Heavy duty truck repair for semis, tractor units, trailers and large commercial vehicles, handled at your yard or at the roadside. Call 800-395-4908 with the location and what the truck is doing.
We come to where the truck is stopped, because moving a loaded commercial vehicle is expensive and slow.
Downtime Is The Real Cost
A truck not moving is not earning. Working at the yard removes the tow and the wait for a bay.
Give Us The Details
Call 800-395-4908 with the unit, the location, whether it is loaded, and exactly what happened.
We assess the truck where it stands, explain what it needs and what that costs, carry out what can be done on site, and say plainly when something needs a heavy shop.
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Tell us the unit and whether it is loaded. A loaded trailer changes what can safely be done at the roadside, and that affects the plan before we set off.
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You get the assessment, the scope and the cost before work starts, along with an honest view of whether this is a roadside fix or a recovery.
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Work carried out with quality parts, everything checked over before the truck moves again, then written up so it goes into your maintenance records properly.
This is a freight corridor city. Heavy vehicles here spend real time in congestion, and congestion is what works brakes, cooling and air systems hardest.
Charlotte sits at the crossing of I-77 and I-85, which makes it a working freight corridor rather than a city trucks simply pass through. The congestion is the problem: traffic funnels from North Mecklenburg onto I-77 and from Cabarrus onto I-85, and the I-77 merge north of Remount Road stays busy most of the day as three lanes absorb traffic from the John Belk Freeway, Wilkinson Boulevard and Freedom Drive. A loaded unit crawling through that heats its brakes and cooling system far more than steady highway running does, and the summer compounds it, with 72 days at or above 90 degrees this past year against a normal of 44. That is the pattern behind most of the heavy duty calls we take here.
Heavier units are their own category of work, which is why they are kept separate from ordinary truck repair. This page sits under Truck Repair Shop Charlotte, where each kind of truck work has its own page.
On most heavy units the engine itself is a diesel, and diesel diagnosis is a discipline of its own rather than a variation on gasoline work. Injection, turbo and fuel delivery faults are covered by Diesel Engine Repair Service Charlotte.
The heavy duty calls that come in most often around Charlotte, and what each usually turns out to be.
A unit that will not start at the yard first thing. Batteries, cables and grounds, often worn by summer heat and then exposed by the first cold morning. We test the charging system rather than simply fitting batteries.
Running hot in congestion but fine at highway speed. Cooling fan, a clogged radiator or charge air cooler. Airflow masks it completely until the truck is sitting still in traffic.
An air system leak that drains the tanks overnight. Fittings, lines or a valve. Finding the exact leak takes listening and patience rather than replacing components in sequence.
Common heavy duty questions: what we cover, what can be done at a yard or roadside, and when a heavy shop is needed.
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Semis, tractor units, trailers, box trucks, 18 wheelers and large commercial vehicles. Pickups and light work trucks go through our truck repair service.
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Call 800-395-4908 with the location, the unit details and what the truck is doing. Say whether it is loaded and whether it is in a safe place.
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Air leaks, batteries and charging, lights, cooling problems, belts and hoses, and plenty of electrical faults. Structural work and major driveline jobs need a heavy shop, and we say so straight away.
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Yes. Call 800-395-4908 and tell us how many units and what they need. Working through several at one yard in a single visit is usually the most efficient way to do it.