Watch This Before Starting A Can Cleaning Business (The Truth)
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Can i run my pressure washing business without a utility truck starting off? I have an SUV. is it harder? more expensive? more dangerous? i would love to see a video touching this topic or comment please. Love your videos. New subscriber!
Who’d you use to print stickers for marketing & retention for your garbage bin clients ????
@@analyticalhabitrails9857 what site or link?
I think only folks making “bank” these days are the ones making online courses!
I wash cans for $25/e in New Orleans. I originally used thus exact same set up, a pump sprayer running SH and decreaser and then power washing it. I've since moved from the power washer and now use a 4gpm 12v pump. You don't get garbage all over you, makes things easier to control. I do power wash the outside if it needs it, and maybe the bottom if it's bad enough, but the 12v will typically remove it all. Sometimes, if there's alot of trash built at the bottom I will poke holes in a contractor bag, put it on the garbage can, spray it all into the bag and the holes allow the water to escape while holding the garbage.
Also, $25 is really a perfect price. You're making money, $25 is pocket change to pretty much everyone and most tines they'll give you $30 so you're making extra for about 5-8 minutes of work.
How did you spread the business n help it grow
@@kyzeer6954 I mainly used Facebook and then physical advertising (door hangars). Once you get 2 or 3 people on a street, expect the entire street to eventually hire you.
Where can one find a 4gpm 12v pump?
How many cans are you averaging per day/week/month ? And you say it roughly takes you about 5-8 minutes per can with the 4gpm 12v pump?
I knew this was where this was going. This is an amazing way to get started with pressure washing and I knew that the real reason to start can cleaning is to get customers. THEN you can start up selling higher ticket softwashing on top of your can cleaning which will then make your business grow massively. This is my vision and now that I see someone as big as Justin say it, I will aim to make it a reality.
And also you’re much more likely to land a trash can cleaning job as a newbie than you are a huge softwshing/ pressure washing ticket as a newbie to the game.
Use this to build trust and get some startup capital and momentum. Once you have both, then start getting better at and also offer high ticket jobs. Since you’ve built that trust, you’ll land a lot more.
F-ing love how you handled that guy!!
Any business can start like this... Clean gutters. Painting, mow lawns, landscaping, detailing cars..etc. However if you want a real successful business you have to invest in it. Bin washing equipment designed for that industry helps you reach the volume you want. Provides a level of expertise, sanitization without chemicals, professionalism and proper handling of all the wastewater. They don't just dump it on the street 😬. You can reach thousands of bins and clients and MOST Bin companies don't want to do pressure washing anyway. Because anybody can pressure wash a driveway. The more focused you can stay in your lane of expertise the better the results and returns.
Sounds about right!
This message needs to be said more. The rigs are faster but you can build something that’s just as fast. $90k cheaper.
Im building my own trailer with what i need to wash houses, driveways, sidewalks, soft wash roof, gutters, drive-thru’s, shopping centers, trash pads and you bet trash bins using 4400 psi with 4.2gpm. I will recover and filter all water with no runoff into storm drains. I will share my trailer when done. By The Way, I’m in California so that’s why I’m capturing the dirty stuff.
Love your channel!! I've made a comment in the past about quitting my job and going full time hauling, mowing landscaping, snow removal, pressure washing. I have not quit working for employer yet, waiting for home to be paid off this year and then pulling the plug on my employer. In the past year I've been building my fleet of mowers, 1 new standee, a used zero turn with new engine and running great, and 2 30" self propelled mowers, plus used box trailer. Money is great I do a lot of work for my customers, and alot of times asked if " can I do something else, ex: windows, doors, you name tree trimming, etc my answer is "yes!" There is a ton of money made already even with a full time job, I still find time. Will let you know as soon as I'm up, heck I feel like I'm already a business. Thanks
Informational and helpful
Great video Jeremy!!!
Can you do a video on how much you think is a reasonable price per can, what kind of soap and pressure washer you use, and how you got your name out there, etc. Me and my brother are trying to start this business in our area but don't know much about it
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Thanks for all the industry content. I've learned a great bit from you and Mike from All American Pressure Washing
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Ty for giving tips because I’m trying to start one
Thank you for your video. My concern is what happened at the end of this video. There was some garbage left in the can. When you dumped it, trash came out. My point is that the stuff that comes out of the can needs to be cleaned up. That seems like it would add time to the job and the need for gloves and trash bags. Then all the left overs need to get thrown away somewhere. Do you lift you machine out of your truck?
