ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Protect your environment and protect your business from
fines by handling your dirt cleaning solution according
to federal, state, and local codes. According to federal
regulations, which states have to adopt as minimum
standards, the dirty cleaning solution in a spray washer
is generally not “hazardous waste”. To be considered a
hazardous waste by the U.S. Government, the solution
has to have one more of the following four (4)
characteristics:
IGNITABILITY
A solid waste is a hazardous waste if it is a liquid and a
representative sample has a flash point less than 140F.
CORROSIVITY
A solid waste is a hazardous waste if it is an aqueous
solution and a representative sample have a pH less than
or equal to 2 or greater than or equal to 12.5.
REACTIVITY
A solid waste is a hazardous waste if a representative
sample reacts violently with water exposed to low pH
solutions.
EP TOXICITY
A solid waste is a hazardous waste if a representative
sample leaches heavy metals in concentration greater
than 100 times primary drinking standard concentrations.
The two characteristics that you have to be most
concerned about are
CORROSIVITY
and
EP TOXICITY
.
Ask your detergent supplier if the pH of your solution is
greater than 12.5 and if so, how it can be neutralized
with acid. To check for EP Toxicity, you would need to
have a sample tested by a laboratory.
Assuming that your solution is not hazardous, or that with
minor treatment (e.g., adding acid) the solution can be
made non-hazardous, the EPA does not require special
storage, documentation, transportation, and processing.
Since your solution will have oils, however, you will
probably not be able to dump the solution in the sewage
line (call your sewage treatment facility) and you
certainly can’t dump the solution on the ground or in a
storm drain. As you will read in the Maintenance Section
of this manual, you can separate the oil and solid
contaminants from the solution so that the cleaning
solution can last for an indefinite period.
SHIPPING DAMAGE
If any damage is found, notify your carrier
immediately and save all crating materials for the
carrier’s inspector to examine.
Failure to promptly report
damage could result in denial of your claim.
A trucking company’s procedure for handling damage is
as follows:
1). Immediately send out an inspector. An inspection
report is filled out on the spot, a copy of which is given to
the customer.
2). The
customer
has to call the carrier to request a
claim form.
3). The customer mails in the claim form.
4) The claim usually takes two (2) months to process.
NOTE:
If a unit is seriously damaged, your Ranger Products
dealer may be able to intervene, requesting that the
damaged unit be returned and a new unit delivered.
If no damage is found, remove the bolts or steel bands
which fasten the machine to the skid. The machine
may be fastened on two or all four corners. Remove the
machine from the skid being careful not to damage the
casters on the underside.
UNPACKING:
Open the door and unpack small parts
and soap.
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DANGER!
Do not use the unit if the door safety switch does
not stop the spray pump when the door is open.
Call for service.
CAUTION!
Handling of the machine / components must be
performed only with an appropriate lifting device
such as a forklift or shop crane. Only personnel who
are experienced and qualified on material handling
procedures should handle any
transportation or moving of machine
components.
