A Ford Ranger returned after a driver change. Heavily smoked in, load bed holding a broom, bag of sand, and a bag of wet cement that took Dave two hours and three buckets to remove. Interior shampooed, mats replaced from stock, rust treated, scratches buffed.
A Ford Ranger returned to the fleet after the driver moved on. The brief was simple: get it clean and ready to pass on to the next driver.
The Ranger had been used hard. The interior reeked of tobacco -- ash and cigarette residue throughout the cab. The load bed was still holding the previous driver's tools: a broom, and two bags of building material. The bag of sand was straightforward. The bag of cement was not: it had been sitting inside a container in the load bed and had not set solid, which was fortunate -- Dave spent two hours removing it bucket by bucket, a total of three loads, before Gary could get a hose in to wash it out.
There was a lockable storage compartment in the load bed that the driver had not left a key for. A key found in the glovebox turned out to be a locking wheel nut key -- not the one needed. Dave worked around it as best he could.
The vehicle was not booked in for a full odour treatment -- just a clean. Gary added a deodorising product to the shampoo for the interior, which reduced the tobacco smell considerably. Mats and seats cleaned up well. One mat was missing; a spare from stock was sourced -- it had "Insignia" printed on it, which nobody putting muddy boots on it in a works vehicle is going to notice or care about. Light rust was treated on the wheel arches and tow bar. A couple of corner scratches were buffed out. Engine bay given a quick wipe-down.
It took longer than expected -- the cement alone cost the better part of a morning -- but it left clean and ready for the next driver.
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