I was talking to our shop foreman today. He said they send him a message wanting to know if washing the tractors once a month was enough. I guess if you take your once a week saturday night bath, washing the tractors once a month works for you. Othewise let your shop foreman know you want your tractor washed every two weeks. If you don't have a shop at your service center, then throw the tractor in with you on Saturday Night. TP

I think that twice a month should be the norm
and not once a month. But looking at forums
from other carriers like UPS Freight, it seems
they are lucky to get their truck washed once a year.
I think that if FedEx still values their public image
they will try to keep the equipment as clean as possible.
What makes it hard is places like California that do not
want soap and chemicals going down the drain
and make it much more expensive than it should be
to maintain these fleets clean using these outside vendors.

The vendor we have right now at our terminal in California does a great job. They told us we can't wash our tractors ourselves anymore. I have a newer tractor and after a month of bugs, rain and road work it really looked nasty. TP

WE have to wash our trucks at a car wash, oh and we are not allowed to wash them on overtime, and only every two weeks. But our trucks are covered in mud from swampy roads to the gold mines, So we do our best, I wish we could have some one wash them, something about local laws say me must have a drain. My wife gets upset because my uniforms get so muddy. But I must say at this point I am happy to have a check in my bank account every friday!

Twice Pipes

Seems like since MOST trucks in
the Southern California area go to
SBO San Bernardino to drive a forklift,
they could have a vendor there going
around finding trucks that need to be washed.

Our vendor only comes once a month. No soap or chemicals, not even a brush. Just sprays them with water out of our water spicket through a water cannon. He peels off decals and blows the chrome wrap off the grills all the time. And don't get me started on our equipment repair vendor......It must be nice to have a facility with a shop and wash bays.