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Industry

Fleet Maintenance

Your fleet rusts on a schedule. Your cleaning should too. We come to your yard. No transport, no media, no hazardous disposal manifests.
Mobile laser cleaning for fleet vehicles, trailers, and heavy equipment. Strip rust, coatings, decals, and contamination on site with no media and no shop downtime.
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ZERO DOWNTIME
  • EPA RRP LEAD-SAFE
  • ANSI Z136.1 LSO
  • OSHA COMPLIANT
  • NYS DOL CERTIFIED
  • FULLY INSURED

The Challenge

Fleet corrosion follows a predictable cycle. Road salt exposure in winter, summer humidity, and year-round road spray create rust that starts at weld joints, frame brackets, and undercoating failures. Left untreated, surface rust becomes structural rust. A frame rail that costs $200 to clean today costs $5,000+ to replace next year.
The traditional approach is reactive: wait until the rust is visible, then send the vehicle to a blast shop. This means transport time, shop queue time, blasting time, cleanup time, and return transport. For a fleet of 20 trucks, the cumulative downtime is measured in weeks per year. Every day a vehicle is off the road is lost revenue or impaired operations.
Laser cleaning converts this from reactive to scheduled. We come to your yard on a quarterly or monthly rotation and clean every vehicle in the fleet on-site. No transport. No shop queue. No blast media to clean up. No hazardous waste manifests for lead-bearing undercoating. The vehicles stay on your lot and return to service the same day.
Fleet vehicles, trailers, and heavy equipment accumulate rust, road grime, failed coatings, and old decals. Sandblasting needs containment and a booth, takes the unit out of service for days, and erodes thin body panels.
Chemical strippers and solvents for decal and coating removal generate hazardous waste, demand ventilation, and leave residue that ruins the next coat. Disposal and downtime cost more than the cleaning.
Pulling units into a shop one at a time stalls the fleet. Operators need cleaning and surface prep done on site, fast, with no media to sweep up in the yard.

Applications

USE CASE 01

Truck Frames and Chassis

Remove road salt corrosion, undercoating failures, and surface rust from frame rails, cross-members, brackets, and suspension mounts. Prepare for re-coating with rust converter, undercoat, or epoxy. Laser reaches box-section interiors and tight clearance areas that blast nozzles cannot access.
USE CASE 02

Heavy Equipment

Clean excavator arms, loader buckets, crane booms, and dozer blades. Remove surface rust, old paint, and hydraulic fluid residue. Extend equipment life and maintain resale value. Laser cleaning works on-site at the job yard without requiring equipment transport to a blast facility.
USE CASE 03

Municipal and Emergency Vehicles

Fire trucks, ambulances, buses, utility trucks, and snow plows. Maintain fleet appearance and structural integrity. Laser cleaning is quiet enough for populated areas and generates no dust or blast media that would affect neighboring properties. Critical for municipal yards in residential zones.
USE CASE 04

Decal and Wrap Removal

Strip old graphics, decals, and adhesive from panels without chemicals or heat damage to the body. Ready for rewrap or repaint.
USE CASE 05

Rust and Coating Prep

Remove rust, failed coatings, and undercoating from frames, trailers, and equipment to a coating-ready surface. No media in the yard.
USE CASE 06

Equipment and Chassis Cleaning

Strip grease, carbon, and corrosion from heavy equipment, chassis, and weld zones before inspection or repair.
Transport cost (we come to you)
$ 0
Days off the road
0
Blast media disposal
$ 0
Cheaper than frame replacement
0 x

"The certified surface-prep sub your fleet manager and your insurance carrier both approve."

Frequently Asked Questions

A standard Class 8 truck frame takes 4-8 hours depending on rust severity and accessibility. We typically clean 2-3 trucks per day on-site at your yard. For a 20-truck fleet on a quarterly schedule, that is 7-10 on-site days per year spread across 4 visits.

Yes. Our maintenance contracts provide scheduled quarterly or monthly yard visits at locked-in rates. Each contract includes a fleet inspection, prioritized cleaning schedule (worst vehicles first), before-and-after documentation, and emergency response for unscheduled needs. Contract clients get priority booking over ad-hoc requests.

Yes. Many older undercoatings contain lead or asbestos. Sandblasting these materials generates contaminated blast media that requires hazardous waste disposal. Laser vaporizes the undercoating and captures the residue in our HEPA filtration system. No airborne contamination. No hazardous waste manifests. EPA RRP Lead-Safe Certified.

That is the core advantage. We come to your yard with everything needed: laser unit, generator, fume extraction, and safety equipment. Fire trucks, buses, construction equipment, and oversized vehicles are cleaned on-site without any transport. The vehicle stays on your lot.

Yes. Our equipment is mobile. We strip rust, coatings, decals, and contamination in your yard or lot, which keeps units out of a shop booth and back in service faster.
No. The pulsed laser ablates the coating or rust with low heat input, so thin sheet metal does not warp the way it can under sandblasting or torch heat.
Yes. Laser removes vinyl graphics, decals, and adhesive residue from panels without solvents, leaving a clean surface ready for rewrap or repaint.

Related Industries

Maintenance Contracts

Lock in quarterly or monthly scheduled service.

Rust Removal

Heavy corrosion removal on fleet vehicles.

Construction

Equipment and structural steel cleaning for contractors.

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