Preventive Maintenance

Turn unpredictable repairs into a controlled annual budget.

Preventive maintenance for dock doors, levelers, seals, bumpers, and restraints. Built to reduce emergency callouts, catch failures early, and prevent one bad incident from wrecking the year.

  • Reduce surprise downtime across high-traffic openings.
  • Extend equipment lifespan with consistent, documented inspections.
  • Cut back on emergency repairs with proactive scheduled visits.
Estimate My Risk See a typical budget
Reality check: even “normal” operations get hit with lumpy failures. One replacement event can land in the $5,000–$15,000 range. PM exists to flatten those spikes.
Trusted by logistics, manufacturing, and distribution facilities across Northern California.
MULTI-YEAR PM SAVINGS

Save up to $4,000
with a 3-year PM agreement.

The point is not “a cheaper plan.” The point is stability: locked-in pricing, fewer emergency call-outs, and priority scheduling for your busiest openings. We will show a clear 1-year vs 3-year side-by-side before you decide anything.

  • Up to $4,000 in savings applied to one major service event (when eligible)
  • Locked-in visit and labor rates for 36 months
  • Priority response on critical doors, gates, and docks
See my 3-year savings
No commitment here. This just helps us price both 1-year and 3-year options for your quote.
Tip: If your site has repeat damage or high traffic, multi-year savings usually matters more than “best-case pricing.”
Why Preventive Maintenance?

Keep your critical openings ready every shift.

A structured PM plan helps you avoid surprise outages, protect people and product, and make better decisions about when to repair or replace equipment.

Less downtime

Catch problems before they stop production.

Regular inspections and adjustments help you avoid stuck doors, failed operators, and unplanned shutdowns that ripple through your schedule.

Lower total cost

Plan repairs instead of paying emergency rates.

PM extends equipment life and turns “surprise failures” into planned work, so you can control labor, parts, and downtime instead of reacting to it.

Safety & compliance

Documented checks for safety and audits.

Documented PM visits, with photos and notes, give safety, facilities, and corporate what they need for audits, investigations, and compliance reviews.

We design PM plans around your sites, shifts, and equipment types, so you only pay for the coverage you actually need.

Where Preventive Maintenance Applies

Tap a zone to see what PM stabilizes.

This is a visual explainer. Use it to understand where failures happen and what cadence reduces surprises.

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What warehouse dock maintenance actually costs per year

PM is not “no repairs.” It’s controlling predictable spend and reducing budget blowups.

Planned spend
Preventive maintenance cadence
Scheduled inspections, adjustments, and small wear items. This is the predictable line item you can plan for.
Varies
/ dock position / year
Unplanned spend
Repairs & callouts
Labor + parts for damage, misalignment, sensor issues, springs/cables, and operational failures that still happen.
$600–$1,800
/ dock position / year
Budget killers
Big-ticket failures & replacements
When equipment finally fails (or gets hit), costs jump. The goal is to reduce frequency and absorb impact.
$5,000–$15,000
/ incident (typical)
Why this framing matters

You don’t buy “maintenance.”

Facility leaders buy budget stability, risk reduction, and less surprise downtime. PM doesn’t eliminate repairs. It makes repairs more predictable and reduces the chance one failure turns the year into a fire drill.

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Best fit
25+ dock positions

Consistent shipping volume, mixed-age equipment, or repeat damage events.

Note: ranges vary by traffic volume (trucks/day), equipment age, and whether you already run a PM program. This page is a budgeting conversation starter, not a public price sheet.
What’s included

What a typical 25-dock year looks like

Two realities: a “normal year” and a “rough year.” Preventive Maintenance is designed to avoid the second.

With PM (controlled)

Planned PM
$10k–$25k
Repairs / callouts
$15k–$30k
Outcome
Predictable spend

Repairs still happen, but you reduce emergencies and inspect before failures cascade.

Without PM (volatile)

Normal year
$30k–$70k
Rough year
$70k–$140k+
Outcome
Budget spikes

Aging gear + high traffic + damage events can push spend into “rough year” territory quickly.

