Southern Tank Cleaning is located 11900 Stagecoach Rd, Little Rock, AR 72210.
Hours of Operation
Monday 7:30am – Friday 5:30pm
Saturday 8:00am till Noon
Sunday Closed
Phone: (501) 455-5200
Fax: (501) 455-0982
Tank Wash Cleaning Services
- Boosted caustic wash, Chemical tank cleaning,
- Conversion wash, Detergent wash, Diesel wash,
- Dry bulk cleaning, Dry bulk conversion wash, Dry bulk plastics, Drying, Flush,
- Food-grade wash – edibles/food products, Food-grade wash – non-food products,
- Frac tanks / roll offs, Gasket replacements, Hazardous chemicals / products, Hazardous waste, Hopper bottoms cleaning, Hose cleaning,
- IBC cleaning, IBC cleaning – asset totes, IBC cleaning – composite totes, Internal valve vacuum check, ISO tank cleaning,
- Kosher certification, Kosher wash, Latex wash,
- Nitrogen purge, Odorous products,
- Petro – detergent, Petro – caustic, Pump cleaning, Reefer wash, Rinse – cold/hot, Steam and flush, Steam – low and high pressure,
- Stripper wash, Vacuum box,
- We have a few limitations, if you have questions please call to see if we can wash your product.
Maintenance Services
- IBC repair, IBC DOT testing,
- Tractor/trailer PM & DOT inspection/HM inspection,
- Tractor/trailer heavy duty maintenance,
- Tractor light duty maintenance,
- Trailer maintenance
Driver Services
- Coffee, Cable TV,
- Drivers room, Free wireless internet,
- Laundry facilities, Microwave,
- Restrooms, Showers (men/women/unisex), TV,
- Driver can park overnight if need be.
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Tank Cleaning Directory
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Kosher Food Grade Tank Wash
Kosher transport must adhere to Jewish kashrut laws just as strictly as food production. According to kashrut food laws, any hot non-kosher items can’t touch kosher food. If that happens, then the kosher food is no longer kosher. In turn, if a tanker holds non-kosher food items and then carries kosher food — the kosher certification is lost. All Food grade tank trailers, wash locations, and storage facilities must be certified kosher by rabbis who specialize in the certification process.
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What is a Tank Wash?
Whether it’s a liquid or dry bulk shipment, food grade, or chemical, the tank trailer and equipment used to transport the product must be thoroughly washed before it can be used again to haul another product. This happens at a tank wash facility. For many products, a simple detergent wash with pressurized water and steam or a caustic wash will do, for others, a more extensive wash may be required.
For certain dry bulk shipments, a conversion wash may be necessary. With this type of wash, the pipe running along the bottom of the trailer is removed, along with all fittings, and the trailer is cleaned to ensure that no stray particles are hiding anywhere.
The average wash can take over an hour or more, with conversion washes taking closer to three hours.
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.
