Mighty Clean: Power Washing a Muddy CAT Loader 

Glad you liked it! I had never done it before starting this customer. I was worried about breaking things, but they are built really tough. I would ask for feedback from the operators and just learned as I went. 1200 psi with a rotary tip I found gave the stickers a fighting chance! Hope you enjoy!

Thanks! I've since gotten more replacement shields and anti fog wipes which should help. Appreciate the concern.

Thanks, glad you liked it!

Thanks! Lots of satisfying videos coming up so stay tuned 😁

Will wait for it, Sir Andrew!!

@@AndrewMeades I have some questions for you

Fire away!

No problem! Yes video C is up I believe. Actually just uploading a new video now as well so check out when ya can. Cheers :)

At the time I was charging $100 an hour starting from when I left the shop to when I finished on site, so travel one way.

Not always true. Sometimes you have chemicals on the surface you don't want to rinse off until you hit it with pressure so you start from the bottom and work your way up. Sometimes cleaning Heavy equipment all day you'll switch it up just because you want to try and use different muscle groups.

That makes sense. What sort of equipment do you work on?

@@AndrewMeades I run a Hitachi 370 Loader and I do a full service on it, pretty big machine to clean

Yes I would use heat on the rad as well. Just taking the gun off and using a valve worked well.

@@AndrewMeades awesome thanks ill keep that in mind!

Yes I'm using a turbo tip. The impact really helps knock off built up dirt. I've got the pressure turned down to about 1200 psi to try and save the warning stickers on the vehicle.

A pressure pro hot skid unit pressuretek.com/8-gpm-3500-psi-12-volt-burner-hot-skid-pressure-washer/

Think it's just a suttner 1500 gun on an 8' lance. Probably a suttner turbo. I limit it to ~1200 psi to try and save some of the decals. If water isn't an issue you can try dual turbos, might speed things up a bit.

At the time I was washing for $100/h starting from when I left the shop and had a $400 minimum. A thorough clean would take about 2 hours.

I've got two IBC tote tanks, totals over 2000L/550 Gal. I can control the flow and usually run about 4 Gallons per minute and I refill up on site as needed.

Awesome nice work

Sure. Still relatively new to heavy equipment cleaning, been doing it about a year at this quarry, but happy to share what I've learned. For this customer I charge an hourly rate ($100/hr)(likely increase in 2022), from when I leave the shop, to when I'm finished on site, so one way travel. Four hour minimum. I am here every two weeks cleaning their five machines. Winter I try and get out when the weather cooperates. It bills roughly $2200 a month for a couple days work, usually on a weekend. Sometimes I'll hot pressure wash but usually it's cold. Sometimes will apply a degreaser for the grease points. Engine bays I am just careful around the electronics, mostly a rinse as I'm not confident what can get hit or not. The blocks I've done a couple times. Can be a pain as you've got to get through six inches of grit sometimes.

Thanks! Yes definitely still learning on the editing side. Will fix it up for the next videos. Which video would you want to see next?

@@AndrewMeades Video A

It's a PressurePro 8GPM hot water skid unit pressuretek.com/8-gpm-3500-psi-12-volt-burner-hot-skid-pressure-washer/

Awesome thank you

Awesome :) Things are going well. Nice and busy start to the season. Been doing a bunch of graffiti removal lately so I'll have more videos of that to share. Definitely look into cleaning heavy equipment. Can be a nice steady stream of work.

@@AndrewMeades sounds like you have a very broad variety of customers ! , how do you usually deal with keeping up when you get calls everyday? And how do you usually quote on the job ? I’m ve been real eager to start since in my area I’ve seen zero business willing to get down and dirty

My volume of calls isn't crazy. I'm lucky enough I've been doing it long enough my phone usually rings on its own. If you are out searching for work, it's a pretty straightforward process. What we do is clearly visible. Find something dirty, go ask the property manager or home owner if they want a quote. Ask to do test spots in inconspicuous places, they can be your calling card, especially if there's competition for the work, but they also set the expectations for the customer. And for pricing, I recommend you find your ceiling before your floor - Ie how expensive can you get before you start getting no's - it's a much better situation than not making any profit, losing money, and scrambling under high stress to finish asap.

Do you mean an electric pressure washer? And I'm actually not sure, I'd download the manual and see what it recommends.

Depends on how detailed you get. But a maintenance clean for this customer was about an hour/hour and a half.

It's not a problem, just don't use high pressure and bend the fins and you're fine. Heat and low pressure work great to get the build up out.

That’s a rad wash. Extra add-on🤭

I start a full time job next week doing the same on Volvo and Leibherr plant. How is it for job satisfaction?