Hi again,
I have price list questions. Is there a general price list out there for washing the big rigs, to include cleaning the inside of the cab? How about the same for roll-off trucks, to include the interior of the cab. Roll off dumpsters and heavy equipment clean7ng prices. So far I’m just a guy in a pick up with a 4k psi washer and a lot of time on my hands. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Phoenix Services
p.S. Thanks Thad for the welcome.
I can’t help you as far as cleaning the inside, but the outside I charge $35 per semi tractor including the engine, and $40 for 53ft trailers
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Wow! Do you make a decent living at those rates? Fleet washing seems like a good thing, but the prices always look so low! Am I missing something? I’m at $100.00 (absolute minimum) for a 14x70 single wide mobile home, (and they have to be way easier than a grimed out semi trailer, which is 53x8, right?)
Jesse
Atlas Services
Exterior Cleaning Specialists
North Carolina
www.CallAtlas.com
Hi Atlas 1,
Yes the trailers do get nasty. Especially if they have been cross country a few times. You say you get $100.00 per single story trailer, we get about $125.00 maybe a little more. I try to stay away from residential stuff, others flock to it. Usually I only concern myself with commercial and government work. Don’t get me wrong I’ll do residential if needed or if I have time, but I don’t go out looking for it. To each his (or her) own I guess.
I can’t charge any more without losing the account theirs a blue beacon right across the street from two of my accounts
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Oh, ok yeah the name of the game there is to beat the competition. See if you can get a copy of their prices and knock some money off, just enough to make you look attractive and enough you can make some money. Maybe throw in something they don’t offer. I am not familiar with the company, but I’m sure theres something they don’t offer for one reason or another. Give it a shot see what happens.
Phoenix Services
I wash fleets that are about 45 minutes from the major cities. There are no large truck wash facilities near the companies I wash for. I get 115 for a base wash, 135 if they want their rims and tanks brightened, and 150 if they are extra dirty (mud caked on) or they want citrus on their shinny trailers.
Good deal but HARD work. It is taking me awhile to do it seeing as I’m by…my…self lol
Aeast54
What citrus cleaner are you using and what is your application method? Are you talking chrome or aluminum?
I use an aluminum brighter called Sunfire from Chappell supply. For aluminum I’ll use a citrus brightened from the same company. Right now I’m using pump sprayers but I’d love to be able to down stream all that eventually. If you have are going to be washing trucks that are cleaned regularly, you’ll only need to “flash” the aluminum. Meaning spray it on and rinse it off. Mix is as directed and only increase if needed. It’s better to be on the lean end of dilution rather than rich. You can play with it.
Aeast54
I usually 2 step for speed. Takes care of everything with less work. Just wondering about how effective the citrus cleaners were. Down streaming will definitely make your life easier. You can walk an entire trailer in 10 seconds and do the entire bottom rail versus a pump up sprayer.
Do you use a flow jet to downstream?
Aeast54
Injector matched to your GPM.
I’ll have to do some research. Do you switch Chem from the wand or walking back and forth?
Aeast54
I use a dual lance to turn chems on/off. Twist the handle…
You switch from acid to soap to rinse all by twisting the handle?
Aeast54
Generally walk back to switch between different chems… Handle goes from high pressure (rinse) to low pressure (soap).
I have a dual lance wand but it doesn’t effect the chemical, just the pressure. There’s a valve on my machine to draw soap and then I have a ball valve on my chem tank. Wish I could switch it while 100ft away
Aeast54
What do you do with the dual lance? Install the downstream injector. Save a ton of footsteps aka time.
Do you have a link to where I can find info? Looking online now
Aeast54
Looking up 2 stepping a swell. Don’t know if I want to spend the money but I’ve been thinking about it for awhile. May not be able to afford not to!
Aeast54
