Gulfport runs its own sanitation service, and the equipment list is a good lesson in mixed fleets: 3 rear loader trucks, 5 side loader trucks, 2 claw trucks, a recycling truck, and a dump trailer with a pay-loader. Each body type works differently, wears differently and needs a different maintenance rhythm, all inside a city of 11,783 on Boca Ciega Bay. If your own Gulfport fleet is a mix of pickups, a box truck, a van and 1 or 2 trailers, the same principle applies. RDI Fleet, RDI Power’s fleet program, writes one plan that covers every unit on its own terms, serviced at your yard by technicians who come from Brooksville.
A mixed fleet in a small Gulfport footprint
Small fleets tend to accumulate equipment one purchase at a time. A Super Duty for the owner, a used box truck for deliveries, a Sprinter for service calls, an equipment trailer and a dump trailer. Each came with its own manual, its own schedule and its own quirks, and keeping track of all of it falls on whoever has the least time.
An RDI Fleet plan pulls that into one place. We list every unit by year, make, engine and current mileage or hours, note what each one does, and set its maintenance interval to match. Then all of it goes on one calendar, so a visit to your yard handles whatever is due across the whole fleet instead of one vehicle at a time.
Intervals for each Gulfport unit type
- Pickups and vans. Usually mileage-based, following the manufacturer’s schedule or oil life monitor, shortened for towing, idling and short trips. Ford IDS and WiTECH give our technicians factory-level access to Power Stroke and Ram diagnostics.
- Medium duty trucks. Engine hours as much as miles, especially for trucks that idle on jobs or run PTO equipment.
- Trailers. Calendar time for brakes, bearings, tires, lights and wiring, timed to the visit of the truck that pulls each one.
- Anything near the water. Extra checks on battery terminals, ground straps, connectors and brake hardware, where salt exposure tends to show first.
Annual DOT inspections, where a unit needs one, are booked on the same visit as its PM. Our preventive maintenance page lists the service items behind each visit.
Trailers that work the Gulfport waterfront
The Gulfport Municipal Marina’s public ramp has 70 trailer parking spaces, and the city sits on Boca Ciega Bay. If your fleet includes trailers that launch at the ramp or work near the water, they get a closer look on every visit. Wheel bearings and seals are checked for water intrusion, lighting circuits and plugs for corrosion, and brakes and the coupler for rust that can seize them between uses. A trailer that sits for weeks and then goes back in the water is exactly the kind of unit a calendar interval protects.
Gulfport fleet visits and the reports they leave
Visits are set for the days your units are least needed. The technician works through the list at your yard: fluids and filters where due, brakes and tires, belts and hoses, lights, a code scan, and the trailer checks. Each unit ends the visit with a digital inspection report, with photos of anything found, the technician’s notes and a split between what to repair now and what to budget for. Anything that needs a lift, such as engine or transmission work, is scheduled into the Brooksville shop with you.
Over a year, those reports show which units hold up and which are costing you. For a small fleet, that is often the clearest guide to the next purchase.
Coverage between visits for Gulfport units
When something breaks between scheduled visits, Gulfport fleet accounts get priority service. Repairs under the fleet program carry the 2-year / 24,000-mile warranty, and fleet customers can call for roadside help at any hour, whether a truck stops on SR 693, where FDOT counts about 2,236 trucks a day near the city, or in a lot by the bay on a weekend.
Gulfport operators can see what else the program includes on our RDI Fleet program page. Larger operations across the city line can compare fleet maintenance in St. Petersburg, and breakdowns between visits are covered under mobile diesel repair in Gulfport. Call (352) 433-3800 to put your Gulfport fleet on one plan.