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ok so have you been to any OEM training for say Cummins or Mack?

Your software, is it legally licensed?

Did you ever think of just getting your own shop?

 

Where are you? Nationwide?

 

If you actually know Paccar. Throw out a few national ads or mailings. I know at least one mega carrier that will retain your services almost immediately.

Cuz Kenworth #### sure can’t help them, with anything. So I’m not too sure how that whole software thing would actually go over.

 

You need to expand on the education part, what Cummins engine matters, and with the other ones out there that you will come across, having some certs for cat and Mack/Volvo will help.

and your investment into software should be around $5k to $10k for OEM stuff.

I am being picky because these are two things that I have had to deal with, work from a mechanic who was clueless to what the engine was all about and they used pirated software they got off of eBay saying it was legally licensed. The latter was why things got screwed up with one truck, it wasn't easy to unravel.

 

We are a relativly small fleet of about 30 trucks (10 company owned, 20 o/o leased on). We have a local guy here in TN that has a similar service. He will come out to our yard or meets drivers at truckstops (or wherever) to do PMs, truck/trailer inspections, alignments, and light mechanical work. This individual gets ALOT of business from us because he is fast, flexible, and reasonably priced. Having someone that can do these things on short notice has been a boon to our productivity and truck utilization.

I say all this to let you know that there is a need for the services that youre offering, especially for small fleets like us. If you do good work and make yourself available on short notice and at irregular times, I think that you will soon have as much business as you can handle and will be making great money too. Good luck.

 

If you could do it remotely somehow your business would explode overnight.