What is your level of quality?

for $15.00,Id throw a water balloon at it as I drove by on my way to a paying gig.
 
Biodude said:
If I was your customer, what would a $15 tractor or trailer wash get me as far as level of quality?
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It would depend on varying cicumstances, how the trucks are parked? what type exactly? how many i will be doing? the time of the day?

If i could make it work and make the margins I want?YES!!!

I know this might be a loaded question, so i answered it loaded...
 
Reread it. I thought it was $15.00 for both tractor and trailer. If you were 2-stepping and all of the things Ron mentioned it might be doable. No stack brushing, or any chrome for that matter.
 
Let's say it is a customer with 20 city tractors and 30 trailers that only run 9-5, washed every week on Wednesday from 8AM-8PM if need be:Then would you guys still not even consider it? And if you would, how much effort would you put into cleaning them-splash and dash, minting them out, or something in-between?
 
I would be very happy to get a job with 20/30 trucks/trailers for $15 per unit. I have jobs with less trucks than that for $8 per cab $15 per trailer, trailers cleaned out and yard swept. But, its every week.
 
I would do it at the same quality of my other higher paying jobs for the quantity but would not do any brushing, they would need to be day cabs, no extra care for polished things, no engine cleaning and they would need to be otr trucks/trailers (no dirt haulers or construction).
 
P&J said:
I would do it at the same quality of my other higher paying jobs for the quantity but would not do any brushing, they would need to be day cabs, no extra care for polished things, no engine cleaning and they would need to be otr trucks/trailers (no dirt haulers or construction).
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i guess yes needs to be 50-60 total with little brushing, but with nice machines and chems you wont need much brushing.:rolleyes:
 
Since I don't two step, I would brush. I can get a good job brushing faster than I can soaping and rinsing. The secret, as always is making sure the soap doesn't dry. In the summer, here, that is very nearly impossible.

So, I would do what I do. I would brush the cab, wash out the wheels, and finish the windows. I can do about 10 to 15 daycabs an hour doing that, and it will make my expected margins. Our record was 75 daycabs in 3 hours. We were moving and grooving to get it done, though. I think that it was the steak dinner I promised everyone at the end of the day...If we got done on time.
 
Under those circumstances I would take it on. With weekly washing we would likely only need to brush trucks once a month or so in order to keep them looking great. And seeing as you said they will be local traffic they won't get that dirty anyway. If they were road tractors then that would be a different beast.
 
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