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Written from inside a working fleet wash company. Starting out, what fleets pay, the wash water rules, washing in winter, reading your numbers, pricing per unit and tightening your routes.
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Written from inside a working fleet wash company. Starting out, what fleets pay, the wash water rules, washing in winter, reading your numbers, pricing per unit and tightening your routes.
Why the storm drain is off limits, the three places wash water can go, and what a city can ask of a mobile washer.
Read the articleThe truck, the machines, water, insurance and permits, with published cost figures and where each one comes from.
Read the articleThree operators’ price lists by unit type, what a fleet pays per month, and what moves a quote up or down.
Read the articleEvery two weeks is the usual start. When to go weekly, when monthly is enough, and who says so.
Read the articleAcid, then alkaline, then rinse. How to do it, where it damages surfaces, and the acid that has put wash workers in the hospital.
Read the articleWhat de-icers do to trucks, what the trade says works, and how to wash when the water freezes where it lands.
Read the articleRevenue by the week you did the work, revenue per unit, minutes per unit, and the work you haven’t billed yet.
Read the articleStart with how long a unit takes you, add labor, chemicals and the truck, then your margin. A worked example.
Read the articleUnlogged units, add-ons nobody billed, rates that never went up and the slow yard nobody repriced. How to find each one.
Read the articleTwo routes can bill the same and earn very different money. How to measure drive time against wash time, and tighten it.
Read the articleYour Google Business Profile, a page for each service and area, reviews, and how to tell if any of it is working.
Read the articleA spreadsheet is the right start. The signs you’ve outgrown it, and how to move without losing your history.
Read the articleGive us twenty minutes and we’ll walk you through it with your own yards in mind. Or just start free and log your first wash today.