Free tools for diesel and heavy-equipment shops Free tools built for repair shops.
Calculators, scorecards and field guides for mobile diesel and heavy-equipment shops. Most take about two minutes, the guides arrive as a PDF, and each one opens in a new tab so this page stays put.
Price and plan the work
Calculators for the numbers owners argue about: contract pricing, labor rate, startup cost and tech pay.
Fleet Maintenance Contract Calculator (opens in a new tab)
A per-truck monthly price, your walk-away floor and the annual contract value, by truck type and coverage.
Profit Leak Calculator (opens in a new tab)
Your effective labor rate, your labor efficiency, and the three places a busy shop loses money.
Startup Cost Estimator (opens in a new tab)
An itemized estimate for starting a mobile diesel business: vehicle, tools, parts, licensing, insurance and working capital.
Tech Pay Calculator (opens in a new tab)
What diesel and heavy-equipment techs earn in your state, by experience and role, from government wage data.
Score your shop
Answer a few questions and see where your shop stands, and what it's costing you.
Dispatch Efficiency Scorecard (opens in a new tab)
Enter your crew details and see roughly how much revenue dispatch leaves on the table each month.
Fleet-Service Performance Scorecard (opens in a new tab)
Grade your shop the way fleet customers grade you at renewal, and see which metric puts the contract at risk.
Tech Capacity Scorecard (opens in a new tab)
Most shops stall when they hire tech 3 or 4. See whether your systems are ready to scale.
The AI Imperative (opens in a new tab)
An interactive estimate of the billing and dispatch drag in a shop your size.
Free field guides
Short, practical guides for owners. Each one arrives as a PDF right after you ask for it.
The Roadside Call Intake Checklist (opens in a new tab)
The 20 questions to ask before you roll a truck, so nobody drives out to a locked gate or an empty lot. Plus a desk card for the phone.
The Diesel Tech Retention Playbook (opens in a new tab)
Seven ways to keep your best techs, and not one of them is a raise.
The Mobile Diesel Tech Hiring Checklist (opens in a new tab)
An 8-step system to hire a tech who stays, from sourcing to the first 90 days.
The Ops Clarity Playbook (opens in a new tab)
How a growing shop replaces verbal updates and sticky notes with clear handoffs.
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