Starting A Mobile Truck & Trailer Repair Company

I recently started a mobile truck repair company in the Sacramento area. We have not been very successful so far. We don't have a consistent stream of road-calls, so it's a bit of a struggle. I have been advertising on truck repair directory sites, but with very little luck so far.

I was looking for some of your input. As a truck driver, when your truck breaks-down. Where is the first place you search for a mobile truck repair company? Google Search? Ask Siri? NTTS Directory?

I have been advertising on trucking repair sites but very little luck so far.

Thank you for your input.

This web site mostly supports drivers who work for Big Companies, in other words, the owners of most of the trucks on the road.

I suggest you contact the road service people in the "big" company offices and set up an account. When company drivers have a breakdown/ flat, 99% of the time the main office arranges service, including road calls.

For smaller companies, I bet it's going to be a face-to-face sales call that will get you your business. (Yeah, bring your big tow to their place.) Best of luck!

This website is almost 100% company drivers, or people looking for more info before taking the plunge into this career. In the event of a breakdown they let their company know who in turn finds the nearest road assistance company they have contracts with.

I have to agree with Errol here. Contact the companies maintenance divisions. I would think they would not have a problem with adding you to there list. That’s my first call....to maintenance. They call the repair station. Good luck

Are you a certified mechanic able to offer trailer repairs and annual DOT inspections? Are you an authorized service point for Freightliner, Volvo, International, etc? Do you own a big rig tow truck or not? Do you have a repair shop somewhere or are you strictly a mobile repair service?

Those are the kinds of things that I know my employer would be looking for when finding someone to handle a breakdown.

Once, I needed a trailer repair which was done by a small independent guy such as yourself (guessing here). I went to a TA because we have a national account with them but they didn't have the capability to make the needed repairs, so the TA repair shop referred company shop/breakdown personnel to this small independent one service truck operation and he actually came to the TA and made the repairs in their parking lot lol. So you may want to find out what the national chain type places offer and if you can do things they can't, maybe they can refer the customer needing repairs to you.

Maybe you can get to know local DOT and they can refer you? The type of business you are attempting to get going is definitely a feast or famine type situation so get to know someone many other service techs and repair businesses so maybe you can pick up some of their overflow work that they can't get to.

Yes, what licenses and certificates do you have? Because without them you can't work. As many have said here, almost 100% of members of this forum are from big companies