Seven Jobs on Every Moving Truck. One Shop That Does Them All.
Compliance, engines, emissions, air brakes, tires, the box and the liftgate. Most movers chase a different vendor for each one, and the truck sits while they do. Modern Diesel handles all seven, so a truck makes one stop and goes back to work.
Why downtime hits movers hardest
- 60%+of U.S. moves happen between May and September, when there is no slack in the schedule.1
- 9 in 10Austin-area movers run 10 trucks or fewer, so there is rarely a spare when one goes down.2
- 33.5%of fleet service spend goes to trucks over 10 years old, which log only 12.1% of the miles.3
- 1.2vehicle maintenance violations per roadside inspection among Austin-area movers.4
What you juggle today, and what we take off your plate
| On every truck | What it costs you today | At Modern Diesel |
|---|---|---|
| Compliance | Hours of the owner’s week, and violations at roadside when something slips. | DVIRs and DOT inspections handled alongside your PMs, with the records kept for you. |
| Engine, diesel or gas | Dealer labor rates and a wait for a bay. | Gas and diesel, light to heavy duty, every major make, at one fleet labor rate on book time. |
| Diesel emissions | DPF, DEF and EGR faults that derate a truck in the middle of a job. | Aftertreatment diagnosis, cleaning and repair in-house. |
| Air brakes | A separate brake shop, or a truck that can’t pass inspection. | Air and hydraulic brake service on the same visit. |
| Specialty tires | Another vendor and another day off the schedule. | Tires sourced, mounted and balanced here, on fleet-account pricing. |
| The box itself | Few shops will take box repairs, so damage waits and gets worse. | We repair the box, so body work no longer needs its own vendor. |
| Liftgates | Few shops repair them, and a dead liftgate parks the truck. | Liftgate repair done with the rest of the work. |
One stop, not four. Doing every system under one roof is what cuts downtime: one visit, one estimate, one invoice and one warranty — at your yard or ours across Travis, Williamson, Hays and Bastrop counties. Fleet labor and diagnostic terms are set in your written agreement.
Where the downtime goes
Each vendor is another drop-off, another wait and another day the truck is not on a job.
The usual way
- DealerEngine and emissions
- Brake shopAir brakes
- Tire vendorSpecialty tires
- Still lookingBox and liftgate
- YouCompliance paperwork
With Modern Diesel
Whatever is in your yard, we work on it
Many moving fleets are a mix: 26-foot box trucks next to cargo vans, pickups and a tractor or two, some gas and some diesel, from several makers. That usually means a different shop for each. Not here.
- Every sizePickups and cargo vans, medium-duty box trucks, and Class 7–8 tractors and trailers.
- Every makeInternational, Freightliner, Hino, Isuzu, Peterbilt, Kenworth, Volvo, Mack, Power Stroke, Cummins, Duramax and Sprinter.
- Every parts supplierWe have working relationships with the dealers and parts suppliers behind all of them, so the right part gets here fast.
Built around your trucks and your calendar
- At your yardDiagnostics and repairs at your yard, by appointment, across Travis, Williamson, Hays and Bastrop counties.
- Diagnosis, agreed up frontDiagnostic terms for fleet-account trucks are set in your agreement, so there is no surprise on either side.
- One fleet labor rateOne fleet labor rate on book time and fleet parts pricing, both set in your written agreement.
- A report you can budget fromEach truck’s estimate is split three ways: safety items, repairs to get it back to work, and maintenance that can wait.
- PMs before the rushWe set a PM calendar per truck and book it ahead, so services land in spring and fall, not in July.
- Priority schedulingFleet-account trucks move ahead of non-fleet work, so a down truck is not waiting in line.
Three steps, no commitment
- Send your truck listYear, make, model, VIN and mileage for each truck, and what each one is doing wrong.
- We assess at your yardWe come to you. Trip and diagnostic terms are confirmed before we leave the shop.
- You choose what to fixYou see every line and approve in writing: safety items first, then the rest in phases that fit your budget.
Get your trucks on the schedule.
Fleet sales: 512-273-7351 · sales@moderndieseltx.com. Shop: 512-717-2777. 2900 N FM 973, Austin, TX 78725. Monday – Friday, 8:00AM – 5:30PM.
Related
Sources and notes
- moveBuddha, peak moving season analysis. moveBuddha
- Modern Diesel count of 193 Austin-area moving companies with truck counts on file, from FMCSA carrier records and company listings, October 2026. FMCSA carrier records
- Fleetio 2026 Fleet Benchmark Report, 1.2 million vehicles. Fleetio
- Modern Diesel analysis of FMCSA roadside inspection records: 229 inspections of 29 Austin-area moving companies, pulled September 2026. FMCSA Safety Measurement System
Fleet labor, parts pricing, and diagnostic terms are set in your written agreement.
Regulatory compliance remains the carrier’s responsibility; we perform and document the inspections and repairs.
Viatores Motors LLC d/b/a Modern Diesel.