The tools of the trade are not confined to what technicians carry in their toolboxes. The type of vehicles that technicians transport their toolboxes in can be just as important. While the argument can be made that almost any motorized vehicle will do, finding the vehicle that fits the job and the budget can be a challenge for any contractor, including Ben Hubbert and Tony Martinez, co-owners of Champion AC in San Antonio, Texas.
Their company started with one six-cylinder full-size service van and five years later, the company was operating a six-vehicle fleet of full-size, six-cylinder vans. It wasn’t until the August 2010 fuel bill arrived that Hubbert and Martinez knew something about their fleet had to change.