Fall Fleet Maintenance Tips

20 Oct 2021

Business owners are often busy and don’t always have time to check up on each individual component or asset in their businesses. If you own a business with a fleet of vehicles, the last thing you want to worry about is one of your vehicles breaking down or needing maintenance on the road.

One easy effective way to prevent issues like this from happening to any members of your fleet is by practicing fleet preventative maintenance. Using this method, you can maintain vehicles in your fleet before they need to be taken off for repairs, meaning you can prevent future repairs while keeping your vehicles on the road.

Some maintenance tips to keep all your vehicles on the road and away from disrepair include:

Scheduling regular maintenance on your vehicles – For example, flushing cooling systems every two years will save you money and time in the long run, leaving the cooling systems for any longer can cause corrosion and damage long-term. Brakes should also be checked about every two years, brake failures can result in serious liability and heavy costs to your business.

Checking tire pressure, oil, and transmission fluid – Checking tire pressure will help you extend the life of your tires and prevent a blowout. Also, you can check the
odometers to see when your vehicles should be checked for oil and transmission fluid.
Driver checkups – One of the best preventative maintenance measures you can take is giving the drivers themselves some responsibility to check up on their vehicles. Writing up a checklist for them to go through before departing and after arriving will help prevent any unanticipated disrepairs, training the drivers to be able to spot anything that might need maintenance.

GPS Fleet Tracking and Maintenance

Although maintenance checkups are essential to prevent high costs and possible liability down the road, they can take up a lot of your time, diverting your attention from other important matters. Luckily, you can invest in GPS fleet tracking to make preventative maintenance and monitoring of your fleet much easier and less time-consuming. Also, it ensures that none of those important tasks get forgotten about.

GPS fleet tracking has advanced significantly in modern times, it not only allows a business owner to monitor the driving of every vehicle in his or her fleet, but it has also taken on the role of providing vehicle diagnostic reports along with automated maintenance scheduling.

The GPS fleet tracking services monitor miles and time on the road, scheduling and alerting you when you should conduct a checkup or maintenance on any of your vehicles, such as an oil change or tire rotation.

This not only saves you time and headaches from checking odometers and scheduling yourself, but it makes sure that no problem goes unnoticed and you know exactly when maintenance should be done.

This means that the odds of maintenance-related accidents happening with GPS fleet maintenance are significantly lower and your vehicles will therefore last much longer

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About George Karonis

George Karonis is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of LiveViewGPS Inc., a company he established in 2008 with the vision of making real-time GPS tracking more reliable, affordable, and accessible for businesses of all sizes. Over the past two decades, he has built a reputation as an innovator in GPS tracking, fleet management, asset monitoring, and Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PTToC) communications. Under George's leadership, LiveViewGPS has grown into a nationally recognized provider of GPS tracking solutions, serving businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, law enforcement organizations, and public works departments throughout the United States. The company's technology helps organizations improve operational efficiency, protect valuable assets, increase driver safety, and reduce operating costs through real-time location intelligence. Before founding LiveViewGPS, George developed a background in security, surveillance, and emerging location technologies. His passion for innovation and practical problem solving has driven the development of products that combine dependable hardware with easy-to-use cloud software, giving customers actionable information when it matters most. In 2018, George expanded into nationwide Push-to-Talk over Cellular communications by launching PeakPTT, providing businesses with rugged, instant communication solutions that operate over LTE and Wi-Fi networks. His focus has remained the same throughout his career: delivering dependable technology backed by exceptional customer service and long-term customer relationships. George regularly writes about GPS tracking, fleet management, asset protection, business technology, and communication systems. Through this blog, he shares industry insights, practical advice, and emerging trends to help organizations make informed decisions about tracking technology and connected operations.