
Three bays and a van in Sarasota
A small shop that writes down every reading. Not a dealership, nobody on commission, and a whiteboard by the door that has been the only planning system we’ve ever needed.
Why the log exists
It started as a scrap of paper on a clipboard
Two people walking the same rig kept checking the same things twice and missing the awkward ones. Putting the walk in a fixed order fixed that. Then somebody asked for a copy of the clipboard to take home, and it turned out the sheet, not the repair, was what people valued.
The zeroes went on later, for a plain reason. A customer came in sure his brakes were finished because that’s what he’d been told. They were barely worn, and the only way to prove it was to measure them in front of him and write the number down. After that we wrote every number down, including the boring ones.

The plain facts
The shop, in numbers
Who you’ll talk to
The people at the bench
Walt
Owner · bay 1Walks most pre-trip inspections himself and writes most of the logs.
Marisol
Service writerAnswers the phone, writes the estimates, and asks when you leave.
Rick
Bay 2 · running gearBearings, brakes and axles. Packs every bearing by hand.
Danny
The mobile vanStorage lots and campsites from Bradenton to North Port.
What we work on
The coach and the running gear
- Travel trailers, fifth wheels, Class A and Class C motorhomes, on the coach side: house systems, roof, gas, electrical, running gear, slides.
- Truck campers, pop-ups and toy haulers.
- The ATVs and side-by-sides that ride in them.
- Utility and cargo trailers: brakes, bearings, couplers and lights.
What we’re not
And who we’ll send you to
- Not a dealership. We don’t sell rigs, which removes the only real reason a shop would want to find you a problem.
- Not a truck shop. Chassis engine work on a motorhome goes to one, and we’ll tell you which.
- Not an insurance body shop. After a tree comes down we can inspect and write what we see; the claim work belongs with an estimating department.
Sarasota · Sarasota County
The kettle is usually on, and the whiteboard is by the door
If you want to stand in the bay while your rig is walked, say so when you call. Most people who do it once do it every time after that.