Fleet service by industry

Fleet maintenance for movers & service companies — peak-season ready, serviced off-peak

Month-end and summer are when moving trucks earn — and exactly when one can't be in a shop. I service box trucks, vans and light trailers at your yard in the slow windows, so peak days run on a fleet that's already been gone through.

The duty cycle

What moving & service duty actually does to a fleet

Brakes at maximum, downhill, loaded

A loaded box truck is the hardest brake duty in the light-duty world. Pads, rotors and the hardware behind them get measured and logged at every PM visit, because brake failure on a loaded truck isn't a repair bill — it's a liability event.

Ramps, lift gates and door hardware

The stuff that isn't the engine still kills move days: a lift gate that won't drop, a ramp that jams, a roll-up door off its track. Moving parts get inspected and lubricated as part of the visit — boring, cheap, and the difference between a crew loading at 8 a.m. or standing around.

Feast-and-famine mileage

Service fleets spike — month-end for movers, spring for landscapers, project pushes for cleaners. Time-based PM with a pre-peak check fits that rhythm far better than a mileage sticker nobody reads. Cadence gets set to your season at the assessment.

Light trailers count too

Landscape and equipment trailers are light-duty work I handle at the yard: wheel bearings, brakes, lights, tires, couplers. The trailer that sat all winter is the one that loses a bearing in June.

How a yard visit runs

  • Scheduled AROUND your peaks — mid-month for movers, off-season blocks for seasonal fleets, never during your earning window
  • Pre-peak fleet check before month-end and before the busy season: brakes, tires, lights, fluids, gates and ramps on every unit
  • Full PM per unit: oil & filter, 50-point photo inspection, fluids, tires logged, battery test
  • Light trailers serviced on the same visit — bearings, brakes, lights, tires
  • Every unit's photo condition report in your inbox before I leave — dated, odometer-stamped, forwardable
$129/gas vanFleet PM visit — oil + 50-point photo report ($169 diesel-Euro)
$45/vanSeasonal changeover on rims, torqued & logged
from $99/van/moPM program — records, priority, member rates
See the full published rate card →

Movers, cleaning companies, landscapers, pool and property services, mobile pet groomers, shuttle operators — the common thread is a fleet that earns in bursts and can't afford a dead vehicle during one. The maintenance model that fits isn't "call a shop when it breaks"; it's a standing yard visit in the quiet windows plus a fleet-wide check right before the season hits.

For movers specifically: your heavy trucks likely sit over Ontario's 4,500 kg line, which brings annual inspections and record-keeping obligations most small moving companies discover the hard way. I do the get-ready work, keep the per-unit records, and I'm straight about the part that legally happens at a licensed inspection centre.

Based in Mississauga, working yards across the GTA West — Oakville, Milton, Brampton, Etobicoke. The free yard assessment walks your fleet, flags what the peak season would have exposed, and puts your exact program price in writing.

The compliance piece, straight: Ontario requires commercial operators to run a documented preventive-maintenance program with records, and most vehicles over 4,500 kg need an annual inspection that only a DriveON-licensed centre can issue. My per-unit reports are that paper trail, and I’m honest about the certificate part — details in the inspection guide and the documented-PM guide.
Straight answers

FAQ

Can you guarantee nothing's booked during our month-end?
Yes — that's the design. Program fleets set blackout windows (say, the 25th through the 3rd) and all scheduled work lands outside them. The pre-peak check runs the week before the window so the fleet goes in already inspected.
Do you service our trailers as well?
Light trailers, yes — bearings, brakes, lights, tires, couplers, done at the yard on the same visit as the trucks. Heavy equipment floats are outside my lane and I'll say so rather than wing it.
We only run four vehicles — big enough for a program?
Four units is right in the sweet spot: big enough that a breakdown hurts, small enough that no shop treats you like a priority. Three vehicles per visit is my minimum, and small fleets get the same published rate card and the same per-unit reports.

Free yard assessment — exact program price, in writing

I walk your lot, condition-report up to 3 units free, log every unit’s weight class, and price your fleet off the published rate card. No commitment — worst case you keep the reports.

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