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