Northeast of SR 44, I-4 runs 9.6 miles toward Daytona Beach without a single exit. A driver whose truck starts to falter on that stretch has nowhere to limp to, which is one reason it pays to know the plan before you need it. RDI Power has no shop or office in DeLand. Our technicians come out from Brooksville with diagnostic tools and on-site repair capability, and they work wherever the truck is safely parked: a yard, a job site or the shoulder.
Trouble on the exitless I-4 stretch past DeLand
That section was widened from 4 lanes to 6 in the winter of 2016 to 2017, and FDOT’s 2025 counts put about 11,468 trucks a day on I-4 near DeLand. Some habits that keep a small problem small out there:
- Decide before SR 44. If a warning light, a temperature climb or a loss of power shows up as you approach the interchange, take the exit. Once you pass it, the next way off is almost 10 miles away.
- Do not push a red warning. A red stop-engine lamp, low air pressure or coolant temperature heading for the red means stop where it is safe, not try for the end of the stretch.
- Get all the way off. Put the truck as far onto the shoulder as it will go, set your triangles and stay off the traffic side.
- Note your position. The mile marker and direction of travel are the fastest way for anyone to find you on a road with no exits to reference.
Woodland Boulevard and the roads that meet in DeLand
Inside the city, US 17-92 becomes Woodland Boulevard, and US 92 splits off east toward Daytona Beach while US 17 continues north. The 2025 counts show about 10,057 trucks a day on US 17 near DeLand, 17.8% of traffic, and 3,190 on US 92. SR 15A carries fewer vehicles but the highest truck share in town, 22.5%, roughly 5,400 trucks a day. SR 44 connects the city to I-4.
Useful landmarks when you call: the DeLand Intermodal Transfer Facility on South Woodland Boulevard at Euclid Avenue, the SunRail station that has been the line’s northern terminus since August 2024, and DeLand Municipal Airport. A cross street plus one of those will put the technician on the right block.
DeLand repairs a mobile technician can finish
The visit begins with a diagnosis, not a guess. Technicians connect with dealer-level software, Ford IDS for Power Stroke trucks and WiTECH for Ram, along with heavy-duty scan tools for Freightliner, Peterbilt, Mack, Volvo and International tractors. Once the fault is confirmed, a lot can be repaired right there: batteries, cables, starters and alternators; air lines, fittings and brake chambers; fuel filters, water separators and air in the fuel system; failed sensors and chafed wiring behind a derate; belts, hoses and coolant leaks; DEF faults; and trailer lights and wiring. Each DeLand repair is documented on a digital vehicle inspection with photos and notes.
The airport industrial park and job sites around DeLand
DeLand Municipal Airport is a city-owned field on 1,289 acres, and a number of former military buildings there still stand as part of its industrial park. Team Volusia lists Country Pure Foods, Kingspan and Mystic Powerboats as DeLand manufacturers, and the city contracts its trash, yard waste and recycling collection to GFL Environmental. If your trucks work out of a yard like that or a job site off SR 44, the technician comes to the truck. The ideal spot is paved or hard-packed, level and wide enough to walk around the truck with the service truck parked alongside. Keys, gate access and someone who can answer questions about the unit all shorten the visit.
RDI’s mobile roots, and where a DeLand repair stops
Ryan Bethell started RDI Power as a mobile unit, fixing fleet trucks between Brooksville and Tampa before the shop existed. Mobile work is still how RDI reaches a city as far out as DeLand. It also has limits we will tell you about plainly: overhauls, transmission rebuilds and jobs that need a lift or heavy tooling belong in the Brooksville bays. When a DeLand diagnosis lands there, we plan with you how the truck gets to the shop and when, and the work done on site carries straight into the repair. Labor is warrantied for 3 years or 36,000 miles, or 2 years and 24,000 miles on RDI Fleet accounts.
Calling in a DeLand breakdown
RDI Fleet accounts have 24/7 roadside assistance. Anyone else can call (352) 433-3800 from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM on weekdays. Have the location, the unit’s year, make and engine, the warning lights and whether it is loaded. We will give you an honest estimate of when someone can be there, not a promise we cannot keep.
To keep breakdowns from happening in the first place, see DeLand fleet maintenance. For trucks that make it to the far end of I-4, our Daytona Beach mobile diesel repair page covers that city, and the whole program is laid out under mobile diesel repair.