Need help on box truck set up for pressure Washer

Hey what's going on guys I bought a 16 ft box truck and I wanted to see if I could please get some advice on a set up for commercial and fleet washing? I was thinking about buying one or two hot water machines with a high gpm and a 550 gallon water tank. A roof cleaning system and possibly a sirocco recovery system. Do you guys thing I'm going in the right direction? I am also trying to figure out what to do to the wood floors. What do you guys recommend on how to take care of the flooring? I was thinking about have the floors rhino lined. Thanks guys
 
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OOOHHHH, electric hose reel. That would be really nice
 
Thank you for your advice guys, yeah I'm going to go with the rhino liner. What do you guys think the best type of machine I would be best off with?
 
Daniel, that's what I'll be doing next week to our box truck build. Going up the wall about 6-8 inches. Ain't cheap 12' box truck floor $900.00....but I think will be well worth it. Go with electric hose reels if budget allows....You'll thank me later. :)

Guy, is Titan the only manufacturer of electric hose reels?
 
Hannay hose reels are great! I have some of them, some electric and the rest manual and hold up great with the trailer being kept outside for many years.

They are expensive but worth it!
 
What is the GVWR of the truck? That will tell you how much weight you can put in the box.

Is it a 2500/250? 3500/ 350? 4500/450?
 
That's what I'm not sure about. I was thinking 6-8 gpm. Im looking to be able to fully reach commercial complexes from the ground more and speed up the process. Psi I was thinking 3500-4000. I'm a newbie to this
 
Tell us about yourself, are you new to the business, been around a while, expanding?

There are so many great brands of pressure washers like Hydrotek, Hotsy, Landa, Alkota, etc.....

I have thought about the rhino liner stuff but when I wanted my new trailer done, they wanted almost what the trailer cost to purchase new so I decided not to do it.

Some of the guys said that the self-applied bed liner material does not hold up to some chemicals like SH but the pro-installed stuff is better and stronger, might be a good idea to do.

I would go with at least 5gpm but no more than 8gpm for fleet washing, more than 8gpm is not needed and will wear you out before the day is done, less than 5gpm is kind of slow, especially when you have a lot of units to wash.

I would find out exactly what you will be dealing with as for recovery as a lot of times it is as simple as oil socks/ sand snakes, sump pumps, simple vacuums with pump outs, etc..... I would not buy anything until you know what the customers want you to do so you can see the situation so you know what you will need to do the job.

Have you been fleet washing or new to it?
 
Thank you chris. I have been in business for two years now and only have been working all types of residential and some small commercial jobs. Ive never gotten into fleet washing yet but I'm going to give it a try. I'm looking to expanded and land some solid accounts. What kind of machine do you recommend for commercial work? I was thinking the machine would have to be at least a 8gpm.
 
hey can rhino lined be painted different colors. one thing I would say mount the hose reels on the underside of the box frame of the truck.

I've always put them in the trucks for a various reasons including the fact that they'll freeze in cold weather and you don't need more holes than necessary in the floor. As far as Rhino liners go.......once you drill through it to bolt down machines you'll end up with water and chems getting underneath the product causing it to lift up. That's just my experience with it.
 
Make sure you have plenty of ventilation and vent the exhaust out of the truck. I always mock the truck up before I put anything in. You can do this by either drawing it to scale or simply laying it all out on your shop floor and moving it around to where you think the stuff should go.
 
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