One truck to a full fleet, with maintenance that never sneaks up
Branch Out Tree Care
The challenge
Chris and Deviena Newton started Branch Out Tree Care with one truck and a love of trees. As the business grew across Santa Barbara County, so did the fleet — pickups, dump trucks, a bucket truck with an aerial lift, trailers, and pricey equipment like brush chippers — all of which had to be tracked, maintained, and accounted for.
The solution
Branch Out tracks every vehicle and asset with Responsible Fleet and feeds the data into its Fleetio maintenance account. The two tools together do far more than either does alone.
“We depend on our vehicles to make this business go. With Responsible Fleet — and especially the data it feeds into our Fleetio account — we know we are always on top of maintenance, avoiding costly downtime, and keeping our customers happy.”
The results
Responsible Fleet feeds live mileage into Fleetio, which automatically flags oil changes, tire rotations, and other service before it's overdue — and forwards engine fault codes the moment they appear, instead of waiting for a dashboard light or a breakdown.
Matching fuel-card charges against real-time vehicle location flags any swipe at a station where the truck never was. The owners call it a game-changer.
When a neighbor claimed a Branch Out crew knocked down a line, the reports proved none of its trucks were anywhere near — and geozone alerts now auto-text partners when a crew arrives and leaves a site.
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