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Keeping Your Windscreen Clear: A Guide for Trucks and Fleets

July 10, 2025

Clear visibility is crucial for safe driving. For truck drivers and fleet managers, ensuring windscreens stay clean and free from dirt, grime, and frost is more than just good practice. It’s essential for safety, fuel efficiency, and brand image. A dirty or smeared windscreen increases the risk of accidents, slows drivers down, and makes your fleet look poorly maintained. The good news? Keeping your windscreen clear is simple when you have the right cleaning routine and the right products. In…

Truck and Tank Hygiene in Warm Weather: Protecting Your Fleet

July 4, 2025

Nora Togersen

Tankwash, Truckwash

When summer arrives and temperatures climb, it’s not just drivers who feel the effects. Warm weather can have a major impact on the cleanliness and hygiene of trucks, tankers, and other commercial vehicles. For fleet operators, this creates extra challenges. Without the right cleaning routine, summer grime, odours, and contamination can build up and damage your vehicles. This can harm your brand image and even compromise product safety. In this guide, we’ll explain how warmer weather affects truck and tank…

How Clean Trucks Improve Your Brand Image on the Road

June 25, 2025

Nora Togersen

Mobile Fleetwash, Truckwash

Why a Spotless Fleet Is One of Your Strongest Marketing Tools In a competitive industry, your brand is everything. It’s not just your website, logo, or office that shapes people’s perceptions. For transport and logistics companies, your trucks, vans, and HGVs are often the most visible representation of your business. Whether they’re driving on the motorway, pulling into a delivery yard, or parked at a client’s site, your fleet vehicles are a direct reflection of your company’s standards. At LPW,…

7 Summer Fleet Cleaning Challenges (and How to Tackle Them)

June 13, 2025

Nora Togersen

Mobile Fleetwash, Truckwash

Keeping Your Fleet of Commercial Vehicles, HGVs and Trucks Clean This Summer Summer might be prime time for logistics, transport, and delivery operations, but it also brings challenges for keeping fleets of commercial vehicles looking clean. Heat, grime, UV exposure, and high-mileage journeys can all take their toll, not just on your vehicles but on your brand image too. At LPW, we’ve spent over 50 years supporting HGV fleets, truck operators, and logistics providers across the UK with high-quality truck…

Truck Wash Checklist: What Drivers Should Know Before Arriving

May 6, 2025

Nora Togersen

Latest News, Truckwash

If you’re behind the wheel of a lorry or managing a fleet, you already understand the importance of keeping your vehicle clean—not just for looks, but for performance, safety, and brand image. Your truck is more than just a vehicle. It’s a moving advertisement, a mobile workplace, and, for many drivers, a second home. That’s why a good truck wash isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s a necessity. At LPW Truck Wash, we specialise in professional, efficient, and nationwide truck washing services…

Debunking 5 Common Myths About Truck Washing

April 24, 2025

Nora Togersen

Latest News, Truckwash

When it comes to keeping commercial vehicles clean, there’s no shortage of opinions—especially around how, when, and where you should wash your trucks. But in the haulage and logistics world, getting it wrong can cost you in more ways than one: vehicle wear, non-compliance, brand image, and even fuel efficiency. At LPW, we’ve been in the truck cleaning business for over 50 years, operating the UK’s largest truck wash network with 5 nationwide locations. We’ve heard just about every truck…

Mobile Fleet Wash vs. Truck Wash: What’s Best for Your Fleet?

April 15, 2025

Nora Togersen

Latest News, Mobile Fleetwash, Truckwash

Keeping your trucks clean is about protecting your assets, meeting compliance standards, and maintaining a professional image on the road. But when it comes to how you wash your fleet, there’s a key decision to make: do you bring in a mobile fleet washing team, or send your vehicles to a dedicated truck wash location? At LPW, we offer both services—nationwide mobile truck washing and the largest truck wash network in the UK. So, let’s break down the differences between…

How to Protect Your Fleet from Spring Weather

March 18, 2025

Nora Togersen

Latest News, Truckwash

Spring is finally here! After months of harsh winter conditions, it’s tempting to think that your fleet is in the clear. But spring brings its own set of challenges for commercial vehicles—muddy roads, pollen buildup, unpredictable rain showers, and lingering winter grime can all take a toll on your fleet. Keeping your trucks and tanks clean during this season isn’t just about looking good—it’s about preventing long-term damage, improving road safety, and maintaining your professional image. So, how can you…

Why Choose LPW for Your Fleet Maintenance?

March 11, 2025

Nora Togersen

Fleetcare, Latest News, Mobile Fleetwash, Truckwash

Keeping your fleet clean isn’t just about looking good—it’s about protecting your vehicles, your brand, and your bottom line. A well-maintained fleet sends the right message to customers and helps extend the lifespan of your vehicles. But with tight schedules and long hours on the road, finding the time for proper cleaning can be a challenge. That’s where LPW Truck Wash comes in. With over 50 years of experience, we’re the UK’s largest independently owned truck wash company, offering professional…

DIY Truck Cleaning: The Do’s and Don’ts for a Spotless Fleet

February 27, 2025

Nora Togersen

Latest News, Truckwash

Keeping your truck clean isn’t just about aesthetics—it’s essential for vehicle maintenance, safety, and longevity. Regular cleaning prevents corrosion, paint damage, and visibility issues, all of which can impact performance and compliance. But when it comes to DIY truck cleaning, there’s a right way and a wrong way to do it. Using improper techniques or the wrong products can lead to costly damage and ineffective results. This guide covers the do’s and don’ts of DIY truck cleaning, helping you keep…