Bruce Oakley, Inc Tank Wash is located 3700 E Lincoln, North Little Rock, AR 72114. Oakley looked to the Arkansas river system to meet demand. He bought a 20-acre site, in North Little Rock beside the Arkansas River, where Oakley’s headquarters is located today. Gradually, the company’s barge business grew to the point that Oakley purchased half-a-dozen or more new barges—then established a second Arkansas River location at Morrilton, Arkansas.
Hours of Operation
Monday 7:00am – Friday 11:30pm
Saturday and Sunday Closed
Phone: (800) 662-0875
Fax: (501) 945-5710
Tanker Washes – Services
- ✔ Food Grade Washout
- ✔ Kosher Certified
- ✔ Trailer Washout
- ✔ Dry Bulk Washout
- ✔ Grain-Hopper Washout
- ✔ Tanker Washout
Cleaning Services
- Chemical tank cleaning,
- Dry bulk cleaning,
- Dry bulk conversion wash, Dry bulk plastics,
- Exterior tractor clean, Exterior wash, Hopper bottoms cleaning,
- Van/Box exterior wash,
- Refrigerated Trucks
Maintenance Services
We DO NOT offer maintenance services
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Trailer Tank Wash Locations
Tank washes add extra time to every shipment. After delivering a load, the driver might have to travel an hour or more — maybe even to another state — to reach a acceptable tank wash location. Not every washing facility is designed to clean every liquid bulk tank. Some handle chemicals only, while others are designed only for food-grade loads. Some have limitations on the products they can wash due to, various limitations including regional groundwater restrictions.
Once the driver arrives at the tank wash facility, he or she will likely need to wait his or her turn to be cleaned. This is then followed by the tank wash itself, which can take several hours. A wash can be more time consuming if there is difficulty removing excess liquids (or ‘heel’) out of the tank before washing.
Washes also add cost, not only the empty deadhead miles to the tank wash, but also the cost of the tank wash. The cost of washing the trailer may appear on the shipper’s freight bill as a separate accessorial charges. For some products, bulk liquid tanker carriers will apply a standard washing charge. For others, the carrier will pass along the actual dollar amount that the Tank Wash Location charges.
What is a Tank Wash? Food Grade Kosher Wash
One of the special things that make dry and liquid bulk transportation a whole different animal from regular dry-van transportation perhaps is not only the movement of the product – surge – but the logistics involved for both shippers and carriers coordinating the trailer tank wash. It is a crucial necessity that prevents cross-contamination between loads, but it is also what adds a lot of time and cost to most bulk shipments.
Tank Wash Facilities
Tank wash facilities are located across North America and will typically wash out the tank in one of the following ways.
The most common type of tank wash is performed with a caustic soda solution or detergent. The solution will be placed inside a spinning mechanism that is inserted into the tank through the dome. This mechanism spins around and sprays the solution all over the tank, which is then rinsed, drained, and dried afterward.
A similar process is used for food-grade washes – which use specialized food-grade detergents – and Kosher washes – which only use Kosher-certified materials to wash the tank.
In many cases, the tanker’s gaskets, hoses, and pumps will be cleaned along with the inside of the tank, not all carriers have trailers that have pumps and hoses, along with in transit heat or Texas wash systems, these are all considered specialty tank trailers.
When products such as food allergen’s and other types of bulk liquids are exposed to one another, contamination can occur. Even a small trace of the tank’s previous product can have a huge negative impact on the next product being loaded. As such, once a product is hauled in a liquid bulk tanker and unloaded at the delivery site, that tank will need to be thoroughly washed before it can be loaded with another product.
