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Oilfield Fleet Collision Repair in the Permian Basin
How we handle company trucks off the lease roads: collision and maintenance in one stop, a straight answer on the return date, one contact for paperwork.
A fleet truck is not a car. Nobody is attached to it, nobody cares whether the paint is pretty, and every day it sits in a shop is a day a crew is short a unit. The job is to get it back on the road, right, on the date you were told. Here is how we run fleet work at our shop on W 24th Street and what a fleet manager should expect from us.
What comes through the door
The Permian is hard on equipment. What we see most:
- Crew trucks and pickups with front-end damage from lease-road collisions, deer, and cattle guards taken too fast.
- Bedsides and tailgates caved in by equipment loading.
- Bumpers, grille guards and steps torn off by a bad angle at a gate.
- Rollovers, which are their own conversation and usually a total-loss call.
- Doors and rockers scarred by caliche and gravel thrown up at speed.
- Service beds with damage to the boxes and the mounts.
Most of it is collision and panel work, and a lot of it comes with a second question: while it is down, what else does the unit need?
Collision and maintenance, one stop
The reason we added maintenance alongside the body work is simple. A truck that goes to a body shop and then to a lube shop is down twice. A truck that gets both done under one roof is down once. When a unit comes in for body damage, tell us what it is due for and we will handle it while the panels are off. That is what our fleet section on the main site is about.
The return date is the estimate
For a personal vehicle, the first question is what it costs. For a fleet unit, the first question is when it is coming back. We treat the date as part of the estimate. Give us the day you need the unit, and we will tell you before the keys change hands whether we can hit it, not after. If a part is on backorder or the damage is worse than the outside shows, you hear it the same day we find out.
We open at 7 AM on weekdays because that is when trucks roll out, and we are here until 8 PM. Drop-offs and pickups fit around your dispatch, not ours.
One point of contact
Fleet work generates paperwork: purchase orders, unit numbers, carrier claims, third-party claims when someone else's driver hit your truck, and the internal forms your safety office wants. We work directly with your fleet manager or safety coordinator and keep one file per unit. The estimate, the teardown photos, the supplement and the final invoice all reference your unit number so your side matches ours.
On insurance, fleet claims work the same as personal ones. We send the estimate to the carrier, write the supplement, and settle with them directly. Where your company self-insures or carries a high deductible, we invoice the company and skip the carrier entirely. Tell us which it is at drop-off.
Paint on a fleet truck
Most fleet trucks are white, and white is a harder match than people expect because there are dozens of factory whites and they age differently on a lease road. We spray a test card and hold it against the panel before anything goes on the truck, and we blend into the adjacent panels the same as on a personal vehicle. A fleet truck does not need to be pretty, but a panel that is obviously a different white is a panel that looks like it was hit, and that matters when the unit comes off lease or gets sold. See how paint color matching works for the detail.
Company graphics and numbers
Door logos, unit numbers, DOT numbers and safety stickers have to come off for paint and go back on after. Tell us who supplies your decals so the truck does not go back out with a blank door.
One truck or a hundred
No fleet is too big and none is too small. A two-truck electrical contractor gets the same process as a company running a hundred units out of a yard on the west side. The difference is scheduling: for a larger fleet we can stagger units so you are never more than one or two down at a time. Call and tell us how many you run.
How to start
Call (432) 220-3243 and ask for a fleet estimate, text photos of the unit, or bring it to 7033 W 24th St. If it cannot be driven off the lease road, say so; we cover the tow.
FAQ
Do you need a purchase order before starting?
If your company requires one, yes, and we will write the estimate so you have the number to put on it. If your company works on approval by phone or email, that is fine too. Tell us your process.
Can you handle a third-party claim where another company's driver hit our truck?
Yes. We deal with the other carrier the same way we deal with yours, and the unit number keeps the file straight.
What about trucks that are leased rather than owned?
Leased units usually have return-condition requirements. Tell us it is a lease and we will make sure the repair meets what the lessor will look for at turn-in.
Can a driver drop the truck off without the fleet manager?
Yes. We will write the estimate with the driver and send it to whoever you tell us approves work.