Fleet Maintenance for Small Local Businesses
Your vans are your business. We keep them working.
When a van goes off the road, it isn't an inconvenience. It's a day of jobs cancelled, a customer let down, and a driver sat at home on full pay.
Most small fleets end up with one of two options. The main dealer, where you're booked in three weeks out and speaking to a service advisor who has never seen your vehicle. Or a national chain, where you get a different technician every visit and nobody remembers that the same van has been back twice for the same fault.
We're the third option. Two mechanics, one workshop in Dudley, and a genuine working knowledge of every vehicle on your fleet.
Who We Look After
We work with small local businesses running anything from two vehicles to twenty:
If you're big enough that vehicle downtime hurts, but not big enough to have someone whose job it is to manage it, this is built for you.
The Bit That Actually Matters: You Get Elliot and Keith
Every fleet provider will tell you about their processes. Here's what you're actually buying.
Keith
Keith has spent over 40 years on the tools and is a qualified MOT assessor. He has seen every failure mode these vehicles have, usually several times, and he can tell you what a van is going to need six months before it needs it. There is very little that surprises him.
Elliot
Elliot handles diagnostics, servicing and the awkward jobs other garages send away. Electrical faults that nobody else could pin down, DSG gearboxes, wet belts, intermittent problems that only happen on a Tuesday. If a van keeps coming back with the same warning light, he's the one who finds out why rather than clearing the code and hoping.
Between us, that's the whole fleet operation. Not a rota. Not a call centre. When you ring, you get one of us, and we already know which van you mean.
That matters more than it sounds. After six months we know that the silver Transit eats front tyres, that the 68-plate has a slow coolant loss we're keeping an eye on, and that one of your drivers is heavier on a clutch than the others. That knowledge is what stops small problems becoming recovery trucks.
What We Handle
How It Works
We start with a look at what you’ve got.
Bring the fleet in, or we’ll come to you. We go through each vehicle, check its condition and history, and give you an honest picture of where everything stands. No charge for that, and no obligation afterwards.
We build a schedule around your work, not ours.
Services and MOTs planned in advance and spread out, so you’re never short two vans in the same week. Weekend and early morning slots where that suits you better.
We remind you before things are due.
Services, MOTs, cambelts. You shouldn’t have to track it, and you shouldn’t find out from a DVSA letter.
You get one point of contact.
Ours. Direct mobile, or WhatsApp if that’s easier. Photos and video of anything we find, so you can see the worn brake disc rather than take our word for it.
You get a full digital record for every vehicle.
Everything we do, when we did it, and what we recommended. Useful for compliance, useful at resale, and useful when a driver insists the noise has “only just started”.
Why Small Fleets Stay With Us
Downtime is the thing we optimise for.
Not price, not paperwork. Getting your vehicle back to you working, quickly, and stopping the next fault before it happens.
We tell you what can wait.
If a van needs work now, we’ll say so. If it can safely go another few months, we’ll say that too. We’d rather have your fleet for ten years than sell you one unnecessary job.
Workshop and mobile.
Straightforward work can happen at your yard while your drivers are out. Bigger jobs come into Turner Street. We’ll tell you honestly which is which.
We’re local, and we stay local.
We’re in Dudley. If something goes wrong, you know exactly where to find us.
Where We Cover
Based at Turner Street in Dudley, working across Halesowen, Stourbridge, Kingswinford, Brierley Hill, Rowley Regis, Sedgley, Tipton and the wider Black Country and West Midlands.
