Fleet management guides for DSPs, service fleets and carriers
Practical write-ups on inspections, DVIRs, damage and maintenance — for the people who do the walk-around and the people who answer for it.
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Each guide stands on its own. None of them require Motentra — they are how we would run a fleet with any tool.
The end-of-shift van inspection checklist for Amazon DSPs
What to check on every van when it comes back from a route, in walk-around order, and what to do with what you find before the next load-out.
Read the checklist → TruckingThe CDL pre-trip inspection checklist, with the air brake check
A walk-around in the order drivers actually do it — engine, cab, air brakes, lights, tires and coupling — with the numbers each air brake test has to hit.
Read the checklist → TruckingDVIR requirements: what 49 CFR 396.11 asks of a carrier
Who files a DVIR, the eleven items it covers, when drivers can skip it, how defects get certified and how long you keep the paperwork.
Read the guide → TruckingDOT annual inspection requirements under 49 CFR 396.17
How often each truck and trailer needs one, the Appendix A component list, who may inspect, the proof on the vehicle and the 14-month records.
Read the guide → TruckingMinimum tire tread depth for trucks, and how to measure it
4/32 inch on steer tires and 2/32 on the rest, the tire conditions that are illegal at any depth, and where to set your own replacement line.
Read the guide → All fleetsHow to build a fleet preventive maintenance schedule
Intervals by miles, date or engine hours, a PM A/B/C template you can adapt, and the records 49 CFR 396.3 expects carriers to keep.
Get the template → All fleetsHow to document fleet vehicle damage so it holds up
The photos, details and timing that make a damage report useful to a lessor, a rental company, an insurer or your own shop.
Read the guide → All fleetsThe fleet lease-return inspection checklist
What lessors bill for at turn-in, a 60-day plan to get ahead of the inspection, and how to check the bill against your own records.
Read the checklist →Choosing fleet software
Straight comparisons, with sources and dates — including where another product is the better fit.
Motentra vs Fleetio
How the two differ on inspections, damage, maintenance, apps, integrations and pricing, and when Fleetio is the better choice.
Read the comparison → ComparisonFleetio alternatives for small fleets
Simply Fleet, AUTOsist, Whip Around and Motentra on published pricing, mobile apps and what each is best at.
See the alternatives → CompanyWho builds Motentra
Built inside a working Amazon DSP, and run daily by one. How we write these guides and where our numbers come from.
About Motentra →Find the side of Motentra that fits
The same app runs three ways, depending on the vehicles you run.
Delivery vans on Amazon routes
End-of-shift inspections, Netradyne checks, damage photos and maintenance for DSP fleets.
Motentra for DSPs → Service fleetsPickups, vans and service trucks
Walk-around inspections, drivers on record, owned and leased vehicles, trailers and equipment.
Motentra for service fleets → TruckingTractors, trailers and DVIRs
Pre-trip and post-trip DVIRs on the 49 CFR 396.11 items, CDL and medical card expiry, PM and DOT annuals.
The DVIR app →How Motentra handles each job
Vehicle inspection software
Three checklists, defects that become tasks, and tires flagged wheel by wheel.
See inspections → DamageVehicle damage tracking
Body area, severity, photos and a driver on every report, open until it is resolved.
See damage tracking → MaintenanceFleet maintenance software
Schedules by miles or date, oil on the odometer, recalls by VIN and costs on every job.
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