Commercial and Fleet Vehicle Maintenance, written from the bays

6 articles on commercial and fleet vehicle maintenance, written from the shop floor rather than from a keyword list. Every one is about work that actually comes through the gate at the Yorba Linda facility.

• Cab Corner Rust on Municipal Units Starts at the Wash Rack

  The failure mechanism behind cab corner corrosion on municipal units, and a prevention checklist that costs less than the patch panel it avoids.

• Writing a Fleet Paint Standard Two Shops Can Match

  What a fleet color file has to contain so two different shops, years apart, can put the same white on the same truck and have it read as one fleet.

• Spec the Shelving Before the Van, Not After

  A decision framework for fleet van upfits: payload math first, then wheelbase and roof height, then bulkhead, floor and anchoring, then modules built to transfer.

• One Van Out of Twelve Is Costing You the Whole Route

  A rotation framework for small fleets with no spare unit, covering sequencing, parts staging, paint booth constraints and how to convert an outage into a planned block.

• Your Box Truck Keeps Losing Lights on the Same Corner

  Replacing the same marker lamp three times means the fault is upstream. This is the order a shop works a repeat lighting failure, and why continuity testing misses it.

• Your Fleet Pays for Repairs Twice and Only Sees One Invoice

  The repair order is the visible half of a downtime bill. This post shows how to measure the other half using your own dispatch numbers, then how to schedule around it.