At about 34 road miles and 47 minutes from our Brooksville shop, Citrus Hills is exactly where mobile diesel repair earns its keep. A truck that dies at a home-building lot or on the shoulder of CR-486 should not have to ride a wrecker that far to find out it needed a battery cable. Our technicians bring dealer-level scan tools and repair equipment to yards, job sites and the roadside, and they decide on the spot whether the truck can be fixed there.
Finding a stopped truck in and around Citrus Hills
A clear location gets the right parts on the service truck. These are the roads and landmarks that work in Citrus Hills:
CR-486 (Norvell Bryant Highway). The main road through the community, a 4-lane divided highway with a bike path alongside. Say which direction you were headed and whether you are east or west of the Suncoast Parkway connection, which sits just west of Citrus Hills in Lecanto.
SR-44 (Gulf to Lake Highway). The road along the south side. The county landfill entrance at 230 W. Gulf to Lake Highway, about half a mile south of the community line, is an easy reference.
Kensington Avenue. The link between SR-44 and the community on the way in from the Parkway.
Inside the community. Citrus Hills Boulevard and Terra Vista Boulevard are the main internal roads, and the Welcome Center at 2400 N. Terra Vista Boulevard makes an easy landmark.
Job sites. For a new-home lot, give the street, the lot or model name if there is one, and a contact on site.
34 miles from the shop: why Citrus Hills calls a technician first
A long tow is expensive, and it is wasted when the fault is small. Plenty of breakdowns are: a corroded battery terminal, a failed starter, a split coolant hose, a plugged fuel filter or air in the fuel system after a filter change, a broken air line on a heavy truck, or a sensor that put the engine into derate. A technician can find and fix many of those where the truck sits. The visit starts with a scan and a confirmed fault, not a guess, and it ends with a digital inspection, photos and notes included, exactly like a shop job.
When the truck does need our bays, the mobile visit still pays off. The diagnosis is done, the parts can be ordered before the truck arrives, and nobody starts over in Brooksville.
Job sites, yards and the Citrus Hills roadside
Mobile service is set up for 3 kinds of places. Job sites, including the home-building lots around the community, where a truck cannot leave in the middle of a pour or a delivery. Yards, where fleet units can get inspections, filter service and small repairs without losing a day to the drive. And the roadside, where safety comes first: get the truck as far off CR-486 or SR-44 as it will go, turn the hazards on, set out triangles and wait well away from traffic.
Wherever it is, the technician needs firm, level ground beside the truck. A soft new lot after a rain may mean moving the truck a few feet first.
What happens when a Citrus Hills truck needs the bays
Internal engine work, transmission rebuilds, alignments and repairs that need a lift come to Brooksville by Kensington Avenue, SR-44, the Parkway, US-98 and Cobb Road. For heavy units, our Citrus Hills semi truck repair page covers what happens there.
RDI Fleet accounts have 24/7 roadside help, explained on our roadside assistance page; anyone else can call (352) 433-3800 from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM on weekdays. See mobile diesel repair for the whole program, and trucks working north of the community can find local roads on our Pine Ridge mobile diesel repair page.