| Having been in the pressure washing business for | | | | cutters installed, they'll smile, take a cup of coffee |
| some time know; a few decades. I have come to | | | | and leave you alone. Then they will take your |
| the realization that most pressure washing companies | | | | business card and pass it around the public agencies |
| are missing many lucrative markets; market | | | | for more work. Government work although it is |
| segments, which are uncommon but not unprofitable. | | | | riddled with paper work and regulation and they are |
| Here are some ideas, which can help you in your | | | | extremely slow to pay their bills can in fact be good |
| pressure washer business if you wish to increase | | | | for fill in busy work on long-term contracts. |
| sales and expand your business. | | | | Dairy Industry Cleaning |
| Lumber Industry & Services | | | | In your pressure washing business you might find you |
| Some pressure washing companies wash heavy | | | | can help dairies and independent distributors with all |
| equipment for many U.S. and Canadian timber | | | | their cleaning needs. You can steam clean costly |
| companies, lumber mills, and logging trucking | | | | pasteurization equipment using corrosion resistant |
| companies. We recommend that you paint your | | | | soaps on a routine preventative wash maintenance |
| equipment a bright and safe color; our equipment is | | | | schedule. Make sure all of your products meet USDA |
| painted safety yellow and our crews have worked in | | | | inspector codes and are FDA approved. The easiest |
| and around the timber industry, so we realize the | | | | way for the Dairy Industry to keep from being |
| importance to stay "heads-up" in work zone, as well | | | | milked by the FDA, USDA, EPA, OSHA, and animal |
| as out of the way of the massive equipment we are | | | | rights groups is to run a tight ship. You will also find |
| cleaning while they are in operation. You should take | | | | lots of work cleaning facility forklifts, delivery trucks, |
| a similar approach and mindset to safety when | | | | buildings, and equipment. Make this one of your |
| working pressure washing in the lumber or timber | | | | market niche specialties. Here is a link to a reclaim |
| industry. | | | | system called a vacu-boom, which we use. You might |
| Many times you will need to work weekends cleaning | | | | use something similar in your pressure washing |
| equipment so that you are undisturbed. This is also | | | | company. With livestock all around it is imperative |
| good for the timber or lumber company since they | | | | that your reclaim your water for the health of the |
| you don't have to worry about another crew in the | | | | animals and our food supply. |
| yard. You may be asked to clean and work on | | | | You may also find the dairy companies asking you to |
| cranes loading rail cars, barges moving timber down | | | | wash down bars, fences, covered awnings, troughs, |
| the river and steam cleaning mills. There are many | | | | barns, storage tanks, fittings, concrete pads, etc.. |
| lare companies in this industry such as Boise-Cascade, | | | | These are important items to take care of as well. |
| Potlatch and Mead Paper. Logging trucks are also | | | | Make sure you have convenient monthly billing, |
| good accounts, some are owned by fleet companies | | | | workers compensation, SB198 safety plan (if in |
| and others by independent operators. | | | | California), OSHA approved safety ware, EPA |
| Drainage Ditches | | | | approved soaps, NPDES recognized Best |
| As you know, the county flood control, districts, EPA | | | | Management Practices (BMPs), MSDS for all products |
| and State's NPDES permits require that you meet all | | | | and fully comply with all government regulations. |
| required code; otherwise you can't work. Once the | | | | There are always lots of visits from government |
| authorities know you can clean without polluting you | | | | inspectors to such facilities and you need to run |
| will find they also have lots of work to be done. | | | | things right. |
| Debris and dirt in cement ditches must be removed | | | | Think on these additional industries when determining |
| and the organic material flushed out to keep the | | | | your focus in the pressure washing industry, |
| drainage clean and clear. When inspectors show up | | | | sometimes the most lucrative accounts have little if |
| and find a dust free excavated field, clear drainage | | | | any competition involved. |
| ditches, hay bales in strategic locations and cement | | | | |