Freight does not stop at the Fairview Shores line. Lee Road, which ties I-4 to SR-417, moves more than 6 million tons of freight a year by MetroPlan Orlando’s count, and MetroPlan places I-4 through Orange County on the federal Primary Highway Freight System. If your trucks earn their keep on those roads, the maintenance behind them should be planned rather than improvised. That is the job of RDI Fleet, RDI Power’s fleet program.
Planning for Fairview Shores trucks that work Lee Road and I-4
Corridor work wears trucks in predictable ways. Brakes take the beating from signal to signal on an arterial; cooling systems and aftertreatment carry the load when a truck creeps through interstate traffic in Florida heat. A plan for a Fairview Shores operation starts by writing that down for each unit: what it is, what it hauls, how many miles or hours it puts on in a week, and where it parks at night. From there we set PM intervals by miles, engine hours or calendar, whichever matches the work, and put each annual inspection on the same calendar.
Keep-or-replace calls for a Fairview Shores fleet
Even Orange County’s school district plans its turnover on a schedule. Orange County Public Schools ran 1,020 buses as of February 2025 and replaces about 10 percent a year on an 8 to 10 year cycle. A small operator may not have a formula like that, but the question is the same: when does the next repair stop making sense?
RDI Fleet answers it with records. Each visit leaves a digital vehicle inspection, photos of every finding plus the technician’s notes, filed against that unit. A year in, you can see which truck is costing what and which problems keep coming back. That makes budgeting less of a guess and makes the replacement decision one you can defend.
How a yard visit near Fairview Shores is set up
Since Fairview Shores lies well beyond the distance where we expect trucks to drive in, the work comes to you. Visits are scheduled around your operation and grouped, so one trip covers as many units as possible:
- You send the unit list and any driver complaints ahead of time.
- The technician arrives with the filters, fluids and parts those units need.
- PM, inspections and smaller repairs get done where the trucks park.
- Anything that needs a lift is booked into our bays on a date that suits you.
Light, medium and heavy duty trucks, trailers and buses all fit on one plan. The preventive maintenance page goes deeper into each service item.
What a PM visit covers for Fairview Shores trucks
A scheduled visit is more than an oil change. On each unit, the technician:
- drains the oil, swaps the filter and checks what drained out for signs of trouble
- replaces fuel filters and empties the water separator
- inspects the air filter and looks for intake leaks past it
- checks coolant, the radiator, belts and hoses
- measures brake linings, and on air-brake units checks adjustment and listens for leaks
- gauges tread and pressure on every tire
- load tests batteries and checks the charging system
- scans for stored and pending fault codes
Anything that can wait goes on the report for next time. Anything urgent gets a photo and an estimate before work starts.
Annual inspections for Fairview Shores units
A commercial vehicle running interstate at a GVWR of 10,001 pounds or more needs a federal annual inspection, with the report kept for 14 months. Drivers handle the daily pre-trip. The plan’s job is to make sure no annual slips past its date, so each one is booked onto a PM visit and the unit is inspected while it is already out of service.
Warranty and after-hours cover for Fairview Shores units
Fairview Shores fleet repairs are warrantied for 2 years / 24,000 miles, and a fleet unit that breaks gets first claim on our schedule. If a unit stops on Lee Road after dark, 24/7 roadside assistance applies, with a straight answer on timing instead of a promise.
For the full program, see RDI Fleet maintenance. When a truck is down today, mobile diesel repair in Fairview Shores covers breakdown calls, and operators on the east side of I-4 can look at fleet maintenance in Winter Park. To start, call (352) 433-3800 with a list of what you run.