Duluth is twenty minutes from our shop in Esko and the center of everything we do. More of our yards are in Duluth than anywhere else: carriers along Garfield Avenue and the port, distributors and LTL terminals off Highway 53 and the airport, haulers on the west side, contractors on Rice Lake Road, and the public and utility fleets that keep the city running through a Lake Superior winter.
What Duluth does to a truck
The hill. Duluth salts and brines Mesaba, Piedmont and the I-35 ramps heavily from the first November storm, and trucks running up and down them all day collect brine faster than anywhere in the region. The lake adds humidity that keeps that brine wet. A Duluth fleet that runs the hill through winter needs a weekly wash with undercarriage, and nearly all of ours do. Undercarriage washing.
Routes we already run in Duluth
- Port and Garfield Avenue: carriers, bulk haulers and the yards along Rice's Point.
- Lincoln Park and the west side: refuse fleets, contractors and distribution warehouses.
- Airport and Highway 53: LTL terminals, food distributors, utility yards.
- Rice Lake Road and Arrowhead: contractors, aggregate and equipment yards.
- Downtown and Canal Park: transit, hotel shuttles and delivery vans, washed in the early hours.
Nights in a Duluth yard
Most Duluth routes run after 6pm, when the trailers are dropped and the straight trucks are in. The crew bring their own water, so a yard without a hydrant or with a frozen spigot is no problem, and the wash trucks are quiet enough that we work next to residential streets without complaints.
How soon can you add a Duluth yard?
Usually within the week. We have routes through every part of the city, so a new yard is slotted onto the one that already passes closest.
Do you wash at the port terminals?
Yes, with the terminal's access rules. Tell us the gate and the hours and we will arrange it.