Running your own workshop and using a specialist both have a place. Here is how to tell which suits your fleet.
An in house workshop suits fleets big enough to keep skilled mechanics busy every day. Outsourcing suits most small and medium fleets. A mix is common: simple checks in house, and services and bigger repairs outsourced.
| In house | Outsourced | |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Mostly fixed costs: staff, tools and space | Per job, or through a maintenance plan |
| Speed and priorities | Fast, and you decide what comes first | Depends on the provider's schedule and your agreement |
| Skills and equipment | Limited to what you hire and buy | A wider range, with specialist tools |
| Quality oversight | Direct, you see the work | Needs agreed standards and a record of the work |
| Busy and quiet periods | Hard: idle staff or a backlog | Easy to scale up or down |
| Convenience | Vehicles come to your own yard | On site servicing can come to you |
| Service history | You must keep it up | Ask the provider to keep or share it |
| Responsibility | Entirely yours | Shared, so agree it in writing |
Many fleets do daily checks and simple jobs themselves, and outsource scheduled services and major repairs. HopeLynx offers preventive maintenance plans and on site servicing at your yard or depot, so vehicles do not have to travel.
Free tools: Free preventive maintenance schedule (PDF) Free daily vehicle check sheet (PDF)
We are happy to give you an honest view, even if the answer is that you do not need us yet. We offer diagnostics, servicing and repairs, preventive maintenance plans and on site servicing, so your vehicles spend less time off the road. We can help with:
Prices before work starts, response times, a warranty on parts and labour, how you will be told about extra work, and that they keep a record of every job.
Servicing done at your yard or depot, so vehicles stay with you and lose less time.
Yes. We offer preventive maintenance plans and on site servicing for fleets, as well as diagnostics and repairs.
Use a service log for every vehicle. Our free maintenance schedule includes one, and Fleet Command Hub tracks maintenance and workshop jobs for you.
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