Mobile washing for ready-mix mixers, pumper trucks, and concrete tankers. Hot water wash • EPA-compliant runoff capture • After-hours service.
The Problem
Concrete buildup is unforgiving. Cement that splashes onto a mixer drum, fender, or chute starts curing on contact. Within hours it's a hard scab. After a day, it's a chemical bond that pressure water alone won't break. Once it sets up, you're either grinding or replacing parts that should have been routine to wash.
Most fleets either ignore it until it becomes a body-shop problem, or send drivers to a wash bay that doesn't handle the pH. Either path is costly. Built-up concrete obscures DOT plates and lights, traps moisture against steel, and turns a $200 wash into a $2,000 detail. And if the runoff isn't contained correctly, your yard ends up on an Illinois EPA enforcement list.
This is the work generic washes won't take on. Heat plus the right alkaline-cutting chemistry will lift fresh and hour-old cement before it bonds. Older buildup needs a different approach — softer chemistry, longer dwell, careful angles around exhaust stacks and hydraulics. The crew either knows the difference or learns it on your truck. We've already done the learning.
Our Approach
We bring a hot water wash system to your yard — high-pressure heat at the wand paired with an alkaline-cutting pre-soak chosen specifically for cement residue. Heat softens the cementitious bond before it fully cures. Pressure lifts it. Our trucks carry their own water and reclaim equipment, so the high-pH runoff goes home with us — not down your storm drain, not onto the gravel beside your batch plant, not into the ditch behind your wash pad.
We work after hours. Evenings, weekends, between pours — whenever your fleet is parked. Concrete operations rarely shut down during the day; pour schedules dictate everything. We schedule around your dispatch board, not the other way around. Same crew, same route, same quality — every visit. Crews learn your yard layout, your priority units, and your inspection cycles within the first two visits.
For ready-mix and pumper fleets, attention goes where equipment ages fastest: drum exteriors and fins, mixer chutes and gates, pumper booms and outriggers, hopper edges and water tank exteriors. We're fully insured and carry COI on request. Wastewater handling is documented and disposed in line with state and federal requirements — details in the compliance section below.
Drum exteriors, fins, fender wells, ladder rungs, water tanks. Removes wet and partially-cured cement before it sets up permanently. Keeps drum balance honest and DOT visibility intact.
Booms, hopper, outriggers, hydraulic cylinders. Detail-focused work around precision hardware — we never blast directly into seals, sensors, or boom joints. Pre-pour cleanups to keep the pump operating clean.
Tank shells, frame, valves, and connection points. Removes splashback and product residue. Restores valve visibility and DOT placard legibility for over-the-road inspections.
Heavy buildup removal on neglected mixer drums. Multi-step approach with longer chemical dwell, careful pressure, and follow-up rinse. Quoted separately from a routine wash.
Plant yard tractors, mechanic trucks, fuel trucks. Restores brand visibility after a season of cement dust and aggregate dust at the batch plant. Same hot water system, gentler chemistry.
Regulatory Frameworks We Operate Under
Concrete washout falls under the federal Clean Water Act and its NPDES permitting program. In Illinois, that's the Illinois EPA ILR10 industrial stormwater general permit for batch plants and yard wash operations — or ILR40 for ready-mix tied to active construction sites. High-pH cement runoff cannot enter storm drains, surface water, or unlined ground. We capture, contain, and dispose of wash wastewater so your yard stays off the Illinois EPA enforcement list. COI and disposal records available on request — ask your dispatch or facilities manager whether your current wash setup can prove the same.
Yes, with a multi-step deep-clean process. Fresh cement lifts in a routine wash; cured buildup requires longer chemical dwell time and careful pressure work. Drum restoration is quoted separately from a routine wash because the labor profile is different. We have brought neglected mixer drums back to bare metal multiple times for ready-mix operators.
Our trucks carry their own water and reclaim equipment. Wash runoff — including high-pH cement washout — is captured at the source and disposed in compliance with Clean Water Act NPDES rules and the Illinois EPA ILR10 industrial stormwater general permit. Nothing enters your storm drain, your gravel, or unlined ground.
Yes. We document each wash with date, unit number, crew lead, time on site, and disposal record. Concrete operators in Illinois fall under either ILR10 (industrial stormwater) or ILR40 (construction-site stormwater). Your facilities or compliance officer can produce a wash audit trail on request — we maintain it as part of the contract.
Yes. Pumper trucks are detail work. We keep direct pressure off hydraulic cylinders, sensors, and boom joint seals, and we work outriggers and the hopper carefully. Pre-pour cleanups keep the pump operating clean without driving water into precision hardware. The wash technique on a pumper differs from a mixer drum — the crew knows the distinction.
For contract customers, same-day response is the default during pour-heavy weeks. Concrete sets fast and waiting until end-of-day to address splash on the truck makes the next morning’s wash twice as long. Recurring contract pricing accommodates this rhythm. One-time and demo requests are scheduled within standard turnaround.
Serving a 40-mile radius from Pekin, IL
Don't see your city? Call (309) 322-9599 — we likely cover your area.
We'll wash 1-2 of your dirtiest concrete trucks for free. See the quality — and the runoff handling — before you commit.
One demo is all it takes. We bring our hot water wash system to your yard, clean your worst trucks, capture every gallon of runoff, and let the results speak for themselves. No cost. No commitment. No catch.
Cam Panek — Office Manager
Jaylon Walden — Service Manager
We respond within 2 hours during business days.