeah but you live in it, not on it. Do you clean the outside of your apartment, do you need scaffold, or can you get it with a ladder

 

To the OP:
We can go through a Blue Beacon every 21 days. Maverick pays for the tractor and trailer to be washed. Also, we have a drive through truck wash at two of our terminals.

 

Yeah, Evil E is correct. Blue Beacon every 21 days for me since I never get out to the NLR or Madison terminals being in a dedicated route. Our trucks DO get awfully dirty though! Just last week I delivered to this consignee up around the Chicago area, a RIDICULOUSLY TIGHT back into a downgraded door/dock and to top it off more than half of the space (on my passenger side) to use for the back was deep, wet mud. Almost got stuck, needless to say I needed a wash in the worst way, but couldn't until yesterday when I got close to a BB wash on my deadhead home for the Holidays. There are times when I (and others) have to drive around in a muddy truck.