Small Fleet Operations · Southern California

Stop the Bleeding. Run Leaner.

You're running 4–10 trucks and losing real money every week — on fuel theft you can't prove, detention charges you're not collecting, and admin that never ends. We fix the systems behind the problems.

4–10
Truck Sweet Spot
$1k+
Avg Monthly Fuel Leak
$300
Per Unpaid Detention Avg

The Problems Costing
You Right Now

You're not bleeding from one big wound. It's four or five small ones that never get fixed because there's never time.

Fuel Theft & Leakage

Transactions come via email and get manually reconciled — or don't. You know something's off but you can't prove it. Theft and waste stay invisible.

→ Avg $800–1,500/mo lost per fleet

Unpaid Detention

Your driver sits at the dock for 3 hours. You don't charge — or you try and get pushed back because you have no documentation. Hundreds of dollars, gone per incident.

→ Most fleets leave $1,000–3,000/mo uncollected

Running on Excel

Enterprise TMS costs $1,000/month and wasn't built for you. So you're in spreadsheets, WhatsApp, and email — no visibility, no historical data to negotiate rates.

→ No data = no leverage with brokers

Maintenance Blindspots

Without connected tracking, maintenance is reactive. A truck goes down, a load gets missed, a customer relationship takes a hit. The milestones are there — nobody's watching.

→ One missed service = $3,000–8,000 repair

Driver Hiring Chaos

Finding reliable drivers is a grind. Vetting, onboarding, compliance — it eats hours monthly and there's no system behind it. Good drivers leave when ops are sloppy.

→ Turnover costs $5,000–10,000 per driver

Negotiating Blind

You don't know your true cost-per-mile, best lanes, or how you compare to market. Historical data is the only real leverage with brokers — and you don't have it organized.

→ Data-equipped fleets earn 12–18% more per load

Four Systems.
One Leaner Operation.

Right-sized for fleets that enterprise TMS wasn't designed for. We work with what you already have.

02

Detention Tracker & Billing

Automatic timestamp logging from driver check-ins. When thresholds are crossed, documentation is generated and invoice triggers fire. Stop leaving money at the dock.

  • Automated time-at-location tracking
  • Detention documentation generation
  • Invoice trigger automation
  • Broker dispute support data
03

Operations Dashboard

A clean view of your fleet — loads, costs, maintenance milestones, driver status — built from your existing data. The historical benchmarks you need to negotiate better rates.

  • Cost-per-mile by truck & lane
  • Maintenance milestone tracking
  • Load history & profitability
  • Broker rate benchmarking
04

Driver & Ops Workflows

Standardized hiring checklists, onboarding flows, and driver communication systems that replace WhatsApp chaos. Your operation runs the same way whether you're watching or not.

  • DOT compliance tracking
  • Driver onboarding system
  • Standardized comms workflows
  • On-call operations support

What This
Actually Pays

The leakage we find is almost always more than the cost of fixing it in month one.

The Gap We Close

Most 5-truck fleets are leaving $2,000–4,000/month between fuel leakage, uncollected detention, and reactive maintenance costs. Our work typically pays for itself in 30 days.

Scenario 01 — Fuel

6-Truck Fleet, SoCal Dry Van

Fuel audit revealed $1,200/month in unaccounted variance across 3 drivers. Automated reconciliation flagged it in week one.

$14,400/yr recovered
Scenario 02 — Detention

4-Truck Owner-Operator Fleet

No detention billing process. Avg 6 detention events/month, none billed. Automated tracking and invoicing implemented.

$1,800/mo in new revenue
Scenario 03 — Benchmarking

8-Truck Fleet, Broker Renegotiation

Historical cost-per-mile data showed top 3 lanes were underpriced by 11%. Used in broker negotiation on those lanes only.

$28,000/yr additional margin

Right-Sized for
the Middle Fleet

Too big for a spreadsheet. Too small for Alvis. That's exactly who we built this for.

  • 4–10 truck operation
  • Running Motiv, Samsara, or similar telematics
  • Currently managing in Excel or basic tools
  • Scaling and need systems before hiring more
  • Southern California based or regional SoCal routes
  • Owner wants visibility without babysitting

Not the right fit if you're…

  • 1–2 trucks (owner-op — different solution needed)
  • Already on a full TMS like Alvis or McLeod
  • Looking for dispatch services
  • Not willing to connect telematics data

Free Operations Audit

30 minutes. We look at your setup, estimate what you're leaking, and tell you honestly whether we can help and how much it would recover.

Book the Audit

From Chaos to System
in Four Steps

01

Free Audit Call

30 minutes. We map your setup, identify the three biggest leaks, and give you an honest estimate of what it's costing. No pitch, no obligation.

02

Data Connections

We connect to your existing telematics and fuel systems. No rip-and-replace — we work with what you already have running.

03

System Build

In 2–4 weeks we build and test your systems. You see everything before it goes live. Simple handoff, plain-English documentation.

04

Ongoing Support

Monthly retainer keeps everything running and updated as your fleet grows. We're available when things come up — not just at project end.

Know What You're
Losing This Month.

One 30-minute call. We'll tell you exactly where your fleet is leaking money and whether we can fix it. No sales pitch — just the numbers.

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