Road Service

I'm in the same boat as Cory, we work on our own fleet and work on a few outside companies to keep our guys busy. We charge $ 70.00 / Hour in house and $ 100.00 / Hour for road service + parts, but we also do primarily oilfield work so our trucks are dealing with lease road conditions and most of my mechanics have to go through all the saferty training same as my drivers so I feel the $ 100.00 / hour is justified for a road call at any given hour of the day or night.

 

With the training they have to go through I agree. I will say that if it's one of my loyal customers on road service I gladly do it. If it's someone i don't know and I have never worked with I may turn the job down because it's hard to get paid a lot of the time.

 

I agree on doing the work for strangers and the random calls, but typically if it's not someone who is a regular they are paying cash or with a credit card that clears before they are rolling.

 

And FYI for anyone thinking about calling a road service guy to come help you figure out what's wrong with your truck...if they can't fix it, you still have to pay them for the time it took to get to you, to diagnose and the time it takes for them to get back to their shop.

Then you'll have to pay to get it towed and then pay once more to have someone spend the time troubleshooting and finally, if possible, fixing your problem.

So just be careful because that's not going to be a cheap total at all. It will hurt!!

Find out what's wrong before you call!!

 

cost me 400.00 for my tire to be put on, waited 2 hours for the service truck to show up. 1 of our drivers had a coolant hose blow & paid $500.00 for 6 gallons of water & a 2'' by 6 ' hose. service truck came out 18 miles round trip. with my new device I bought a couple yeas ago I can break my own lug nuts without a air compressor & change my own tires I fix my own flats, or fix leaking valve stem, figured out how to fix on on the inside wheel with certain combination of tools, without removing outer tire.

 

I have made it a practice to know what parts I need. I keep all info on all parts. every belt, air bag, inj, e.t.c. a lot easier to call & say I need a air bag number 12345 so the shop can bring the correct part out the first time instead of coming out then running around costing you time & money.

 

Can never figure why someone would pay for something as simple as changing an alternator, valve, hose, belt, etc. What's the saying righty tighty lefty loosy. Read a tape measure for belts or hoses. 12v light tester and conduit tester for electric problems. Maybe I am a little cheap and like to be challenged.

 

A lot more steering wheel holders out there than professional drivers. A CDL does not make you a professional driver if you aren't willing to put effort forth.

 

The alternator was on one of my trucks I have a driver in. And no he was not capable of changing it also did not have one to put on it . Myself I am a certified heavy diesel mechanic an carry lots of tools on my truck