Build the winter changeover into the account
Most fleets treat winter preparation as a set of tasks somebody remembers. On an account it can be a date, a list and a sequence agreed once and repeated every year.
What belongs on it:
- Tread depth measured across the fleet, early enough that anything marginal can be replaced before the weather rather than during it.
- Pressures reset cold, with a schedule for rechecking through the season rather than once at the start.
- Alignment on the units that need it, because a vehicle fighting the road has less margin on a slick surface than on a dry one.
- Cooling system and batteries on light vehicles and anything that has to start cold.
- Casings away for retreading while there is time, so retreads are back before the busy months.
Agreeing that once and putting a date on it is more effective than any individual item on the list, because the usual failure is not knowing what to do. It is running out of time to do it.
What an account settles
Specifications by position and vehicle type. Scheduled work rather than reactive work. Terms and authorization agreed once, which determines how fast a roadside call moves on a bad night. Records, so the winter and the summer halves of the year can be told apart.
Sixteen services sit behind it, including OTR services, wheel refurbishing, trailer alignment and the full vehicle repair list.
What this store does not offer
Mobile service. Denver is the Colorado location for planned tire work at your site, and no Colorado location runs a managed mining program.
What to bring
The unit list with sizes and positions, light vehicles included. Where and how they work through the year. What has been failing. Who authorizes work, and how you want it billed and reported.
About this store
The Loveland store opens at 7:00 AM, Monday to Friday, and is managed by Joe Servin. Denver, Colorado Springs and Craig also hold accounts.
See the national fleet services page for the other 48 locations.