Off-Site Wash Facility
Wash Building
To prevent any disease being brought back onto our farm, all vehicles returning from deliveries must stop at our off-site wash facility to be cleaned and disinfected.
Crates are unloaded and staged to be run through a crate washer. After the vehicles are cleaned and disinfected, they drive out the clean side of the building to be taken to the farm.
Crate Washer
Crates are cleaned using a 4-stage washer. They run through a pre-wash, wash, rinse, and disinfection process at a rate of 600 crates per hour.
A propane, steam boiler maintains 140 degree wash water.
Crates exit the washer and transition onto a conveyor system to be loaded on a transport wagon.
An alternate roller section, at the exit of the crate washer, is folded down to enable us to also wash feed pans, water pans, specs, chick boxes, and hatch baskets.
To wash specs, we put them in a custom-made basket to contain them within the crate washer.
Drying Area
Items that need dried before stacking are placed under fans mounted to the ceiling.
Shuttle Service
Clean crates are taken back to the farm using transport wagons.
Vehicles are shuttled back to the farm using electric golf carts.
Drivers
Drivers keep all delivery clothing in a separate locker room at the wash building. A Danish entry system is used to maintain separation between street clothing and delivery clothing.
