24/7 roadside: text your location to 250-974-7899 — dispatch confirms by text.
South Vancouver Island · everywhere south of Duncan

Mobile heavy duty mechanic. We come to the truck.

Roadside and on-site repair for semis, trucks, trailers and equipment — Malahat to Victoria, Sooke to Sidney. $130/hour, zero markup on parts, booked by text in about a minute.

Truck down right now? Text your pin to 250-974-7899 — dispatch replies fast, 24/7.

Ronin Mechanical
24/7emergency roadside
$130/hrone rate, always
0%markup on parts
Duncan → Sooke → Sidneyfull South Island
What we fix on site

A real heavy duty shop — minus the building

Fully equipped service vehicles, diagnostic coverage for all major makes — Kenworth, Peterbilt, Freightliner, Western Star, Volvo, Mack, International, Hino, Isuzu — and the stock to finish most calls in one visit.

24/7 Roadside Truck Repair

No-starts, air leaks, derates, blown hoses — diagnosed and repaired on the shoulder, in the yard, or at the jobsite.

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Mobile Diagnostics & ECM Scans

Check-engine lights, derates, sensor faults and intermittent gremlins — diagnosed at your yard before they strand you.

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Air Brake & Air System Repair

Air leaks, chambers, slack adjusters, valves and airlines — fixed where the truck sits, because brakes don’t get to wait.

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Diesel Engine Repair

Overheats, fuel problems, leaks, DPF/DEF headaches — engine work at your yard on Cummins, Detroit, PACCAR and more.

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Electrical & Batteries

No-crank no-starts, charging problems, corroded wiring, lighting and ABS faults — traced and repaired on site.

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Hydraulic Repair

Blown hoses, weeping cylinders, dead PTOs — hydraulic repairs where the machine or truck is working.

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Suspension, Steering & Driveline

Air bags, springs, u-joints, carrier bearings, wheel seals — the wear items that fail slowly, then all at once.

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Trailer Repair

Trailer brakes, ABS and lighting faults, airlines, landing gear and door hardware — fixed at the yard or dockside.

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Heavy Equipment Repair

Excavators, loaders, skid steers, dozers and farm iron — repaired at the jobsite, pit or farm where they work.

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Fleet & Preventive Maintenance

Scheduled PM at your yard for fleets and owner-operators — oil services, brakes, inspection prep and a paper trail that protects you.

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Book by text

No hold music. No phone tag. One text.

Tell us what's wrong

The 60-second wizard asks about the issue, your truck (make, model, unit #), and exactly where it sits — with a GPS pin if you're roadside.

Add a parts stop if you need one

Already have a part waiting at a dealer will-call? Drop the pickup address in and the mechanic collects it on the way. You pay the counter price — never a cent more.

Send — you and dispatch both get it

The booking lands with our dispatcher and a copy goes to you. Dispatch confirms a realistic arrival window by text, and you can watch the travel math yourself.

RONIN MECHANICAL — BOOKING Type: Emergency roadside Issue: Air leak, brakes dragging Truck: 2019 Kenworth T880 · Unit 42 Location: Malahat summit pullout, NB Parts stop: — Name: J. Driver Cell: 250-555-0142

The wizard writes this for you — then it's one tap to send.

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Straight pricing

$130/hour. Parts at cost. That's the pricing page.

Nobody else in this market publishes heavy duty rates — we lead with ours. One hourly rate around the clock, no call-out fee, no after-hours multiplier, and parts pass through at exactly the supplier's price with the receipt attached to your invoice.

  • No parts markup: the dealer's invoice is your price — attached, every time
  • No incentive games: we don't profit on parts, so we never oversell them
  • No surprises: billing explained by text before a mechanic rolls
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The whole rate card
$130/hour
  • Days, nights, weekends, holidays — same rate
  • Parts at supplier cost — 0% markup, receipts included
  • No call-out fee, no zone fees, Duncan to Sooke to Sidney
  • Fleet accounts & consolidated invoicing available
Ronin Mechanical service area — the Hwy 1, Hwy 14 and Hwy 17 corridors from Duncan south to Victoria, Sooke and Sidney
Everywhere south of Duncan · dispatch base in the Westshore
Local, on purpose

Everywhere south of Duncan is home turf

Most "Vancouver Island" mobile mechanics are based hours up-island — or across the water entirely. Our patch is deliberately the South Island, so response times are real and the local knowledge is too: which Malahat pullouts fit a B-train, where parts actually are on a Saturday, what Hwy 14's shoulders are like at Otter Point.

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Fleets & owner-operators

Scheduled maintenance that comes to the yard

Every roadside emergency used to be a maintenance item. We run PM programs at your yard — evenings and weekends included — so trucks earn instead of queueing. Kilometre, hour or calendar rotations; brake and air checks; CVSE inspection prep before due dates; records kept for every unit.

Why fleets switch to mobile PM

  • Zero deadhead: no shuttling trucks to a shop and back
  • Service happens while trucks are parked anyway
  • One text thread runs the whole yard's schedule
  • Same $130/hour and parts-at-cost as everyone else — fleets get priority, not premiums

Quick answers

How much does a mobile heavy duty mechanic cost?

$130/hour, around the clock — no call-out fee, no after-hours premium, no zone charges anywhere south of Duncan. Parts are billed at exactly what the supplier charged us, receipt attached. The whole structure is on the pricing page.

How does booking by text work?

Use the booking wizard (60 seconds: issue → truck → location → contact) or just text 250-974-7899 directly. The booking goes to our dispatcher and to you simultaneously, and dispatch confirms with a realistic arrival window by text. No hold music, no phone tag.

Where exactly do you service?

Everywhere south of Duncan on Vancouver Island: the Cowichan Valley (Duncan, Cowichan Bay, Cobble Hill, Mill Bay, Shawnigan Lake), the Malahat, the Westshore (Langford, Colwood, View Royal, Highlands, Metchosin), Sooke and Hwy 14, Greater Victoria (Victoria, Esquimalt, Saanich, Oak Bay) and the Saanich Peninsula (Central Saanich, North Saanich, Sidney). Full area details here.

What kinds of repairs can you really do at the roadside?

More than most expect: no-starts, batteries and charging, air leaks and brake chambers, slack adjusters, cooling system failures, belts and hoses, fuel problems, electrical and lighting faults, hydraulic hoses, derates and check-engine diagnosis. When something genuinely needs a shop, we say so plainly and help you get there. Browse all services.

Can the mechanic pick up parts on the way?

Yes — that's built into booking. Add a parts-stop with the pickup address (say, a will-call at the Langford or Saanichton truck dealership) and the mechanic collects it en route. You pay the dealer's counter price with zero markup, and the receipt rides along on your invoice.

Do you do scheduled maintenance, or just emergencies?

Both — scheduled preventive maintenance is half the business. Fleet or single truck, we service at your yard on a rotation matched to your kilometres or hours, evenings and weekends included, with records kept and CVSE inspection prep handled before due dates. See fleet & preventive maintenance.

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Ronin Mechanical

Truck down? Text us your location.

A real dispatcher replies fast — you and dispatch both get the booking by text. 24/7 emergency roadside + scheduled maintenance by appointment.