Monroe School Transportation Looks for Creative Solutions to Wash a 300+ School Bus Fleet
Monroe School
Transportation
Retrofit a school bus wash system into a constrained space? No problem.
Westmatic, a manufacturer of environmentally-friendly large vehicle wash systems, works with schools and school transportation providers of all types and sizes across the United States.
Faced with tight budgets, building and site constraints, fleet size and variety, school transportation departments are looking for workable and affordable solutions to their bus wash needs.
Prior to 2015, Monroe School Transportation, a locally owned transportation services company serving Rochester, New York schools, was washing their 300+ school bus fleet by hand. This was a challenging task in an area of the country that can average 84 inches of snow during the winter months.
Monroe asked Westmatic to retrofit a small, free-standing building on their property with an automatic bus wash system.
Westmatic’s designers got to work adapting a machine that would function consistently in that limited space, while ensuring that all vehicles using the wash system would receive a thorough and safe cleaning.
Westmatic’s 2-Brush Rollover was the perfect automatic wash system for this situation. This rollover/gantry system is ideally suited for school buses and provides a high-quality wash using two vertical side brushes. The overlapping brushes intelligently wash the front and sides of the bus and around mirrors and other vehicle protrusions such as stop arms and crossing arms. The brushes thoroughly clean the rear of the bus, eliminating the ‘skunk stripe’ that you often see on buses while keeping rear windows clean for added visibility and safety. A roof mop provides additional cleaning for the front of the bus and the roof. Monroe’s system design also included a chassis wash to clean away the dirt, oil, and corrosive materials that can build up under vehicles, especially those driven in winter conditions.
Westmatic’s 2-Brush rollover/gantry wash system features a wash cycle time of 5-10 minutes and reducess driver error with a simple ‘pull in and park’ approach.
About Monroe School Transportation
Monroe School Transportation began providing “yellow bus” service in 1986. Ten years later, Monroe was acquired by DeCarolis Truck Rental. DeCarolis was founded in 1938 and is the largest privately owned truck rental leasing company in upstate New York. The company has a long history of providing high quality transportation services to the upstate market. In 2005 Monroe added luxury white coach buses to its fleet, and in 2017 Monroe became a part of National Express LLC’s group of transportation companies.
