Break Up with Breakdowns: 
Adopting Preventative Maintenance for Fleets

Most fleet teams know what good maintenance looks like. But knowing and doing are different things. Breakdowns still happen. Emergency repairs eat the budget. Preventive schedules fall behind. The cycle keeps repeating.

It does not have to be this way. Reliable fleets are not built on perfect systems or expensive tools. They are built on practical habits that catch problems early and keep assets running.

In this webinar, Blake Meahl, CFO and fleet operations manager overseeing 40 vehicles at Garden View Landscaping, shares what actually works in the real world. You will hear how to spot failure before it happens, how to make preventive maintenance stick, and how to use the data you already have to make better decisions.

You will learn:

• Why fleets stay stuck in breakdown mode (even with good intentions)
• How to right-size your PM schedule so it actually gets done
• The power of embedding maintenance into existing processes (like weekly fuel-ups)
• How to decide what's critical vs. what can wait
• Using telematics integrations to automate tracking and eliminate data entry errors
• Creating backup capacity so PM doesn't get constantly deferred
• What reliable fleet operations actually look like day-to-day

Key takeaways: Start small with checklists that get completed, focus on critical items first and expand based on actual failure patterns, and leverage technology to automate the follow-through. Plus, see a live demo of UpKeep's Fleet Management platform.

This is not about theory. It is about the small changes that make fleets more reliable and maintenance teams less stressed.