Important: This isn’t a quote. It’s a practical budgeting model so facility managers can sanity-check risk. Actual ranges tighten fast once we know dock count, equipment age band, and usage intensity.
Equipment we maintain

Not just docks. Your full opening ecosystem.

Preventive maintenance for doors, gates, and dock systems - inspected, documented, and prioritized for uptime.

Dock Equipment

Levelers, seals/shelters, bumpers, restraints, dock doors, safety devices.

Pedestrian Doors

Closers, panic hardware, hinges, latch/strike alignment, ADA issues.

Rolling & Sectional Doors

Operators, tracks, springs, cables, sensors, safety edge systems.

Gates & Operators

Slide/swing gates, motors, rollers, photoeyes/loops, access controls.

Access & Safety

Maglocks, ADA Compliance, strikes, card readers, interlocks, safety devices & sensors.

Not sure what you have?

Tell us your site type and we’ll map the equipment list during setup.

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How it works

Simple process. No downtime drama.

Share the openings you want covered and any safety requirements. We handle the plan, schedule, and documentation so your team can stay focused on operations.

1

Baseline your exposure

Dock count, equipment age band, and traffic volume set the risk profile.

2

Stabilize the known costs

Scheduled inspections + adjustments create a predictable cadence instead of random chaos.

3

Reduce emergency exposure

Early detection prevents small issues from turning into downtime and after-hours calls.

4

Document and improve

Clear reporting supports replacement planning and internal budgeting.

Failure-offset concept

When failures happen, we help absorb the hit.

Even with PM, equipment eventually fails. That’s why qualified PM clients can receive up to $4,000 in credit toward major dock or door repairs. This is designed to prevent one incident from blowing up your annual budget.

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Compare your unmanaged spend vs. a planned year

Enter three inputs to see how a PM cadence typically narrows cost volatility and reduces emergency exposure.

This is a budgeting model, not a quote. PM is built to reduce budget spikes and emergency exposure, not promise the cheapest possible year. Ranges tighten after we confirm equipment scope, access, and service level.

Your comparison
Volatility reduction
—
Emergency exposure reduction (worst-case year)
—
Stability score (higher = more budgetable)
Unmanaged: — Managed: —
PM is designed to convert “random chaos” into planned cadence, so you get fewer rough years.
Without a plan
Unmanaged (volatile)
Budget volatility
—
Wide range driven by emergency repairs and “lumpy” failures.
Year-to-year variance
—
Higher swings as traffic + aging equipment increase failures.
After-hours calls Downtime surprises Reactive spend
With a PM plan
Managed (controlled)
Budget volatility
—
Narrower range through scheduled inspections + early fixes.
Year-to-year variance
—
Lower variance because fewer failures turn into emergencies.
Recommended cadence
—
Cadence shifts with traffic intensity and equipment age.
Scheduled visits Documented checks Budgetable spend
What happens next
Clear next steps, no pressure.
1
You complete the PM quote form
Share site details like equipment types, access, and constraints so we can finalize scope.
2
We sanity-check scope
Equipment types, access, and any site constraints that change service effort.
3
We deliver a formal quote
You receive clear 1-year and 3-year Preventive Maintenance options, including any multi-year savings.
If the numbers do not justify PM for your site, we will tell you.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Short, honest answers to the objections facility teams actually have.

Often yes for high-traffic docks. The biggest win is avoiding the “one bad incident” year. You’re buying variance reduction.
No. PM reduces emergency repairs by catching failures early and keeping systems aligned, lubricated, and adjusted.
No. These are ranges to frame a budgeting conversation. Quotes depend on dock count, equipment types, access, and service levels.
25+ dock facilities with consistent shipping volume, mixed-age equipment, or repeat damage events where uptime matters.
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Build a predictable maintenance plan.

Share a few details about your sites and openings and we’ll send a clear preventive maintenance quote, built for the way your facility actually runs.

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