What Our Customers Say
Very prompt to pick up my van. Diagnosed the problem quickly and sorted it out the next day. Good communication, fair price. Would use again and happy to recommend.
lyndon
Verified customer
What can I say?? Absolutely fantastic service from start to finish. That dreaded feeling you have when you need to find a new mechanic and worry about if you're getting a cowboy or going to be ripped off, well that's one thing I'm confident is not gonna happen with Elliot. So my car engine warning light come on, keeps going in limp mode practically unusable I've tried about 3 other garages prior to this one none would give me idea of prices, availability etc I found your local mechanic online and dropped them a message via WhatsApp got a response within 30 mins booked to come out to my house the next day for diagnostics. Elliot kept me updated did diagnostics, showed me faults, explained what needs to be done and how much he could do it for. No pressure to use him it was my informed decision his quote was a lot less than I expected and that included repairs, parts and a full service as that was due agreed. Elliot was flexible to my needs and availability fitted around me, kept me updated throughout and when I drove away my car felt like a new car again everything felt tight like when you get a new car, engine sounds quieter all round satisfied customer. I have found my new go to mechanic. Straight forward honest advice, flexible to my needs, good fair prices and all round genuine bloke if you want a trusted person who isn't trying to mug you off and scam you out of as much as they can then use these guys highly recommend
Rico Buenas
Verified customer
First class service from Elliot. Problem identified and repaired to perfection. I thoroughly recommend his services and the quality of his work
Philip Arthurs
Verified customer
Common Questions
How small is too small?
We work with businesses running two vehicles and businesses running twenty. If your vans earn your money, you’re the right size.
Can you work on any make?
Yes. Ford, Vauxhall, Mercedes, Volkswagen, Peugeot, Citroen, Renault, Toyota. Vans, cars and light commercials.
Do you do MOTs?
Yes. Keith is a qualified MOT assessor, and we’ll pre-check vehicles beforehand so a failure doesn’t cost you a day.
What happens if a van breaks down during a job?
Ring us. We’ll tell you straight away whether it’s something we can get to you for or whether it needs recovering in, and we’ll prioritise getting it back on the road.
Will you come to us or do vehicles need to come to you?
Both. Routine work can often be done at your premises. Anything needing a ramp or a strip-down comes to the workshop.
Do we have to sign up to anything?
No. Start with a conversation and a look at your vehicles. If it works, it works.
Let's have a look at your fleet
No sales pitch and nothing to sign. Tell us what you're running and we'll give you an honest view of what it needs.
Your Local Mechanic, Unit 6, Turner Street, Dudley, DY1 1TX. Open 7am to 5pm, seven days a week.
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Fleet maintenance across the Black Country
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Straight answers before you book
What you can actually expect from us — no jargon, no surprises.
When you call
- Elliot or Keith answers — never a call centre.
- Response typically within the hour across the Black Country.
- No call-out fee, and a clear quote before any work starts.
- Often same-day for urgent jobs.
Transparent pricing
The first look at your fleet is free, with no obligation afterwards. Routine work follows our published prices - servicing from £99, MOT from £40, diagnostics from £45 - and anything beyond that is quoted in writing before work starts.
Every job is covered by our 12-month guarantee, and we’re fully insured with £5M public liability.
This service is for you if…
- Small businesses running anything from 2 to 20 vans, cars or light commercials
- Builders, trades, couriers, care providers and other mobile services
- You want servicing and MOTs planned around your working week, not ours
- You’d rather ring a mechanic who knows your vehicles than explain it to a call centre
When we’re not the right call…
- Large national fleets needing centralised billing and account management - we’re built for local businesses
- HGVs and anything over 3.5 tonnes - we cover vans, cars and light commercials
We’ll always tell you honestly if another specialist is a better fit.
Who'll do the work
Every job is carried out by Elliot or Keith - the mechanic who answers the phone is the one who works on your car. No call centres, no subcontractors.
Elliot Wheeler
Lead Mechanic & Founder
Founder of Your Local Mechanic. City & Guilds Level 3 qualified with 15+ years experience, specialising in modern diagnostics and hybrid vehicles across the Black Country.
Keith Wheeler
Senior Mechanic & MOT Assessor
Senior mechanic at Your Local Mechanic with 40+ years Vauxhall main dealer experience and a fully qualified MOT assessor, known for honest, careful work across the Black Country.