Road transport

Truck auto electrical and AC, at your depot between runs

Your drivers live in the cab, and your trucks only earn when they're moving. We come to the depot and fit the electrical and AC work in around your run schedule.

  • Prime movers, rigids and tippers
  • Cab AC regas and repairs
  • Lighting and charging faults
  • Work done at your depot
Road transport and logisticsLine drawing of a prime mover showing the cab AC, lighting, charging and trailer connections

What goes wrong

The problems we hear about most

01

Hot cabs, worn-out drivers

A long run in a cab that can't keep the heat out wears a driver down. Hot and tired is no way to finish a shift behind the wheel of a truck.

02

Lighting faults at pre-start

A dead marker light or a trailer plug fault found at pre-start means a truck that doesn't leave on time. It's usually a small fault, and it's always on the morning you can least afford it.

03

Charging problems

Flat batteries, alternators that can't keep up and the load of everything plugged in around the cab. Charging faults have a habit of stranding trucks in the worst places.

04

Workshop time that doesn't fit

Sending a truck across town for an aircon fault costs a day you'd planned for something else. The repair should fit around the runs, not the other way round.

Common jobs

What we do for road transport and logistics fleets

Cab AC regas and repairs

From a straight regas to compressor, condenser, evaporator and valve work when it needs more than gas.

Lighting faults

Headlights, marker lights, trailer lighting and plugs, found and fixed at the depot.

Charging and battery faults

Testing the charging system and tracking down whatever is flattening batteries overnight.

Intermittent electrical faults

The faults that come and go, found with proper testing instead of guesswork.

Pre-summer fleet AC checks

Every truck's AC checked at the depot before the hot months, with a regas where it's needed.

Preventative maintenance

Electrical and AC checks on a plan, so faults turn up at the depot instead of out on the highway.

Cab AC for long, hot runs

When the aircon can't keep up, every hour on the road is harder than it needs to be, and it's the driver who wears it. There's a WHS side to this as well, which we cover in our post on hot cabs.

Most cab AC problems start small: a slow leak, a tired compressor, a condenser caked in road grime. We find the cause, repair what's failed, regas to spec and check the vents are blowing cold before the truck goes back out. The truck AC repairs page covers the bigger jobs.

Lighting, charging and electrical faults

On a truck, an electrical fault is rarely where it first looks. A light out at the back can be a plug, an earth, a chafed wire under the chassis or a fault up in the cab.

We follow the fault to its cause and fix that, so you're not back at the same problem next month. The ones that come and go take the most patience, and our post on intermittent electrical faults explains why.

Booked around your runs

We come to the depot when the trucks are in. Tell us your run schedule and we'll fit the work in between runs, or on a weekend by arrangement.

Got a fleet to get through before summer? Start with a fleet AC check across the trucks. While we're on site we look over the electrics as well, and quote anything that needs doing so you can plan it in.

FAQs

Questions from road transport and logistics fleets

Something not covered here? Call 0400 554 024 and ask.

Can you work on trucks at our depot?

Yes. We're mobile, so the trucks stay put and we come to them. Let us know when they're usually in and we'll work to that.

Which trucks do you work on?

Prime movers, rigids and tippers, for auto electrical and cab AC work. Tell us what's in the fleet when you book so we turn up with the right gear and parts.

Can you come on a weekend?

Yes, by arrangement. Weekends are often when the trucks are parked up, which makes them a good time to get through fleet work without missing a run.

What does a pre-summer AC check involve?

We test how well each truck's AC is cooling and check the system for leaks and electrical faults. Where one needs gas, we recover what's left, pull a vacuum and recharge it to spec. We also look the truck over for anything else that's failing or worn, and quote it before we touch it.

Which areas do you cover?

Depots and yards from the Central Coast through Lake Macquarie and Newcastle to Port Stephens, Maitland and the Hunter Valley. If the trucks park up in that area, we'll come to them.

Book the fleet in around your runs

Let us know the size of the fleet and when the trucks are usually back at the yard. We'll quote it and find a time that suits your schedule.

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