You have an awesome team out there at your compound. Pretty impressive as I pulled into the warehouse entrance and saw the Texas Pressure Washing logo on each entry to each building out there. Normally its a hunt to find a company amongst all the other companies in a business park, Well…I was shocked to find that all the buildings belong to you. Lol. Leave some business for us “smaller” guys out here. 
It was nice to finally meet you, you’re one of the good guys in the industry. Keep up the great work. I appreciate your honesty through your posts as in this one about having to step back in to run the business with hands on. Real life scenarios. I know you have the right team out there, maybe they weren’t quite ready for you to step out, Never a sign of weakness, its simply a “take 2” Action! Keep doin what you’re doin, it will all meet and more than likely exceed ALL of your expectations.
This is our mock up for our first truck and first advertisement wrap deal. Feel free to judge and humble me!
I think saying veteran owned already implies what you’re trying to say with “fully American”
Editing to reply to the wrap. Never seen “Fully American”. I think everyone is welcome and can be American. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Land of the free and home of the brave. The American dream. It’s why I want to share knowledge and offer a hand.
Definitely thinking of removing the fully American part. Just trying to figure out where to put the insured part. Or maybe they will think it’s implied at the point. Idk
Less is more. Especially on truck signage.
I go barebones: 2 services, logo, and company name, and a small “established 2006” blurb on the fender. No phone number, no website, nothing else.
You don’t have to go quite that minimal. But think about maybe just summing up your biggest services into 2-3 categories, saying “veteran owned and operated”, and just a website instead of a QR code + phone number. And your logo and company name, of course.
I’m not sure if that comment was meant for me, but I wasn’t suggesting that being a Veteran requires being American or the other way around. When I read “fully American,” my first thought was that it meant they don’t employ foreigners. Depending on the location, this approach could either work very well or fail miserably. Saying “Veteran Owned” already captures the attention of those interested in supporting patriotism and American-made products. Adding “Fully American” doesn’t add value for those already interested in a “Veteran Owned” business and might alienate those opposed to such exclusivity.
No I hit reply to you meaning to reply to him. But he messaged me. All good.
Year 4 update:
Broke 7 figures washing.
Turned my focus back to the wash company to some degree while running multiple companies (I don’t recommend it even with talented staff and VP’s).
In 2023 the wash company had not grown and stalled basically without my direct involvement. I blew it up and started over. All the way to ground. New employees from the ground up. While doing everything else. This year with an amazing team, a little bit of my focus and some networking we more than doubled our revenue by $579,326 and we still have a month to go. I have another $28,000 booked with $48k pending for the wash company. Just keep pushing, solving problems, networking, and talk to everyone.
Went from 3 trucks to 5.
Were there speed bumps? Yes.
This year I replaced 5 AC systems😂
1 engine
Soon to be a transmission
I have another truck I haven’t touched with a blown engine (truck #6)
Lost surface cleaners due to forgetting to lock a rack on a trip to Lubbock $3350 loss etc
Bought 3 trucks
Built 2 skids
Ad spend:
Facebook:$7800 for the year. $600 a month until October then I crank Xmas light ads up a bit because they go hard. My ROI on Facebook went back to the moon this year and stayed around 20:1 if not higher.
Google ads $0
But man what a ride to see this team grow from the man who came to me part time last year and said “I’ll bring you men you can trust and who won’t let you down.” Boy did he ever.
Hail the Spartans. If you’ve worked with them you know. If you do work with them you’ll see.
They love to travel, collaborate, and any project we work on is a 50/50 split even if you’re a solo guy with a 4GPM. You bring us to the table, it’s your party.
I finally built a ride on surface cleaner. Works like a champ and can run off of 2, 3, or 4 of my 10GPM machines.
A guy invited me to wash 5 parking garages and asked me for a ride on surface cleaner in return. I laughed and said I’ll bring the ride on with me, you can use it, pay me after and keep the left over profit. He was like wait what? I said the math on this project is way more than a ride on. He said I know but I don’t know what I am doing, how to do it or anything. I said that’s fine I’ll help show you but I am not going to take all the profit. We are splitting it 50/50 and then you can use your share to buy the ride on. He said this is why I came to you.
The biggest win though was providing full coverage health insurance, dental, eye, and hearing coverage to my employees across multiple companies at no cost to them (or me). You must have 5 employees and it’s through tax credits. I was skeptical and my team was too but it’s been accurate and we will see if it tracks these last two months on the returns.
Glad to hear you are doing well.
I like the ride on, looks like a zero turn without the deck. Is that one or two SC under there? SO it is always connected to the PW hose for the water feed? Any trouble with traction on a wet incline? If so, maybe remove the turf tires and put industrials on there, but if it works it works.
Thanks for the update……insightful
Two 24” bars with 4 nozzles. 4 way bars. No issues so far. But good idea about the tires. I am liking the clear coat we used to protect the powder coat.
