Riverview has changed fast. Its population rose from 71,050 in 2010 to 107,396 in 2020, and when FDOT and Hillsborough County planned in 2019 to widen Big Bend Road from four lanes to six between US 41 and US 301, rapid growth in the south county was the reason given. If your fleet is growing along with it, that is exactly when maintenance tends to slip. RDI Fleet, RDI Power’s fleet program, keeps it on track with a written plan, scheduled visits to your yard by technicians from our Brooksville shop and a record of every unit.
A Riverview fleet that grows with the south county
The hardest part of running a growing fleet is keeping up with the trucks you already have while adding new ones. Records end up in three places, PM gets skipped on the busy units, and the used truck bought in a hurry never gets a proper look. An RDI Fleet plan fixes that by putting every unit on the same system. New trucks are inventoried and inspected when they join, with VIN, engine, mileage or hours and condition recorded, and they get intervals for their class from the first day.
Plans are built around your operation, budget, fleet size and vehicle types, and cover light, medium and heavy duty trucks, trailers and buses.
Yards near I-75 exits 246 to 256 and US 301 in Riverview
Riverview has four I-75 interchanges, at exits 246, 250, 254 and 256, and US 301 runs through its western side, connecting to I-75 at exit 254 by Gibsonton Drive and Boyette Road. That access makes Riverview a practical base, and it also means every trip a truck makes for routine service is a trip through some of the busiest traffic in the south county.
With RDI Fleet, that trip mostly disappears. Technicians come to your yard and handle preventive maintenance, inspections and many repairs there, working through several units in a visit. Visits are scheduled around the operation. Only work that needs a bay, such as a major engine or transmission job, goes to Brooksville, on a date set with you.
Big Bend Road and south county traffic around Riverview
The 2019 plan to widen Big Bend Road from four lanes to six, between US 41 and US 301, was a response to how quickly the south county filled in. For a fleet manager, more traffic means two things. Trucks spend more time idling and braking, which shortens the real interval between services. And every trip to a shop for routine work costs more of the day. RDI Fleet answers both: intervals set by engine hours as well as miles, and routine service done at your Riverview yard instead of on the road.
Industrial work around Riverview’s Alafia River plant
Mosaic’s Riverview Manufacturing Plant has operated since 1924, and 280 Hillsborough residents work there daily. If your trucks support industrial work in the area, whether as contractors, service crews or haulers, their duty cycle is tougher than a delivery route’s. Dust loads air filters and gets into intake joints. Long idle periods add engine hours. Heavy loads wear brakes, tires and suspension components faster than the odometer suggests.
A plan for those units sets PM on engine hours as well as mileage, inspects air filters and intake seals at every visit, measures brakes, checks suspension and steering components and scans for fault codes before they become a shutdown. Our preventive maintenance page lists the service items behind those checks.
Intervals for Riverview pickups, vocational trucks and tractors
- Pickups and vans: manufacturer schedule or oil life monitor, shortened for towing, long idling and short trips around town
- Dump trucks, service trucks and other vocational units: engine hours, with PTO time counted
- Tractors: mileage, with closer brake and tire checks for units that run heavy
- Trailers: a calendar and mileage track of their own for brakes, bearings, lights and tires
- Buses: planned around the calendar so work lands before the busy season
Annual DOT inspections go on the same schedule, so each unit comes out of service once.
Reports that make Riverview budgeting easier
Every visit ends with a digital vehicle inspection: photos of what was found, the technician’s notes and a split between work needed now and work that can be planned. A year of those reports is a service history per unit. It tells you which trucks are reliable, which are costing money and when a replacement makes more sense than another repair.
Priority, roadside and the fleet warranty for Riverview units
Riverview fleet units get priority service when something fails between visits. Repairs under the account carry a 2-year / 24,000-mile warranty, and roadside help is on call 24/7 for fleet customers.
The parts of the program not specific to Riverview are covered on our RDI Fleet maintenance page. For operators along US 41 near Port Redwing, see fleet maintenance in Gibsonton. Call (352) 433-3800 to set up a plan for your Riverview yard.