The job
A Thursday evening in June, in a steel wash bay. The trailer came in with the loading ramp still bedded with shavings and manure. By the end of the evening the ramp was down to its grit treads and every deck was rinsed.
How we wash a trailer: once it’s scraped out, it gets a soak to loosen what’s left. Then we wash from the top deck down to the ramp, so the dirt runs down and out. We check every deck before we pack up.
How we did it
- Evening · In the bayThe trailer backed into the wash bay, the loading ramp still bedded with shavings and manure.
- Evening · Scrape and soakBedding scraped out, then a soak over the decks and walls to loosen what’s left.
- Evening · Top deck downThe top deck first, roof and walls, then each deck below, so the dirt runs down and out.
- Evening · Ramp and gatesThe loading ramp washed down to its grit treads, then the gates, rails and floor grates.
- Late evening · Ready to dryEvery deck checked, the trailer left to drain and dry, ready for its next load.
