Case Studies / Dingus Transportation Services
Dingus Transportation Services went from manually bridging two disconnected systems to a fully automated, unified platform. Compliance reached 90%, shop staff scaled from 2 to 24 technicians to support a new revenue stream, and leadership gained 100% transparency into repair costs and profitability giving the entire operation the foundation to grow confidently.
Dingus Transportation Services is a family-owned trucking company with nearly 20 years of experience serving communities across the United States and Canada. Known as a trusted liquid hauler operating propane and anhydrous ammonia transport, DTS maintains a fleet of over 75 trucks and trailers while also supporting local municipalities with emergency and heavy-duty vehicle maintenance. The company has grown nearly 900% over the past decade.
Dingus was manually extracting DVIRs from Samsara and re-entering them into a separate repair system, requiring double entry in two places just to stay compliant. Moving to Fleetrock eliminated that middle step entirely with direct Samsara integration flowing data seamlessly in the background. Compliance notifications replaced missed inspections, every defect became linked to a completed repair, and profitability reporting gave leadership the visibility to confidently scale their shop from 2 to 24 technicians to support a new outside service revenue stream.
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Outcomes |
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Visibility
Eliminate manual data entry between telematics and repair orders.
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+90% Compliance |
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Scale
Scale technical staff to support new outside service revenue streams.
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11x Shop Staff |
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Analytics
Improve insight to repair costs and profitability.
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+100% Transparency |
“I was sold the day we had the demo - there was no comparison - it was very evident with our last system does not interconnect with samsara so there was a lot of disconnect and now we have that connection, I am over the moon -this is a massive step forward”
— Jason Samples
Dingus Transportation came to Fleetrock needing to solve three compounding problems: manual data bridging between systems was eating time and creating compliance risk, inspection follow-through was inconsistent and exposing them to FMCSA liability, and they had no reliable visibility into repair profitability to support their ambition to expand into outside service revenue. Fleetrock solved all three.
Direct Samsara integration eliminated the manual middle step of extracting DVIRs and re-entering repair orders across two systems, fundamentally shifting the technician workflow from data entry to active maintenance and freeing the team from repetitive administrative work.
Automated inspection notifications and defect tracking brought compliance from inconsistent and risky to 90% with every defect now linked to a completed repair and notified back to the driver, achieving a level of FMCSA compliance the team described as virtually impossible in their previous system.
Profitability and inventory reporting gave leadership the data confidence to scale their shop from 2 to 24 technicians and launch an outside retail service business, with burden rates and profit reports providing the reassurance needed to know exactly whether each repair is financially worthwhile before moving forward.