University, the Census community built around UCF, keeps contractors busy. Campus science buildings have been under renovation, with work scheduled into 2026, and work began in 2024 on converting part of the Quadrangle business park to student housing. The Central Florida Research Park, 1,027 acres with 126 partner organizations and about 10,000 employees, sits inside the community too. If your trucks work projects or service contracts here, RDI Fleet, RDI Power’s fleet program, is how we keep them maintained without pulling them off the job.
Planning maintenance around University project schedules
Construction fleets have a rhythm: a push while a project is running, then a gap before the next one. An RDI Fleet plan uses that. Heavier service, the jobs that take a truck out for a day, gets booked into the gaps, while routine PM and inspections happen on site during the push, during breaks or after the shift. Priority service means a truck that breaks in the middle of a pour or a haul jumps ahead in our schedule.
Dump trucks, service bodies and vans on one University plan
A contractor near UCF might run dump trucks, a service body pickup, a crew van and an equipment trailer. Each gets its own schedule:
- Dump trucks and other vocational units by engine hours and PTO time as much as miles, since a lot of their work happens standing still or at low speed.
- Pickups and vans on the manufacturer’s schedule, shortened for towing and heavy idling.
- Equipment trailers inspected for brakes, bearings, lights and tires on intervals of their own.
Dust, heat and short hauls on University job sites
Job-site work around campus is hard on a diesel in particular ways. Dust loads air filters faster than highway driving, so the filter and the intake tract are checked for leaks on every visit; a leak past the filter lets grit straight into the engine. Short, slow hauls keep exhaust temperatures low, which makes it harder for the particulate filter to clean itself, so aftertreatment gets a look each time. And Florida heat stacks onto all of it, which is why radiators, coolant, belts and hoses are part of every PM. Our construction page covers the vocational trucks we see most. On units that run a PTO for a dump body or a pump, those hours count toward the oil interval the same as road time.
Vans and pickups for University research park and campus work
If your company services buildings in the research park or on campus, your fleet may lean toward Sprinter vans and diesel pickups that make short hops between sites. Those units get intervals shortened for idling and short trips, a battery and charging test on every visit, and glow plug checks on Power Stroke and Duramax engines. Interstate units at or with a GVWR of 10,001 pounds or more also need their federal annual inspection, kept on file for 14 months, and it rides on the same visit as the PM.
Yard and job-site visits for University fleets
RDI Fleet work in University happens at your location, because the Brooksville bays are saved for jobs that truly need them. Technicians drive out with diagnostic tools and the equipment to repair on site. Visits are planned ahead and grouped, so one trip covers as many units as possible. When a truck does need a bay, for engine internals or a transmission rebuild, it is scheduled into our shop on a date that fits the project calendar.
The first visit for a University fleet
Setup starts with a call about your trucks, your projects and where the units park. A technician then inventories the fleet, at your yard or on a job site, recording VIN, engine, hours, miles and condition for each unit and flagging any open problems. Intervals come next, set by class and duty cycle, and every annual inspection date goes on the calendar. If you are between projects, that is a good time to begin, since the first round of catch-up work can be finished before the next push.
DOT dates, reports and warranty for University fleets
Each unit’s annual inspection goes on the same calendar as its PM. Visits are documented in a digital vehicle inspection with photos and notes, and those reports add up to a service history per truck. That history matters when a general contractor or an owner asks for maintenance records, and when you are deciding whether an aging truck is worth another repair. Fleet repairs here carry a 24,000-mile, 2-year warranty, and a unit stranded on Alafaya Trail after hours is covered by 24/7 roadside help.
The full program is on the RDI Fleet maintenance page. For breakdown help, see mobile diesel repair in University, and fleets based south of SR 50 can compare fleet maintenance in Alafaya. Call (352) 433-3800 with your unit list to get started.