Hello All,

Anybody out there ever wash those yellow and black school buses? I was asked to bid on 80 of them. They are about 35 ft long on average.

The district wants pricing based on weekly, bi-weekly and monthly washing for the 9 month school year.

Is anyone out there doing an account of this type? How long should it take to brush wash a bus?

The buses can be washed during the week during the day so it would not affect my other fleet accounts on the weekends. Also the bus washing area has a catch tank with an oil water seperator so I will not have to reclaim washwater.

How about volume discounting? How do you guys do it? I was thinking of a 10% discount for the number of trucks. 10% for bi-weekly washing and another 10% for weekly washing.

Thanks for the help from a very newbie
Greg

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A buck a minute

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We do 20 every other week. Takes 2 guys about 2.5 hrs. We get 15 bucks a bus. How they are parked and having room between the buses is important. If they can be staggerd, you can make pretty good time. Biggest problem on a sunny day can be the soap drying on one side before you get back around to rinse.

Good Luck

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Bob,

Thanks for the reply. Since that post, I made the quote to the district and got the account. I start on Friday.

My price was very close to what you get. That makes me feel better about the job. We will be doing 80 buses once a month. I still need to work out logistics but I don't foresee any problems.

Thanks for the reply.

Greg

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You are lucky to live in an area where there is enough money in the school system to pay for this type of service. I washed handicapped school buses (short buses) in my area a few years ago and lost the account to(you won't believe this)-PRISON INMATES!!!! At least that is what I read in the paper of who is doing them last. That don't sound fair does it? I guess you can't beat free labor though. (The guards watching them get paid the same at the prison or out on "chain gang duty".)

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John May