Fish Hawk grew more than 700 percent between 2000 and 2010, from fewer than 2,000 residents to 14,087, and the 2020 census counted 24,625. FishHawk Ranch, a planned community of several villages, covers more than 3,000 acres here, 20 miles southeast of downtown Tampa. Growth on that scale brings new schools and steady construction, and it brings work trucks. When a diesel pickup, dump truck or service van stops here, an RDI Power technician can come down from Brooksville with a scan tool, parts and the equipment to repair it on site.
Job sites across FishHawk Ranch’s villages
The school district opened several new schools to keep pace, Newsome High School among them in 2003, and construction has been part of daily life in the area. If your truck works a site here, a breakdown there is usually less dangerous than one on the road, and often easier to fix: no traffic, room to walk around the truck, and the crew nearby to answer questions.
A few details make a job-site call go faster. Tell us how a service truck gets onto the site, whether anyone needs to sign it in, and where the truck sits relative to the entrance. Soft ground after rain is the main obstacle. A technician needs firm footing beside the truck to work safely, so if the truck is buried in a muddy lot, say so up front.
Boyette Road, Lithia Pinecrest Road and the Alafia River edge
FishHawk is bordered by the Alafia River on the north and Boyette Road on the south, and no interstate or US highway runs through it. Traffic in and out moves on local arterials, with Lithia Pinecrest Road one of the main links north toward SR 60. For a truck that stops on those roads, there are no exit numbers or mile markers to quote, so the nearest intersection, a school, a shopping center or a village entrance is how a technician will find you. FishHawk Trails, where a CSX rail line ran until it was removed in the late 1980s, is another landmark people know.
On a two-way road with no wide shoulder, getting out of the lane comes first. A side street, a parking lot or a wide driveway at a business beats a narrow shoulder every time.
The on-site toolkit in Fish Hawk
Every visit starts with the cause. The technician connects to the truck, reads stored codes and live data, and runs the tests the fault calls for. RDI Power’s diagnostics cover Ford’s IDS for Power Stroke engines, Stellantis WiTECH for Ram pickups, Cummins included, and heavy duty software for medium and heavy trucks, and our technicians are ASE certified. Only once the failure is confirmed does a part come off the shelf.
Dump trucks and crew pickups: common FishHawk failures
If your trucks spend their days on construction work, these are failures that commonly end a shift early, and most can be fixed where the truck stands:
- A no-start after sitting overnight: batteries, cables or a starter
- A charging warning: alternator, belt or tensioner
- Low power and a fuel restriction: fuel filters or water in the separator
- Overheating at idle on a hot site: a split hose, a leaking clamp or a fan problem
- An air leak that keeps the parking brakes from releasing on a heavy truck
- A sensor or wiring fault that set a derate
Each FishHawk repair is written up on a digital vehicle inspection with photos. The labor on a Fish Hawk job-site repair carries RDI Power’s 3-year / 36,000-mile warranty. Our construction page covers the dump trucks, mixers and crew trucks we work on.
FishHawk work that has to go to Brooksville
An engine that needs internal repair, a transmission that has to come out or anything requiring a lift is shop work. The technician explains what failed, and we plan the trip to our Brooksville bays around your project schedule.
Calling RDI about a FishHawk breakdown
The shop line, (352) 433-3800, is open to every caller on weekdays from 7:00 AM until 4:00 PM, and Fish Hawk trucks on an RDI Fleet account have around-the-clock roadside assistance. Read about the full program under mobile diesel repair, and for the larger suburb to the west, see Riverview mobile diesel repair.