| Washing the exterior of a truck. Sounds
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| | over these types of tractors. The backs
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| easy right? Well, it's not really. When
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| | of the cabs can get really greasy. You're
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| you soap a truck, it is very important
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| | going to have to use some kind of a
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| that you are careful to soap around all
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| | cleaner. Whitewall cleaner or citrus
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| the handles, turn signal lights, steps,
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| | cleaner/degreaser work the best. You
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| and wipers. You want to soap all that
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| | spray it on and blast it off. It usually
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| stuff by hand. Use a one-foot by one foot
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| | makes them perfect. Make sure your hot
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| lamb's wool square-not a mitt, they don't
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| | water pressure washer, we recommend Landa
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| work well. You can use a brush for the
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| | or HydroTek unit is running at 150+
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| rest of the truck, but you have to get in
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| | degrees, 180 is most optimal. Soaps
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| around the handles and stuff by hand.
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| | activate best at 180 plus degrees, too
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| There is no shortcut if you wish to
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| | hot and you get steam with less water
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| maintain quality.Many product
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| | flow and potentially get vapor locks
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| manufactures say you can use inline
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| | slowing your progress. For more
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| injection with certain soaps and let the
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| | information on Truck Washing equipment or
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| soap dwell for 30 seconds and rinse.
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| | procedures contact; The Truck Wash Guy;
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| That's great but you'll dull the paint.
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| | all know that there's grease also on the
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| If you don't hand soap there will be huge
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| | bottom of the front axles, which require
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| spots where you missed, because the brush
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| | high pressure hot water to clean. You may
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| cannot get to all the nooks and crannies.
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| | have to get down kind of low and blast
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| It just physically is impossible. So when
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| | the front axle from the front of the
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| you're washing a truck you want to make
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| | tractor. Use an extension wand and get
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| sure that you are soaping most of the
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| | the grease in between the frame rails of
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| nooks and tricky parts by hand.Now the
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| | the tractor behind the cab as well.
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| rest of it, you can soap by using a
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| | You're going to want to get all the
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| brush. One thing you may want to check
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| | grease off of the rear differential,
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| out on Peterbuilt trucks that have the
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| | airbrakes and the airshocks. These are
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| large front end that looks like a car,
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| | the places where you see the majority of
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| with the hood, not the flat cab, Kenworth
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| | the grease. Check the bottoms of the gas
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| type. On this Peterbuilt style truck, you
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| | tanks. The diesel fuel really blasts off
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| can loosen the big straps that strap down
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| | easy especially with hot water. One pass
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| the hood and pull on the front of the
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| | and it will clean it up. Make sure you
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| hood and tilt it forward. You will notice
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| | hit this area otherwise there will be a
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| the top of the hood goes straight up and
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| | big grease stain there. Trucks are
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| down, when it's fully forward. Then you
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| | usually inspected by the state patrol.
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| can soap it pretty easily and you can
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| | That's the highway patrol or state
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| stand on the tires. Usually the trucks
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| | troopers as they're called in some
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| have two cross members that hold the
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| | states. They give tickets at the scales
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| radiators in place above the engine. You
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| | when they test for load weight before the
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| can usually stand on those and soap the
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| | trucks go down hills and at different
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| top part of the cab. That is probably the
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| | inspection points they check for
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| easiest way to do it if you're alone.
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| | excessive grease, because that's a fire
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| That way you're not climbing all over the
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| | hazard for over the road trucks. Always
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| tractor because when some of these
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| | make sure you clean the license plate on
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| fenders get slick with soap, you will
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| | the back of the tractors. The trucks will
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| slide right off. You're going to be four
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| | get stopped at the scales if you cannot
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| or five feet in the air. As you slide off
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| | read the license plate.Make sure the
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| you might get hurt. You certainly don't
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| | trucks you wash don't get tickets. If
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| want to have a worker hurt him/herself.
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| | they do they'll probably terminate your
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| So you may want to tilt the hood open.You
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| | contract for cleaning their trucks
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| are going to have to hand soap the
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| | because you're not helping them if you
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| wheels. You're not going to be able to
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| | don't clean all the grease off. Bugs.
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| clean them with a brush because they have
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| | Boy, there's always bugs on the front of
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| those big lug nuts. In between the little
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| | trucks. So you want to make sure you get
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| chrome caps that go around the lug nuts
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| | all the bugs off. Some trucks have those
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| is a space that you're going to have to
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| | big chrome horns on top of the cabs, and
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| hit. You don't want to miss those areas.
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| | the little yellow lights that are all the
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| It's ok to spray a citrus cleaner, white
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| | way across the top of the cab. These get
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| wall cleaner, or strong degreaser on the
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| | really dirty with lots of bugs. Many
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| wheels, but don't put these types of
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| | trucks have really big rear view mirrors
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| chemicals on polished alcoa aluminum
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| | on sides of the fronts of the cabs so
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| wheels. Hand soap them along with the
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| | that when they turn they don't hit
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| rear wheels on the tractor and the
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| | smaller cars that are low to the ground.
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| trailer. Make sure when you're rinsing
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| | You have to hand soap those as well, both
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| those wheels that you rinse thoroughly.
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| | sides; bugs in front and dirt on the
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| You'll have to dry the water out,
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| | back. And make sure you clean bugs off
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| otherwise the water rests in there and
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| | the front license plate.To clean the
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| the entire soap residue rests in a little
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| | entire fleet repeat this simple process
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| pool of water in those rims. Then when
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| | in rapid repetition and as you work down
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| the driver moves the truck or trailer the
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| | the line you will see why on the first
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| dirty pool of water splashes the rest of
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| | day God made dirt and then soon after he
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| the rim spotting it and the dirt ring
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| | made water to clean it off all he
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| travels around and around. Pay attention
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| | created.
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| to this kind of stuff.There's grease all
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