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Washdown Facilities

Washdown Facilities are an important tool used to assist with managing the spread of invasive weeds.

Washing your vehicles and machinery reduces the threat to our agricultural industries & environment.

All our facilities are CCTV monitored.

Keys for usage

A "non-refundable' lifetime Avdata key is available for purchase at any of Council's Customer Service Centres.

The cost for the key is $41.00 and can be used at any Washdown facility in Australia using the Avdata system.

**Please note, the Washdown key is not interchangeable with the water standpipe keys.

Washdown bays are billed by the minute of usage.

High pressure outlet - $1.30 per minute

High volume outlet - $1.80 per minute

Location:	Chinchilla - Slessar Street (Old Chinchilla Saleyards)
Site specifics	2 x Truck/machinery bays 1 x Light vehicle ramp Compressed air available
Hours of operation	24 hours a day, 7 days a week Please note, the facility will be closed regularly for cleaning
Vehicles allowed	Chinchilla - All resource and civil vehicle types. **No livestock vehicles (this facility is unable to treat livestock effluent onsite due to legislative requirements)
Maximum vehicle size	No limit
Height limit	No height limit
Weight limit	30 tonne track machines must remain on their float or on tyres to avoid damage to wash down surface
Surface	Concrete
Hose details	Supplied - High Pressure only
Rules of use	As per onsite signage
Housekeeping	All mud and dirt must be completely washed off the wash down bays to avoid slipping hazard
Damage/misuse	Damage must be reported to Council. Where damage is caused by misuse, Council may seek recovery of repair costs from the user

ATTENTION	THE DALBY WASHDOWN IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Location:	Dalby - Byrne Street (Dalby Saleyards)
Site specifics	2 x Truck/machinery bays 1 x Light vehicle ramp Compressed air available
Hours of operation	24 hours a day, 7 days a week Please note, the facility will be closed regularly for cleaning.
Vehicles allowed	All vehicle types
Maximum vehicle size	No limit
Height limit	No height limit
Weight limit	30 tonne track machines must remain on their float or on tyres to avoid damage to wash down surface.
Surface	Concrete
Hose details	25mm male camlock hoses are supplied - must supply own nozzles for both High pressure & High volume
Rules of use	As per onsite signage
Housekeeping	All mud and dirt must be completely washed off the wash down to avoid slipping hazard
Damage/misuse	Damage must be reported to Council. Where damage is caused by misuse, Council may seek recovery of repair costs from the user.

Location:	Wandoan - Windeyer Street (Old Wandoan Saleyards)
Site Specifics	2 x Truck/machinery bays 1 x Light vehicle ramp Compressed air available
Hours of operation	24 hours a day, 7 days a week Please note, the facility will be closed regularly for cleaning.
Vehicles allowed	Wandoan - All vehicle types
Maximum vehicle size	No limit
Height limit	No height limit
Weight limit	30 tonne track machines must remain on their float or on tyres to avoid damage to wash down surface.
Surface	Concrete
Hose details	Supplied - High volume only
Rules of use	As per onsite signage
Housekeeping	All mud and dirt must be completely washed off the wash down to avoid slipping hazard
Damage/misuse	Damage must be reported to Council. Where damage is caused by misuse, Council may seek recovery of repair costs from the user.

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