Let’s talk about fleet maintenance for your fleet of vehicles. There’s a reason why Urb’s Garage does fleet preventative maintenance and that is it keeps fleet vehicles safe and on the road making you, the fleet manager, money. Commercial vehicles are held to a higher standard by the public. People expecting deliveries don’t want to hear about delivery truck problems. Those getting a ride don’t want to be stalled on the side of the road, which is why fleet maintenance is so crucial.
Getting Stuck
As with your car, truck, or SUV, fleet vehicles have a preventative maintenance schedule recommended by their manufacturers. This schedule keeps vehicle systems in a like-new state, meaning you stand less chance of getting stuck with a dead vehicle and the complications that go with it.
For example, let’s imagine for a moment that you own a fleet of delivery vans and one of your vans breaks down. You have to dispatch another van, pulling it off its normal route, send it to the location of the broken down van, load the deliveries onto the new van, and pay the driver to do double deliveries.
Ouch!
This not only costs you overtime that you probably don’t want to take out of your payroll budget but also costs you customer frustration, which could result in refunding delivery fees, and the money it will take to tow and repair the broken-down van. A disable fleet vehicle costs money beyond its repairs.
Preventative Maintenance Prevents This
If your delivery vans are maintained as they should be they won’t break down – barring any unexpected instance. Preventative maintenance cannot guarantee something won’t go wrong – machinery breaks – but it will avoid common vehicle problems, including brake trouble and overheated engines.
The point of preventative maintenance isn’t just to replace your brake pads and motor oil; it’s also to inspect vehicle systems to find problems before they cause major problems. Preventative maintenance helps auto technicians find worn belts, low fluids, loose hoses, clogged filters, and other concerns.
Catch a Problem Before it Becomes a Problem
If a mechanic can see that your brake lines are starting to crack, for example, he or she can replace them before you end up with a brake fluid leak. The same holds true for everything on your fleet vehicles from roof to wheels. Prevention really is the best medicine – even for your cars, trucks, or vans!
Call Urb’s Garage in Burlington, KY, to set up an appointment for your fleet vehicles. We’ll make sure they’re in tiptop shape.
