Here's some rants about doing this gig:
So far, on a sunny day, the rig doesn't get dirty. All my trips are 4-5 hours. Sometimes I pick up a rig in the evening, park for the night, then drive the next day.
There's several transport company lots down a long gravel road. If the road is wet when the shuttle truck moved it to the lot from the factory, it's dirty.... which means it's dirty when I pick it up! I am responsible for cleaning it or paying a wash fee at the dealer regardless of whether I am the one that got it dirty or not. It irks me about the hassle and expense of dealing with issues that I am not responsible for creating.... like picking up a rig that was already dirty and the hassle and expense of cleaning it or paying a wash fee.
In the grand scheme of things, the dealers wash rigs to prep them for sale - to get rid of the greasy fingerprints on the outside wall and to remove the stickers and other identifying marks and stuff, so why the heck bill the driver for another wash fee if the rig is relatively clean when it arrives.
It's like this: dealers have "lot staff" that clean and detail, move rigs around, so in reality, washing a rig should be considered a business expense and they should factor it in the price of a the RV when they sell it, or should bill the factory directly rather than a driver.
I heard that CWRV Transport doesn't have "wash fees"
