Congratulations Joe, your business is constantly growing! I’m thinking you’ll want hot water to help dissolve the mud and grease. Hit those pneumatic trailers with aluminum brightener after washing the muck off of them. Interstate truck washes such as Blue Beacon use aluminum brighteners, just avoid getting it on any polished aluminum or it’ll dull the shine.
I know to get them things clean you can use aluminum brightener but I know there's a special chemical that breaks down the concrete I forgot what it's called I'll do some research for you
Your buddy Russ from Southside has a product called SUPER CRETE RELIEF. It'll be a great chemical for removing concrete and getting the fleet clean. I've never removed concrete from trucks so wouldn't know what to charge but you could just do an hourly rate because I hear ready mix trucks take a fair bit of effort to get clean. Best of luck Joe!
Get a foam gun specifically for cleaning vehicles, low pressure for the cleaning foam let it soak or dwell a bit, then full pressure wash…. The first cleaning will be tough, but the monthly cleaning will be a breeze.
Wow, that’s a coincidence, I had a friend refer me to a trucking company and I’m also trying to figure the best method. My lead is just regular highway grime though, concrete dust seems tricky for sure. Definitely following! Keep crushing it Joe!
I got into fleet washing this year,there’s lots of chemicals out there that work pretty good,your also probably best with a 2 step gun,lots of options out there but you want to be fast and efficient with fleet it’s great for the winter to keep money coming in that’s the major reason I got into it
Joe i got asked to clean equipment and trucks an a scrap yard guy was going to pay me $1000.00 weekly could only be done Saturday afternoon or Sunday all day I work 50-70 hours a week railroad have my business on the side because of my lack of knowledge and not having a hot water machine I turned down kills me everyday if I was full time I could never let that go
Purple power degreaser as a primary and foam cannon with chemical guys. Use a soft bristle brush. That's the cheapest high quality route. Pro-nano and liquid wax is the high end way to go.
Hey bud feel free to reach out to me. Most all my experience is with heavy equipment cleaning. Be more then happy to help in any way bud. P.E.I Canada 🇨🇦
Whole other ball game Joe if you want to get into it right. I recommend you build a trailer rig dedicated strictly for it. Hot water unit, acid, chemical, 2 step gun or 2 step remote system. You’ll need to know your surfaces, acids and soaps. Quite a bit more entailed then softwashing. More limitations, etc.
Kleen Rite has a LARGE selection of cleaning soaps, which you will need. Hot water is must for the road rigs.
The high rise tube…check with local dot on regs for doing cleaning that involves objects over roadways. You may also want to look into water reclaiming systems. TN doesn't really busy it, but I'm not sure a out your area. Lastly, get a lift for the job. Work smarter not harder.
I'd stay away from those trucks. You'll make way more washing houses. I use to do all the FedEx trucks. By the time you buy all your chemicals to clean them and the time it takes to wash one you could've made $600 washing a house. Most trucking companies dont wanna pay anything you'll be lucky if they'll pay $100 a truck and that ain't worth it . To Time consuming for the money they pay.
The fleetwasher's I know have hot water and upstream chemicals rather than downstream as downstream is not strong enough concentration. I am not sure how using the 12v system for concentration and cold water will work for cleaning trucks/trailers.
Joe I would do a taste test first on a couple of the tanks..As far as the tube I would pass on that stating you only do ground work at this point..Good luck..
I think I would pass on the trucks. My efforts would be best spent elsewhere. I had a guy call me to wash the top of his RV yesterday. I really wanted to help him out, but I’m not walking on top of an RV, 12’ high and have to scrub. “I don’t need the sides done, just the top”. That juice ain’t worth the squeeze
Might I say you are an actual beast at house washing. I have not seen anyone go through these many houses in a day like you. Would love to know how you are landing all these.
Heck yeaaaaaa, I got a weekly with a paving company, that one Sunday alone is worth more than my job. But I’m not 2 stepping, I’m brushing everything on-site
Joe I’d probably stay away from that fleet if it was myself. I have only one easy fleet. Those trailers are dry bulk trailers and are very awkward to wash and soap. Aluminum brightener makes them look good but will not look even at all due to the shape of them. Also would need to use brightener every single wash since those trailers go through hell in a month so would be very costly and time consuming. Stick to houses!
Been there done that wasn't my thing. I used to run heavy equipment before I got into washing. I didn't like getting covered with grease. Good luck Joe. Hope it works for you.
Interesting lead!
Still crushing it!! Nice job Joe!
Congratulations Joe, your business is constantly growing! I’m thinking you’ll want hot water to help dissolve the mud and grease. Hit those pneumatic trailers with aluminum brightener after washing the muck off of them. Interstate truck washes such as Blue Beacon use aluminum brighteners, just avoid getting it on any polished aluminum or it’ll dull the shine.
Make that money baby!!!!
I know to get them things clean you can use aluminum brightener but I know there's a special chemical that breaks down the concrete I forgot what it's called I'll do some research for you
Wish I could help. Never had the opportunity.
A lot of guys two-step Wash fleet vehicles….a lot different from residential washing for sure.
Your buddy Russ from Southside has a product called SUPER CRETE RELIEF. It'll be a great chemical for removing concrete and getting the fleet clean. I've never removed concrete from trucks so wouldn't know what to charge but you could just do an hourly rate because I hear ready mix trucks take a fair bit of effort to get clean. Best of luck Joe!
