Dixie County has a long history in silviculture and wood products, and Cross City, the county seat, sits in the middle of it. A company that announced a plant here in 2025 said it chose the town for its nearby wood basket, its harvesting activity and its sawmills. The trucks that serve that business, along with the through traffic on US 19/98, are the trucks that stop around Cross City. RDI Power has no shop or staff here. Our technicians come out from the Brooksville shop with diagnostic tools and parts, ready to repair the truck in place when the job and the location allow.
US 19/98 through Cross City and Dixie County
One highway does most of the work in Dixie County. US 19/98, cosigned with Alt US-27 as SR 55, crosses the county from the Suwannee River bridge to the Steinhatchee River bridge at the Taylor County line, passing through Cross City on the way. FDOT’s 2025 inventory counts about 11,000 vehicles a day on its busiest piece near town, roughly 1,683 of them trucks, a little more than 15%.
On a highway with long stretches between towns, the two river bridges make useful reference points, and so does any crossroad or business you passed. Tell us how far you are from the last one, which direction you were headed and which shoulder you are on. If the truck is loaded with logs, say so; it affects where and how the technician can work on it.
Log trucks in Cross City’s wood basket
A log truck that quits on pavement is a manageable problem. One that quits on a skid trail or a sand road between a harvest site and the highway takes more planning. Mobile service covers job sites as well as roads, and a technician can often reach a truck in the woods, provided a service truck can follow the same route and there is firm ground beside the stalled unit. Describe the access honestly: how far from the paved road, whether the track is dry, and whether anything blocks it. If the location is unsafe or unreachable, we work out with you how to get the truck to a spot where it can be repaired. Our forestry page covers more of that work.
Fixes made on site in Cross City
The technician diagnoses first, with codes, live data and tests, then repairs what failed. Work that usually gets finished beside the truck:
- Batteries, cables, grounds, starters and alternators on a truck that will not crank or charge
- Air lines, fittings, brake chambers and slack adjusters on a tractor or trailer that will not hold air
- Fuel filters clogged with debris, a water separator that needs draining, and air in the lines
- Coolant hoses, belts and leaking fittings that can be reached on site
- Sensors and wiring damaged by brush, vibration or a rough road, the kind of fault that triggers a derate
- Trailer lights and harnesses torn up in the woods
When the work is done, a digital inspection with photos and the technician’s notes goes to the owner or dispatcher.
Planning a Cross City breakdown into the Brooksville shop
Some failures cannot be repaired in a clearing or on a shoulder: internal engine damage, a failed transmission, a job that needs a lift. When the technician finds one, we tell you plainly and plan the move to Brooksville with you, including when the truck can be spared and how it travels. Because the diagnosis is already done, the shop can line up parts before it arrives. Field and shop repairs carry the same labor warranty of 3 years / 36,000 miles.
Reaching RDI Power from Cross City
Monday to Friday, from the shop’s 7:00 AM opening until it closes at 4:00 PM, anyone with a stopped diesel can call (352) 433-3800. Outside those hours, roadside help is available 24/7 to RDI Fleet accounts. Cross City is near the outer reach of our mobile service, so we give you a straight estimate of when a technician can arrive and never a promise we cannot keep.
Operators running timber trucks in Dixie County every day may be better served by a plan; see fleet maintenance in Cross City. For trucks working Gilchrist County to the east, our Trenton mobile diesel repair page covers the roads there, and the program is described under mobile diesel repair.