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Notes from the wash truck
What we have learned washing ten thousand units a year through Northland winters, written for the people who run fleets.
How often should a fleet be washed in Minnesota?
Weekly in brine season, biweekly in summer, weekly all year for refuse. How we set wash cycles, and what it costs to get it wrong.
What road salt and brine actually do to a truck
Why brine is worse than rock salt, which parts go first, and what a hot-water undercarriage wash does about it.
What does fleet washing cost?
The ranges most units fall in, what moves the price, and how a route compares with your own wash bay.
The two-step truck wash, explained
What each step does, why the order matters, and why a wash that never touches the truck with a brush gets it cleaner.
Clean trucks and roadside inspections
Why clean trucks get fewer inspections, what inspectors find on dirty ones, and where washing fits in a maintenance program.
Why refuse fleets need a wash program, not a wash
Weekly hopper and body washouts, degreasing the packer, undercarriage through winter, odor control, and where the water goes.
Wash water, reclaim and the stormwater rules
Where wash water can and cannot go, when a yard needs reclaim, and what to ask a mobile wash company about it.
How to choose a mobile fleet washing company
Twelve questions to ask before putting a fleet on a route, including the ones that separate a wash company from a kid with a pressure washer.
Ready for a fleet that looks like the company you are?
Tell us what you run and where it parks. We will quote it, usually the same day, and the first wash can be on the schedule within the week.