Keeping Work Vehicles Working
When a vehicle is part of how the business earns, a day off the road costs more than the repair itself. The usual problem isn't the breakdown, it's that servicing gets deferred until something forces the issue. At Advanced Automotive Services, we run fleet maintenance for local trades, small businesses and operators with a handful of vehicles rather than a hundred, which keeps the scheduling flexible and means you deal with the same people each time. We hold records per vehicle, flag what's coming due, and work around your operating hours where we can. Light commercial safety certificates can be handled in the same visit. Call (07) 4033 6418 to talk through your fleet in Cairns.
How We Handle Fleets
Fleet work is mostly about planning, since the mechanical side is the same job done predictably.
- Scheduled servicing per vehicle. Each vehicle runs on its own interval based on its make and how hard it works. That stops the whole fleet arriving at once.
- Records kept for every unit. Service history, parts fitted and work recommended are logged against the vehicle rather than the driver. That helps when vehicles change hands internally.
- Work reported before it's done. Anything we find gets quoted and approved first, so budgets don't get surprises. Urgent safety items are flagged separately.
- Flexible booking. Where it helps, we'll take vehicles in outside peak times to keep them available during working hours. Multiple vehicles can be staggered across a week.
Frequently Asked Questions
There's no fixed number. In practice it's any business running more than one work vehicle that benefits from coordinated servicing and shared records.
Planned servicing lets vehicles come off the road at convenient times rather than mid-job. It also catches wear early, while the repair is still a small one.
Usually, yes. Higher kilometres, heavier loads and rougher conditions all shorten service intervals compared with a private car covering the same distance.
