tractor(not trailer) fleet work pricing ideas??

[Scrappy]

In Kentucky

I live in carrollton ky, and the guy i used to work for(and the only other guy besides me that washes in this area) has an account with L.J. Kennedy trucking they have about 30ish sleepers and 10ish day cabs. he runs a 4 man crew (one sprays down the trucks with chem. . . this includes cab frame rail wheels and tires, two scrub the entire fiberglass cab, windows and mirrors, and then the other guy which is Jeremy the owner power washes them off. He does this on weekend so he is guaranteed that there will be at lest 40 trucks to clean. he charges 35 dollars for the sleepers and 30 for the day cabs. . . he does this weekly and when i worked for him it took us no longer than three hours to clean all of them that includes leaving to go get water half way through. so after expenses he is kickin back a gran a week easily for one day of work

 

[Barry M]

So you guys charging $15-$20 for the tractors, what do you charge for a 53' trailer? Is it more or less than the tractors normally?

 

[biodude]

All I know is that if we demanded the prices that you guys have mentioned here, we'd be out of business within a week. We have charged as little as $8.00 for a daycab, which is ridiculously cheap. Unfortunately our competition charges $4.50-$5.00 per daycab. Granted, our quality of service is much better but there is no way we could justify $10.00 to $15.00 more per unit to the fleet manager. I'd love to get what you guys are getting, but it's not possible in this market.