How much should i charge?

$400. The hardest part is the trailers. Keep in mind, it has been years since I have quoted fleet prices, and there are a TON of things that need to be considered for pricing. Where is the water? Are you moving the trucks to wash them? Do you have an onsite location to dispose of waste water? What time of day are you able to wash? Will there be people present when you are washing the trucks? Do you need to use DI water to get a spot free rinse? Are you in Snow areas? Are they over the road tractors? Have they been maintained properly? Are they good with a DI rinse on the windows, or are they expecting hand polishing? How about the fifth wheel on the tractor? Is it going to be washed? brushed? Scrubbed?
 
Hey Dan that's a good lead. Don't work cheap go for 30.00 on the day cabs. And 35.00 on the sleepers. Around the same on the trailers. If they haven't been cleaned in a while charge them for a first time cleaning at 10 to 15 extra per unit. Price it good and throw in the pickups. Make them feel like they are getting a deal. Also something to consider are they use an over the road truck wash currently or another vender like your self? Show them how you can save them money. And it will help you to keep you rates up. By saving them money I don't mean selling your service cheap. Show them how much they are spending at the truck wash, driver time, idling fuel costs, insurance on the truck and driver, potential route time lost, ect. If they are using someone else that is cheaper show them the quality you can offer them. That could be an excellent account.
 
You need more info, soap wash vs brushing is a big difference in time and money. Also how much mud if there is any are on the trucks. I used to do dump trucks every 2 weeks in which the mud would take 45 mins to remove before I could get to making it look pretty. Very little in costs as water is not expensive, so soap and gas being the only costs, but the time was long.

You have to find out how clean they want these, and how dirty they get before I would set a price. Also keep in mind winter months have different cleaning requirements if the trailers/sleepers go into snow. I know you don't have to worry about snow, just trying to give you as much info as I can.

Good luck, maybe set a price for the first cleaning and figure out how long it takes you and go from there. You will get quicker, but factor in what your time/material/time to pay is and go from there.
 
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