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Preventive maintenance schedule for a fleet: by miles, engine hours or months, whichever comes first
Plan each vehicle's next service by odometer, engine hours or date, whichever comes first, see what is overdue or due soon, and put the due dates in your calendar, shown with Cargovate's free preventive maintenance planner.
In this video
- 0:00Whichever comes first
- 0:11Enter a vehicle
- 0:22How the date is worked out
- 0:38Overdue and due soon
- 0:51Calendar and CSV
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Transcript
Which vehicle is due for service next? Many maintenance schedules give two intervals, one on the meter and one on the calendar, and the service is due at whichever comes first.
Enter each vehicle's odometer or engine hours, its average use per day, the reading and date of its last service, and its interval in miles, hours or months.
A service at 38,900 miles with a 10,000-mile interval is due at 48,900. The miles still to go, divided by the average use per day, give the date. If the months run out first, that's the date instead.
The planner lists every next service in date order. A vehicle is overdue once either one has passed, and due soon within 14 days. Equipment that runs on engine hours works the same way.
Add the due dates to your calendar, one all-day event per vehicle, or download a CSV. The calendar file doesn't update itself, so download it again after the readings change.
Your fleet is kept in this browser only; nothing is uploaded. The link is in the description.