Im just starting can cleaning. I have a full time job so im just doing this as a side job and i have no experience with driveways or homes.
What kind of detergent do you use?
What is that type of pressure washer you use?
Looking at adding this service to my business on the side
Do you have a link to the sticky notes you use?
Where do we buy the sticky flyers
The big question is where do u get the water source without using the house water
Buy one that’s used for camping. Place it in a bucket full of water.
What is the website called for the sticky notes
What do you do when there is trash in the bin like recycling do you put it back in the trash can when done or do you dump it yourself? Thank you I’m advance
What’s a site I can find the sticky note type flyers from?
Vista print 3.5x2” same size as biz card
Where do you park your truck or trailer when you go home?
What sprayer are you using thats only attached to that white container?
We just bought a lower end pressure washer cause i want to use it around our house... but its a plugin electric.
Drone washing is dope
Maybe try to get set up with the garbage company directly? Only downside might be in our area is customers can just call up and request a new clean can any time theirs gets nasty
Im an IT Director. Just got replaced by consultants for the 3rd time in my 25 year career and I am sick of this sht. I already own a Bobcat, dump trailer and attachments. Im also going to buy a pressure washing rig and a landscape rig and offer all 3. I already do all of this stuff on my own property so pretty well versed in all that goes on with it. Im mid 50's is the only thing Im worried about but I think Im still gonna go for it. Your vids have been helpful filling in the voids. Pricing jobs seems to be the most elusive aspect. I'll also say the auto can cleaning trucks are NOT any quicker than you doing it if you use your brain nd make it efficient. You dont need a 90k truck to dump maggots in the grass and rinse. Hell, clean the damn thing on their driveway then offer to clean the driveway LOL. Most of the time these can guys are more busy marketing and watching the soccer moms jog than working, not to mention the contraption is slow as balls and way over the top expensive.
Recorded horizontally:)
Yer over-spraying your Truck and the Customers. Does that leave Water Spots / eat clear; tha u can then charge to detail again?
Who did you use to print up sticky marketing pads?
LET ME KNOW IF YOU FIND OUT PLEASE .
I was wondering that if i wanted to put my hose in the customer faucet but their hose is in there and their hose is stuck. How can I be pull it out without breaking their hose so when am done I can just plug it back.
Hey, Justin, I have a different business with the same basic task. I pick up kitchen scraps from restaurants to feed to my farm animals. I deliver clean buckets or rolling bins (usually 64-gallon), load the full one into my truck, and drive home. Any waste that's too far gone to be healthy for my animals, I compost to turn into fertilizer for my gardens. Aside from the whole farming and waste hauling thing, we're both in the can-washing business. The difference is that you wash them on-site, while I take them away to wash and exchange them with clean ones.
I was curious as to how you think this approach would work in your business. On the one hand, I'd hate doing it on-site, because you've got the customer looking over your shoulder and complaining about the mess, etc. Plus you're limited by what equipment you can carry. It looks like you're just misting these cans rather than giving them a deep power washing. But on the other hand, if you're mainly just trying to generate leads for landscaping and such, I can see why you'd WANT increased contact with the customer.
But then there's the question of cost. I can only fit six 64-gallon cans in a pickup, so that could be a lot of running back and forth depending on how you structure your route. But if you had two guys--say one back home washing and one driving the delivery route--is it possible you could be more profitable? Or would it be less so? What's your impression?
You would have to have ur own water tank and prob a pump along with the pressure washer to get started in trash bin cleaning otherwise you have to use the customer's water which can take a lit if time connecting and unconnected to their water especially if you have 20 to 30 or more cans to clean on one street ?
Thanks
What do you do about the water waste ?
It gets washed down the sewer drain, just like all the barium, mercury, etc. that the government dumps into our air with their chem trails. The grime from these garbage cans are the least of anyone's worries.
How can u receive payents lets say customer isnt home?
Do you use the persons water spigot? Or do you have your own source of water?
