Preventive measures pay off in efficiency

OLE BEN Franklin had it right when he said an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure--and three speakers endorsed that sentiment while discussing tank wash equipment at the National Tank Truck Carriers Tank Cleaning and Environmental Council Seminar...

Technology provides software programs for tank washes

New technological developments are making it simple for tank cleaning facilities to consider becoming paperless operations with software programs that can track a variety of procedures...

Energy costs suck away wash rack profits
, By Charles E Wilson

RISING energy costs are literally sucking away the profits at some tank cleaning racks. It's a problem that seems likely to intensify through the rest...

Soybean solution

WHEN the monthly gas bill persistently registered about $16,000 per month, up from about $6,000 per month, Bob Young at Lafayette Sani-Wash decided to...

Quality investment
, By Mary Davis

WHILE extreme makeover may be a popular term these days in the mass media, QualaWash is renovating its tank cleaning facilities with more than the usual...

Kosher standards

AN EFFORT is underway to standardize the kosher certification process for tank truck cleaning facilities, according to information from the Orthodox Union...

Effort underway to standardize kosher certification

An effort is underway to standardize the kosher certification process for tank truck cleaning facilities, according to information from the Orthodox Union (OU), the parent association of the OU Kosher Division...

Klean Wash Inc revamps its web site

Klean Wash Inc has redesigned its web site to make it easier for visitors to locate specific information on all services provided. ...

Pressure washers run entirely on electricity

Hotsy's new HWE series hot-water pressure washers are the only models in the firm's line that run entirely on electricity. Water is heated in a stainless...

QualaWash customers win drawings

Four driver customers of QualaWash, Tampa FL, have won drawings sponsored by the tank cleaning company during Driver Appreciation Week in August....

Struggs wins PSC Experience of a Lifetime

Terrell Struggs, temporarily traded his seat in the truck cab recently for one in a NASCAR racing car as the winner of a promotion by Philip Services Corp...

Schneider driver winner in NASCAR promotion from PSC

A driver for Schneider National Inc's bulk division in Houston TX, Terrell Struggs, temporarily traded his seat in the truck cab recently for one in a NASCAR racing car as the winner of a promotion by Philip Services Corp (PSC), Houston TX. Struggs's winnings allowed him to drive 30 laps on the oval at Lowes Motor Speedway in Charlotte NC....

EPA targets wash rack boilers for NOX reduction

Wash rack boilers face increasing scrutiny in parts of the United States that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated as non-attainment areas under the Clean Air Act, according to Joe Brown, The WCM Group. ...

Bacteria found in even the cleanest food tanks

Even the best foodgrade cleaning system available today will not fully eliminate potentially harmful bacteria from a tank trailer, according to data collected for a University of Florida research project that is being funded by the federal government and various food industry associations....

Shortcuts put wash racks at risk
, By Charles E Wilson

THIS IS turning into another busy year for tank wash racks. It should be a profitable time for most tank cleaning operations across North America, but...