Mobile fleet maintenance, explained.
The shop model asks your vehicles to come to the work. Mobile fleet maintenance sends the work to your vehicles — on site, usually overnight, so nothing misses a route. Here's how it works and where Slick delivers it.
What mobile fleet maintenance is
Mobile fleet maintenance is preventive and corrective vehicle work performed where the fleet parks, by technicians who travel to the fleet. Instead of a driver dropping a van at a shop and the vehicle spending a day in someone else's queue, a service van arrives at your site after the last route, and the work happens while your fleet would be sitting still anyway.
Done right, it isn't a mobile mechanic you call when something breaks. It's a standing cadence: scheduled preventive maintenance, inspections that catch wear before a driver does, and repairs handled the same night they're found. One Slick tech in one van can service ten vehicles in a single visit.
Slick delivers this as a managed service — 100+ W-2 technicians working from 10 HUBs in 100+ cities, with over 2M vehicles serviced. No subcontractors.
Mobile vs. the shop
| The shop model | Mobile with Slick | |
|---|---|---|
| Where the work happens | You drive to them, wait, drive back | Techs come to your site, overnight |
| Vehicle downtime | A day or more per visit, per vehicle | Vehicles serviced while parked — routes unaffected |
| Scheduling | Whenever the shop can fit you in | A standing cadence matched to your duty cycle |
| Proof of work | A paper invoice | Photo and video documentation in TruView |
| Billing | Per incident, different rates per shop | One predictable monthly number |
Where the work happens
The shop modelYou drive to them, wait, drive back
Mobile with SlickTechs come to your site, overnight
Vehicle downtime
The shop modelA day or more per visit, per vehicle
Mobile with SlickVehicles serviced while parked — routes unaffected
Scheduling
The shop modelWhenever the shop can fit you in
Mobile with SlickA standing cadence matched to your duty cycle
Proof of work
The shop modelA paper invoice
Mobile with SlickPhoto and video documentation in TruView
Billing
The shop modelPer incident, different rates per shop
Mobile with SlickOne predictable monthly number
How fleets engage Slick
Three engagement models, one delivery standard. Every HUB delivers all three — including Slick HD PMI for Class 7–8 tractors.
Slick UpTime
The full managed program: we own your uptime with you. One monthly price covers your PM rhythm and corrective work, sequenced so vehicles never strand a route.
Slick UpTimeSlick PMI+
You tell us what you need. We roll the van, do the work on site, and document every job in TruView.
Slick PMI+Slick HD PMI
Nested inspection tiers for Class 7–8 tractors — Dry, PMI-A, and PMI-B. Delivered from every Slick HUB.
Slick HD PMIWhat we deliver
- Preventive Maintenance — Oil, fluids, filters, and scheduled service on a cadence matched to your duty cycle — done overnight, ten vehicles at a time.
- Inspections & Compliance — DOT-ready inspections that catch brake wear, tire tread, and corrosion before a driver or an auditor does.
- Repairs — Brake jobs, suspension, diagnostics — corrective work handled on site, with basic electrical covered. You approve estimates by tap.
- Steam Fleet Cleaning — Professional steam cleaning at your site. 95% less water, zero chemicals, vehicles ready by morning.
Who mobile fleet maintenance is built for
Operators running 10 to 200 vehicles: Amazon DSPs, FedEx Ground contractors, couriers and last-mile fleets, HVAC and field-service companies, regional distribution. Fleets where a vehicle in a shop bay is a route uncovered.
If you run Class 1–6 vehicles on daily routes and your maintenance plan is a list of shop phone numbers, this model was built for you.
What it changes
One 40-truck Mid-Atlantic FedEx ISP on Slick cut spare vehicles from four to one within a year — $54,000 to $72,000 in annual carrying cost — with zero vehicles lost to shop visits and 40+ manager hours a month back.
“We've spent millions of dollars trying to solve what you guys simply do.”
Where Slick delivers it
10 HUBs, 100+ cities, 75 miles LD / 150 miles HD from each. Pick your metro:
Mobile fleet maintenance questions
See it on your own fleet
Thirty minutes. We map your routes, your vehicles, and your current spend — and show you exactly what on-site service would look like at your site.