Truck Maintenance Labor Time Repair guides?

I'm sure there are books, just have to find them. Start at the dealer.

 

Some dealers will sell flat rate books. Some won't. They can order them to wits end, but some consider proprietary information.

They are not cheap. Basically overpriced for what you get. They show up In Ebay from time to time. Aftermarket flat rate manuals are just information taken from dealer manuals and padding the time.

You running a shop or working on your own equipment? I can see the need until you have a good feel for estimating the job. The big problem with flat rate manuals is that most that use them (service writers) have no clue how to use them and just provide justification for laziness and stupidity. Most forget manufactures put them out in order to minimize cost associated with fixing their mistakes that should have happened in the fist place.

 

A lot of times the flat rate times are completely out of line. We tried that at an equipment dealer I worked for. On one particular machine it stated 10 hours to R&R engine wiring harness. I could do it in less than 1 hour by myself. Yet the machine harness was 6 hours flat rate time and the best time anyone had was 2 guys x 9 hours.

 

^^ Up they just really what a manufacture wants to pay for fixing their screw-up. That is why when you have a rash of equipment with the same problems you usually see times get revised down to save the company some money.

 

on big truck stuff i don't know that anyone charges flat rates. mabye some things like running the rack but every time i have had a truck in the shop its always billed by the hour that it takes the tech

 

All of my experience with truly heavy repairs is by the hour. Once the service desk get the keys tick tock. Hurry up.

When they fix something, put it on the dyno out back and try to break it again... what a ride. They make that poor truck do things I cannot. Probably by releasing computer interlock software to open her up wide and make her snort on that dyno...