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I have a question do you just let the water run into the a sewages? I thought dirty water had to be collected? Sorry if this is a dumb question.
I thought about adding can cleaning to my business. But I focus on commercial cleaning.
Is 30 per cab pushing it ?
So if they have pets that go outside how do you handle the chemical mixture as far as SH?? Just a lower concentration??
I started in Rancho Cucamonga
Great video
How to see that strong company’s arnet around you just look at the bins if almost every older houses bins are desisting then yeah there aren’t any around
I have Question: are customers okay with dirty water on their yards??
Putting notes on can is legal right? It's not the same as putting something on a mailbox?
In my area it’s illegal to was can out and let the water flow down the storm drains DEQ is kraken down on these typ of operations because they don’t have a reclaim system to capture the dirty water. That why you see so much equipment being sold because they don’t have a reclaime system. Do your research in your area before doing this type of service. Cheers
Build a cleaning stand with rotating nozzles, soak the can, flip it over on the stand and just open a valve…
Is dumping chemicals and dirty(oils, grease, etc) water into sewer/storm drains illegal?
How much would you charge per can?
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Being able to provide all my needs without the help of the Government is really a dream come through and I’m getting $46,000 returns from my 8k investment
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What if I don’t have a car
Is there any risk of being fined by DEP/EPA for runoff from the cleaning chemicals?
No you karen. Environmentalist. Lol the chemicals will go on the street. He shouldve done this on the drive way but maybe its too hard for some trash cans to get out. I would ask the client first if its okay no other option
@@stunnermane5775ou do now that you can't just dump sht down the sidewalk into the sewer system. That's a ticket/citation in every city in America. 😂 but I'm with you man, f***the environment. We'll be dead and gone before it begins a real problem. Right?
@@stunnermane5775 i wonder the same, cuz I do know it's illegal to hose toxic chemicals down the street into the drains. I doubt anyones gonna report you for it but still for the two pea brains who replied before me saying fuck the environment who cares you are a couple of tards for sure.@jayo01980 and @stunnermane5775
What do you do with all the waste water from any trash cleaning or surface cleaning business? It's got to be illegal to let that just run into the street.
How did you go about not getting in trouble for all the dirty water and gunk going back into the street?
Isn’t illegal to put anything on the cans since its owned by the city? Same goes for leaving anything in their mailbox
Not all cities provide a trash bin for each house you usually have to buy them
o lord another KAREN!!!!!!
I started this in our small town a few years ago. I actually got 1 customer, but people were making trash on the ground throwing my flyers away.
I even had a guy laugh at me saying,
"Don't need to clean no trash can".
Then the COVID pandemic hit🤣😆🤣😆🤣
Did you continue?
@@javierjaime9386 No but I think it's a great business model to be hands off. You need like a truck to kind of lifts the bins. I would like a cleaner world and wished we also had sidewalk cleaners that are like a.i.
Driven but I'm crazy.
But I never got covid either.🤫
honestly when I first heard about people doing this as a business I was thinking "who hires someone to clean there trash can?"
If my trash can starts stinking I just poor some dish soap and hose it out, so I never understood this as business model but then after seeing so many youtube videos of people saying they are making good money I was thinking "well I guess if people are really willing to pay someone to wash their trash bins then I may give it a shot since I already have a pressure washer".
But to me it just seems kinda a gimmick for youtube views, this guy in the video is selling a course and merch and when ever I see that I tune out. If this guy was making so much money washing trash bins and pressure washing driveways he wouldn't have time to be making youtube videos and courses and designing merch to sell, he'd be too busy making real money washing his bins and driveways, and then he also has a bunch of vending machine cash pulling videos on his channel as well, these are all red flags that this guy makes his real money off of making youtube content and selling shit, the pressure washing business is just his side income and content for his youtube channel and his youtube is his main source of income.
@@tommyboy1986 You got it dude. There is no money in those homes where the grass is greener type of thing....I checked.... Most the time they hate us cause they ain't us!🤭👍
-James Franko in The Interview.
@@tommyboy1986exactly. And that bin that got cleaned won't need to get cleaned again in months if that.
