| In the heavy equipment cleaning business you can | | | | costs.Usually Heavy Equipment operator |
| make good money and provide an important | | | | companies will normally want a Demonstration |
| service for your clientele. You can save them | | | | wash and generally give you a filthy piece of |
| man-hours, chemical costs and free up time for | | | | equipment that they would never ask one of their |
| more important needs such as preventative | | | | own employees to clean. Once you prove |
| maintenance and repairs. The client also has a | | | | yourself you will be able secure the account and |
| better looking fleet which makes community public | | | | be flooded with work and referrals. You will be |
| relations easier and also helps in operator | | | | given lists of equipment to clean in multiple job |
| retention. Heavy off road equipment needs to be | | | | sites.You will need to purchase some of the |
| clean, especially radiators and ventilation to | | | | following equipment:A hot water pressure washer |
| prevent over heating. It is best to charge per unit | | | | with a minimum of 2500 psiA 250 gallon or bigger |
| rather than per hour and then work very hard | | | | water tankA 5ft or taller industrial ladderTen |
| and efficiently to increase your income.An | | | | Gallons of high alkali degreaserTen Gallons of |
| operator of a Heavy Equipment business knows it | | | | aluminum brightenerA Truck Wash BrushA Hudson |
| takes many hours to clean a D7 Dozer or a large | | | | chemical sprayers or electric inline chemical |
| Caterpillar Grader. They also know that when | | | | pumpYou will need to also secure extra tanks for |
| paying hourly rates to employees they must pay | | | | fuel if your hot water pressure washers does not |
| unemployment insurance, payroll, taxes, insurance, | | | | come with large fuel tanks. You will need one for |
| and administrative costs, so they are thinking real | | | | fuel for the pump and one for the fuel for the |
| costs. In the Heavy Equipment power washing | | | | heater. If it runs diesel fuel for both then it will be |
| business you are literally making money by saving | | | | much easier to work with one type of fuel. |
| the companies you service money and | | | | |