For operations running more than one truck
Fleet services
Most shops that want your fleet work have never had to keep one running. We have. MDJ Services LLC runs 9 trucks and 12 trailers out of this same yard, and this shop is what keeps them on the road. When we tell you what a PM interval should be, it is the interval we hold ourselves to.
PM programs built to your duty cycle
A truck running plant gates in Port Neches and a truck running I-10 to Baton Rouge do not wear the same way, and putting them on the same interval means one is over-serviced and the other is breaking down. We set intervals against how your trucks actually work — miles, hours, idle time, and duty — and put it in writing so your dispatch can schedule around it instead of reacting to it. See what a PM covers.
DOT compliance support
Two certified DOT inspectors work here — Luke Dugas and Mark Dugas Jr. — so annual periodic inspections happen here rather than at a third party on their schedule. For a fleet, the useful part is sequencing: we work through your units a few at a time so you are never grounding half the fleet in the same week, and you get told what failed, what is legal but marginal, and what is fine.
Drop-and-go trailer service
Trailers do not need a driver sitting with them. Drop it, tell us what it needs, and pick it up when it is done. Lights, wiring, air systems, brakes, suspension and air bags, landing gear, king pins, wheel seals, and welding all get handled without a tractor tied up waiting.
Somewhere secure to leave it
Our yard is gated and covered by security cameras. That is the part that actually matters when you are deciding whether to leave company equipment somewhere overnight — your units sit behind a gate, not on a public shoulder or an open truck stop lot. There is room to stage and sequence multi-truck work, so you can bring several in at once without your drivers waiting on a bay.
One person to deal with
Marcus Dugas runs operations for both companies — dispatch and customer contact on the carrier side, scheduling and communication on the shop side, with estimates coming from Luke. For a fleet manager that means one number, one person who knows your equipment, and no getting handed between a service writer and whoever answered the phone.
What we will tell you up front
We are a small shop, not a twenty-bay dealer network. Engine rebuilds, in-frame work, and transmission internals go to a builder, and we are not a 24/7 operation. If your fleet needs a shop that never closes, we are not it and we will say so on the first call rather than after you have moved your account. What we are is a shop that runs its own trucks on the same roads yours do, with a named inspector and room in the yard.
