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On-site Box Truck Detailing for fleets across Raleigh. We come to your yard or shop. Detailing for 14-26 foot box trucks. Cab, body, and box. We handle DOT-inspection prep and pre-sale presentation.

BEFORE YOU CONTRACT

How to know when fleet detailing pays back in Raleigh.

When box truck detailing pays back

Fleet detailing is operating math. The call usually comes when one of three things gives. Vehicles look bad at customer touchpoints. Drivers are losing real hours every week to gas-station wash bays. A resale window is opening and the lot is going to need rehab before sale unless someone is keeping it presentable in the meantime. We walk the yard with your ops POC. Count vehicles, see the parking layout, find the water and drainage situation. Talk about the route windows when vehicles are actually parked. The proposal that follows is per-vehicle pricing, fixed, with a 30-day pilot option if you'd rather sample before signing.

What the yard walk covers

Vehicle count by type. Yard footprint and drainage. Customer-touchpoint vs back-of-house standard, because not every vehicle needs the same visible condition. Wrap and decal condition, if there's branding. Existing wash routine and the time drivers spend on it now. Power and water access (or whether we run off our own tank, which is most of the time). After-hours access if your fleet runs daytime routes. Yard walk takes 30 to 60 minutes. About a fifth of yards we walk turn out to need a wash-bay arrangement instead of a route, and we tell you that on the walk, not in the proposal.

WHAT WE LOOK AT

What we look at on the yard walk

The diagnosis is the actual work. Here is what we check before we touch your vehicle, and why each one matters.

01

Vehicle count and types

Twelve same-type Sprinter vans price differently than 12 mixed vehicles (four sedans, four vans, four box trucks). Single-type fleets run efficient routes because every vehicle is the same setup. Mixed fleets add time for product changes and access differences. We count and categorize during the yard walk so per-vehicle pricing reflects actual time, not a flat number.

02

Yard layout

Mobile route work needs water access (or our tank), drainage that doesn't violate the lease, working lighting if we run early or late, and enough parking density that we're not driving fifty yards between vehicles. We walk the yard during the proposal phase. About a fifth of yards turn out to need a wash-bay arrangement instead of route work. Better to know that before the contract is signed than the first work morning.

03

Route windows

When vehicles are parked and when they're on the road decides when we can work. Last-mile fleets parked from 7 PM to 6 AM get a four-hour window. Long-haul fleets dropping weekly get a more flexible schedule. We map the windows during the proposal phase. The schedule is part of the contract, not a guess we make week by week.

04

Customer-touchpoint vehicles

Not every vehicle in the fleet needs the same visible-condition standard. Customer-facing vehicles (delivery vans with branding, service trucks at customer homes) need a higher standard than back-of-house yard trucks. We work with you to sort which is which, and price the tier accordingly. Keeps the brand-facing vehicles right without paying showroom condition for the trailer that never sees a customer.

05

Existing wash routine

Drivers running through gas-station tunnels for years have accumulated paint damage that needs rehab before maintenance washing pays back. So we quote the rehab separately from the ongoing program. The math is transparent. Eighteen vehicles needing single-stage correction up front is real work. Pretending it isn't and amortizing it across the contract is how some operators lose money on fleet accounts.

06

Wrap and branding protection

Branded vehicles (vinyl wraps, decals, DOT signage) need wrap-safe chemistry. No harsh degreasers. No edge-attacking solvents. No pressure washing at wrap edges. We identify wrap age and condition during the yard walk, use vinyl-specific chemistry on every wash, and flag edges already lifting. Wrap damage from wrong wash chemistry is a four-figure problem we won't cause.

PRODUCTS WE USE

What is in the van.

No off-brand chemistry, no swap-outs to hit a price. Same products on every job.

CarPro Reset

Bulk pH-neutral shampoo, decal-safe.

Optimum

No Rinse for water-restricted yards.

303

Vinyl + rubber protectant for fleet branded wraps.

WHAT THE RALEIGH-AREA CLIMATE DOES TO PAINT

The local conditions box truck detailing has to handle.

UV and heat

Roughly four months a year you'll see 90-plus afternoons here. UV index hits 9 or 10 on a clear July day. Paint that lives outside takes a measurable hit every season. Sealants flash off faster. Carnauba wax melts off the panel inside a month once summer settles in. So the chemistry we run is UV-stable across the board, with reapplication intervals built around NC sun.

Pollen and tree sap

Wake and Durham counties grow oaks, pines, and tulip poplars in tight canopy. Spring pollen coats every vehicle for six to eight weeks. Summer sap drops on parked cars year-round. Both are acidic on the clear coat if they sit. Quarterly decon isn't a luxury here. It's what keeps the paint surface honest. We size the wash schedule to your specific street and tree mix.

Brine and freeze-thaw

NC DOT pre-treats every winter weather event with brine. We get less salt than the mountains, but enough that undercarriage neglect turns into visible corrosion inside three to five years. A salt rinse after each brine event, plus an undercarriage flush in early spring, keeps frame rust from showing up at the resale inspection.

Humidity and interior

Average summer humidity sits at 70 percent or higher for months at a stretch. Interiors that pick up moisture (wet floor mats after a soccer practice, an AC condensate leak you didn't notice, a spilled drink that got under the seat) grow mold faster here than they would in dry climates. So we carry an antimicrobial treatment standard. Not just for visibly wet cars.

What Raleigh fleet operators say

★★★★★

I contacted them shortly after I made the online appointment and actually moved up the time — texted me again the night before and 40 minutes before arriving. It took the two men 2 hours to thoroughly clean the inside…
R F. · Raleigh
★★★★★

The pro spent hours working on my car! He came with a tent and all equipment needed. He paid extra attention to the spots that I pointed out and even went over stains 4 times to get them out! Would…
Katie M. · Raleigh
★★★★★

Great experience. Easy scheduling, prompt communication, detailed overview of packages. They did a thorough job cleaning and detailing the inside of my car. Will definitely schedule again.
Meg R. · Raleigh

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NEXT STEP

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