Question for you, bro. In other videos you had mentioned that you charge $50 to $60 dollars for can wash plus an additional 10 or 20 dollars for every can after. However, in this video you are talking about washing cans for $12 each which is extremely less and doesn't sound that profitable unless you can knockout 4 to 5 cans in an hour.
Why the drastic change in price per can clean? Do you still recommend starting high to test the market or did all of the inflation cause you to greatly reduce the price per can clean?
Please let me know as soon as possible, I really enjoy the information you're putting out about this side hustle and potential business opportunity.
To each their own… In my opinion you should start with $30-$35 per can and IF they have a 3rd can, clean it for free for their first month ONLY if they agree to a monthly recurring service where then you can charge them $20-$25 per can that way you can keep a loyal customer. Remember that not everyone has 3 cans, so make sure you ask them first hand how many cans they have.
I'm curious about this too. I watch the same video where he spoke about charging $50 per can
Do we use their water?
Yes it only cost a like 2 dollars to pressure wash a whole deiveway
In the UK its illegal to do the way you are doing it in ur video......the company has to be able to dispose of the dirty water and can't just let it run down the drain!!!
Could that be what he be on about?
Possible but there are work arounds. I’ll have a video about water reclamation coming soon
@Forever Self Employed fair enough
I just know in the UK that if u get caught doing it without a set up and just letting in run down the drain u will face massive fines because it contaminates the drain water!!!
The fines are up to £50,000 and 6 months in prison!!
Hey there!
Just stumbled upon your videos on 'Forever Self Employed' especially trashcan cleaning - they're super informative and oh-so-helpful! 😄 If everyone brought that kind of passion and generosity to their corner of the world, imagine how amazing it would be!
Keep on spreading that positivity and expertise.
You're making a difference!
Keep it up! 👍
05:57 NC eh? seems over kill unless the can could be cleaned in a few min and you had jobs up the kazoo to pay for that 100k setup lol
How much do you charge for this service?
$12-$15 a can
Great video man! Where I'm confused is pricing lol in your previous video you said you charged $50 per can and $20 for everyone after and now your saying $12 per can???? That seems super unprofitable my dude
The next step in the plan is to wash cans for $7 and then next time you will work for charity.
cuz he's a bullshitter, he makes his money off of making youtube content not washing trashcans
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This might be a dumb question….where does all the water/chemical residue go….down the street? Lol I want to start this business but I was asked that question and I think it’s a valid one in case I get asked.
Curious about this too
That's what he did in the video and it's a quick way to get put out of business. That's why the professional can cleaning equipment is expensive because it's self contained and recaptures the dirty water and trash.
Thank you for being an inspiration to my channel 🙏
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He’s awesome 👏
@@ForeverSelfEmployed thank you very much🙏
You do have to be careful about local laws. You could easily be contaminating water supplies if you don't pump it up. The water can also make pets really sick. I wouldn't just use pressure washers like this.
How did that guy intimidate you?
Amazing video!
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I get what your trying tk say ...bit the waste water and garbage that's going back on the property can be smelly or damaging, so I guess why the guy was trying to tell you that's not a good way
Who actually pays for this service??
A shit ton of people actually
Im about to start a business like dis lmao I’ll lyk 💀
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Thanks for the video! I am really interested in starting a business/side hustle cleaning cans simply as a way to leverage bigger jobs. Sanitation standards and HOA's aren't very popular in my area so I really don't know if a business like this is feasible. From what I can tell there is no official business offering this service in my area so it's either a great opportunity or going to go down in flames. I'll update this post when I'm rolling in trash money.🤑
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Any update?
F that guy he just scared of competition 😂
Sounds like Happy Cans has a scarcity mindset. He needn't worry, most people do not take action.
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I appreciate your advice and especially about the other guys business model. What a dick man can't stand them
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Would you recommend Champion Power Equipment 4200-PSI 4.0-GPM Commercial Duty Low Profile Gas Pressure Washer. It's cheaper than other 4.0 gpm but that's more in my price range don't know if it's worth it
Duuuude! I charged $10 a bin. 2 bins per house. So $20 a house. $20 × 300 houses = $6.000. Yes it took me 1 and half days to do it with myself and a partner. But DUDE 6k In one week. - I believe about $350 in gas/tools/luqids/water. So $3k - $350 = $2.650. THAT AINYLT BAD FOR 2 DAYS WORK
Ok but how often r the same clients getting their bins washed? I mean once u get it cleaned it will take maybe a few months for it to get dirty again and that's only if u let it get dirty again
@joelpineda2042 I live in a densly populated area there isn't a shortage
Ngl, this sounds cool but feel like I don’t know shit for doing something like this lol
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PW videos have a lot of fast talking and advertising woven in but very little actual content.
