Select truck washing service that is suitable for your

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Select Truck Washing Service That Is Suitable For Your Needs

wash jobs are for big accounts and they need plenty of water supply for doing properly. Fleet or truck washing service is available in almost any region of the country. People who need such services more will be those who have high industrial activities and need to use fleet transportation. The climate conditions are another factor that makes the service providers to offer the service easily. Type of job to be done differs from one truck washing company to another. In case you just have to wash one truck then the job will be easy and doesn’t require considering various factors but for fleet washing you have to consider many aspects. The service providers have to first assess the needs before starting the cleaning process. They have to review few items such as the type of equipments to use, number of equipments, time frequency of the cleaning, wash water recovery, water availability, type of cleaning needed, level of cleaning and availability of the fleet for cleaning etc. In general you can find 50 to 70 percent of fleet availability during the weekends rather than the week days. Any professional truck wash service providers make arrangements to get access to the fleet or trucks


during these off hours. It is the first step to consider while starting the cleaning process. Most of the fleet

Selecting the truck washing Service Company that gives importance to this factor is necessary. At the job site where cleaning is done you have to look for a good water source or connection. This is the first priority and it can also be achieved through an outside faucet or a meter that gives facility to connect with a fire hydrant. Before starting the cleaning process the right type of truck washing service provider will quickly make a walkthrough and check the fleet for issues. That is it is important to check the fleet for some problems such as oil leaks, left down windows, blown oil due to cracks or damages and other pre-existing problems and damages to the equipment. Some techniques used by the fleet or truck washers can work well but they need experience. That is why you have to look for a reliable and experienced truck washing company in your location. What techniques will work the best? For some truck or fleet wash service providers the one-step approach can work well. That is by applying a cleaning soap in heat and high pressure followed by rinsing is a single


step method that works well. Other techniques are exceptions as they involve a two step process. In case of aluminum brightening technique the process starts by applying acid or brightener followed by applying a soap and rinsing. This is a twostep process that requires spending more time. If the fleet is not cleaned for a long time then you have to look for two-step process as the fleet will have a good amount of diesel soot, grime and dirty with faded aluminum coating. Sometimes the fleet owners or truck owners want to use only a specific soap and the soaps they request cannot cut the road film. When the road film is not removed by the soap then hand brushing with soap and rinsing thoroughly is required for achieving it. Any reputed truck wash service provider makes use of good quality equipments and other supplies. When the truck washing company of your choice can satisfy your needs then it is a good idea to check what type of equipments and supplies it uses. Most of the fleet or trucks washing equipments are custom made. Some of the useful hand equipments include long or six feet wand having a ball valve shut off, short wands useful for cleaning tough to reach areas, 40 degrees and 25 degree nozzles, downstream injection unit, flow control and sprayer with low pressure capacity. Each one of the equipments are useful for different purpose and for every job all of them are not needed. Depending on the requirements of truck owners or fleet owners the truck washing companies select these equipments and decide whether chemicals are needed for cleaning or not. The site where cleaning process is to be done and the chemicals to use in the cleaning process are decided by these companies by considering local environment regulations including rules of disposal through sewers.


Those who are planning for truck washing must be prepared for collecting and disposing the waste water according to the local environment rules. Even though the power wash contractors can wash trucks on regular basis and use wash pads for collecting waste water and direct them to sanitary sewers or collection tanks, when it comes to fleet wash they have to invest in a proper waste water facility. Know what services and facilities the truck washing company of your choice offers before selecting it for your needs.


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