Get a foam gun specifically for cleaning vehicles, low pressure for the cleaning foam let it soak or dwell a bit, then full pressure wash…. The first cleaning will be tough, but the monthly cleaning will be a breeze.
Wow, that’s a coincidence, I had a friend refer me to a trucking company and I’m also trying to figure the best method. My lead is just regular highway grime though, concrete dust seems tricky for sure. Definitely following! Keep crushing it Joe!
I got into fleet washing this year,there’s lots of chemicals out there that work pretty good,your also probably best with a 2 step gun,lots of options out there but you want to be fast and efficient with fleet it’s great for the winter to keep money coming in that’s the major reason I got into it
We wash for that company at another plant. We mainly do the tanker trailers to get the concrete off them.
Hey Joe Try contacting Michael Hinderliter about any fleet washing questions you have. I’m sure he can answer a lot of things for you.
I also follow this guy… Good information for what you trying to do with trucks… https://youtu.be/rwRyxXUFQVY
Joe i got asked to clean equipment and trucks an a scrap yard guy was going to pay me $1000.00 weekly could only be done Saturday afternoon or Sunday all day I work 50-70 hours a week railroad have my business on the side because of my lack of knowledge and not having a hot water machine I turned down kills me everyday if I was full time I could never let that go
Purple power degreaser as a primary and foam cannon with chemical guys. Use a soft bristle brush. That's the cheapest high quality route. Pro-nano and liquid wax is the high end way to go.
Hey bud feel free to reach out to me. Most all my experience is with heavy equipment cleaning. Be more then happy to help in any way bud.
P.E.I Canada 🇨🇦
Joe, you mentioned getting good reviews from the big white house. Do you send the customer a link or ask them to go to Google and leave a review?
Joe always gets her done ! Thanks for another great video !
I think house washing and Commercial properties are more bucks for the bang lol
Chem-X Stars and Strips..FTW🤘 It'll save you a ton of time on those trucks.. Bob will hook you uppppp👌
How is that 8GPM working for you? Any big differences from the 5.5?
Be careful when cleaning that Tube over the road the overspray could come in contact with the high voltage lines
Whole other ball game Joe if you want to get into it right. I recommend you build a trailer rig dedicated strictly for it. Hot water unit, acid, chemical, 2 step gun or 2 step remote system. You’ll need to know your surfaces, acids and soaps. Quite a bit more entailed then softwashing. More limitations, etc.
2 step touchless soap hands down works week on my fleet washing portion of my business
Congratulations Joe!
Kleen Rite has a LARGE selection of cleaning soaps, which you will need. Hot water is must for the road rigs.
The high rise tube…check with local dot on regs for doing cleaning that involves objects over roadways. You may also want to look into water reclaiming systems. TN doesn't really busy it, but I'm not sure a out your area. Lastly, get a lift for the job. Work smarter not harder.
I'd stay away from those trucks. You'll make way more washing houses. I use to do all the FedEx trucks. By the time you buy all your chemicals to clean them and the time it takes to wash one you could've made $600 washing a house. Most trucking companies dont wanna pay anything you'll be lucky if they'll pay $100 a truck and that ain't worth it . To Time consuming for the money they pay.
The fleetwasher's I know have hot water and upstream chemicals rather than downstream as downstream is not strong enough concentration. I am not sure how using the 12v system for concentration and cold water will work for cleaning trucks/trailers.
Joe I would do a taste test first on a couple of the tanks..As far as the tube I would pass on that stating you only do ground work at this point..Good luck..
I think I would pass on the trucks. My efforts would be best spent elsewhere. I had a guy call me to wash the top of his RV yesterday. I really wanted to help him out, but I’m not walking on top of an RV, 12’ high and have to scrub. “I don’t need the sides done, just the top”. That juice ain’t worth the squeeze
You could look into Chem-X, he has a detailing channel and primarily does vehicles such as those. He sells his own products.
Might I say you are an actual beast at house washing. I have not seen anyone go through these many houses in a day like you. Would love to know how you are landing all these.
Heck yeaaaaaa, I got a weekly with a paving company, that one Sunday alone is worth more than my job. But I’m not 2 stepping, I’m brushing everything on-site
Zep from Napa makes a truck and trailer wash…touchless..no scrubbing needed..works great….follow up with a wax spray..foam cannon and keep it moving
Joe I’d probably stay away from that fleet if it was myself. I have only one easy fleet. Those trailers are dry bulk trailers and are very awkward to wash and soap. Aluminum brightener makes them look good but will not look even at all due to the shape of them. Also would need to use brightener every single wash since those trailers go through hell in a month so would be very costly and time consuming. Stick to houses!
Been there done that wasn't my thing. I used to run heavy equipment before I got into washing. I didn't like getting covered with grease. Good luck Joe. Hope it works for you.
Check out our page for more info Joe we specialize in Exterior Cleaning for Concrete Ready Mix Companies
I've reached out to dump truck businesses trucking places still no luck . My idea aswell for winter
There is a Quikrete in my area! I'm bidding ASAP!!!
I’m laughing at this moment in the vid!🤣🤣🤪how to fleet&tube wash! Lol
Smooth💪
Can we get an update video