What you're doing there is illegal; running that water down the street. That's why the truck manufacturer didn't want to put his name on your advice. I guess you can get more wash jobs because you gotta clean up the mess you leave in the driveway, LOL
You can't just let' that "waste water" roll on the ground.
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Hey my biggest question about this business is how I can bill customers I’m ready with the equipment and even making a website but I’m finding the monthly billing of customers to be an issue
Quote IQ my friend. Send an invoice, a fancy email with a link to stripe. They pay with card you get it in your account halleloo! 😄
Lots of services out there that track your customers, route the jobs, text reminders and send invoices all in one package; Jobber, Gorilla Desk, iServiceroutes, and many more.
Hi there I enjoy your videos but be careful with what you advertise. I’ve looked into this business and did a lot of research. You must have permits, and filter the waste water from the trash cans. You cannot do this the way you advertised it in the video… In the state of Florida and majority of states waste water from trash cans, dumpsters etc is considered hazardous. If you do not have a way of collecting the waste water you can get fined to the fullest by your city, county, and your state. The trucks that are designed to do this collect and filter the waste water down to 5 microns which is what is standard and epa approved. If you do not do this the right way you can get in serious trouble that’s why a lot of people steer away from this business unless they can get a trailer or a truck that has the ability to do what mentioned above…
@Foreverselfemployed What was the ‘dirty secret’ that the Van operator didn’t want us to know?
You teased it at the beginning, but you never disclosed it… (unless it was the barrier to entry you talked about)
He wants people to think they need to spend 100k on equipment to get into the business
@@ForeverSelfEmployed gotcha, thank you again for the consistently great content.
Do you have any suggestions on the basics (Marketing/Funnels, How to scope a market for a service that best fits it, Etc)?
Thank you again and have a good one sir!
Very helpful, anyone ever ask you to clean the pavement
Of course
Please don’t CAN this comment. Lol.
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It’s unfortunate that there needs to be an “industry standard” with bin cleaning. I refuse to spend 130k on a truck just to be that much in debt to start my business. Thats the worst a person can do. I’m currently building my own trailer right now for under 3k. 4gpm pressure washer (so I can be rinsing out the inside of a bin while I wash down the outside) and Im making a rotating nozzle tree instead of using an overpriced nozzle thats on those trucks. And Im also putting the pressure washer in a sound deadening room as well so I don’t have to deal with the noise and neither does the neighbors as well.
Imagine being a customer and hiring a person that shows up in front of your house with a billboard and a loud truck anyways… I probably wouldn’t want them back if that happened lol
If a person provides a service, it really doesn’t matter what their equipment is like as long as the service is provided when it comes to this so there’s no reason to put yourself in debt just to be “industry standard”
I was thinking about doing this but you'd have to do hundreds or even thousands for it to be worth it because people aren't gonna be getting this done every month
That’s why you find other jobs to do like trash can cleaning or deck staining or yard work etc
If you charge anywhere from 20 to 30 a can, and manage to land at least 5 homes on the same street, you are making around 50 - 100 an hour. Plus they can become reoccuring customers 🤙 Also if you own a power washer and learn softwash, you can still do jobs with that and use the cans as an upsell 😎 - Pfull Blast Powerwashing & Softwash
The cans are just to get your foot in the door for bigger jobs like driveways and houses
@@logansmith4690 not really. They are more as an upsell after you land a driveway. Its difficult to land a can job for 20 dollars and try to upsell a 100-200$ driveway... instead you want to do the opposite
the more stuff i watch from you guys the more you seem to be about the shuffle and pump . . not a stitch in this about the actual service or process but plenty of marketing spin and product placement . . . i've unsub'd after watch'n more videos because i'm see'n more of a 'billy blanks' informercial wannabe pump'n merch and sponsors than some real information.
What should I write on the sticky note🗒?? 😂
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