Engagement 4 · Interactive mockup

Digital Pre/Post-Trip Inspection

This checklist reflects the daily walkaround routine common across touring coach fleets, item for item — including a differential check many shops add after a post-service miss slips through. The mockup below is clickable: run the walkaround as a driver, and watch what the shop side sees. In production this is a phone app that works with gloves on, in the dark, offline.

Investment

$9,500initial+$650/ month

Retainer is month to month — no term, cancel anytime.

Why this pays back

Post-service verification alone — the differential-cap story — justifies the engagement.

A cap left loose after service is one of the most common comebacks in coach shops industry-wide — an easy miss on a rushed job. Digital walkarounds with photo proof, auto-logged to the shop, turn every driver's daily habit into fleet-wide coverage — and every post-service release into a verified one.

Setup timeline

deliberately conservative

3 to 4 weeks from kickoff to drivers using it on their daily walkaround — most of it is dialing in the checklist with your shop.

The initial buys

  • The driver app: a walkaround built around common touring-coach routines, plus a 90-second fuel-stop quick check
  • Photo capture on the items that need proof — offline-first, gloves-friendly, dark-lot friendly
  • Flagged items open work orders in the shop's queue automatically, photo attached
  • Post-service verification checklists that auto-attach after shop work
  • The shop-side view: every walkaround, every flag, every coach, this morning

The monthly covers

  • Hosting and app updates
  • Checklist changes the same week you ask
  • Compliance reporting for insurance and DOT
  • Direct support line to Matt

The ROI math

Year-one investment

$17,300

Break-even

One post-service catch. The differential-cap scenario alone is a $34K drivetrain exposure — a common industry miss that's easy to catch automatically.

Expected year-one return

2–4×

Estimate, not a promise: Assumes one drivetrain-class save per year plus the steady small catches — tires, leaks, lights — surfaced days earlier with photo proof.

Speculative scope based on public materials and common patterns across touring coach operations. Real engagement is shaped together — see the note on the Overview tab.

Senators · Pre-Trip

Coach 4817

Salt Lake City · 06:40

0/11 checked

  • Wipers & washers

    Blade condition, fluid spray

  • Mirrors & glass

    Alignment, cracks, cameras clear

  • Tires

    Pressure, tread, sidewall damage — all axles

    📷

  • Lights & markers

    Head, tail, brake, clearance, hazards

  • Under-coach leak check

    Fresh drips or puddles — oil, coolant, fuel, diff

    📷

  • Differential — fill cap & weep check

    Cap seated, no fresh oil film on housing

    ▲ A check many shops add after a post-service miss slips through

    📷

  • Engine oil level

    Dipstick within range, note top-offs

  • Coolant level

    Surge tank between MIN/MAX cold

  • Belts & pulleys

    Cracking, glazing, tension, bearing noise

  • Anything that doesn't look right

    Free-text + photo — driver judgment

    📷

  • Trailer (if attached)

    Hitch, chains, wiring, tires, doors

    📷

Clickable mockup — check items and flag one to see the submit state change.

What the shop sees — this morning's walkarounds

  • Coach 4817L. Ortiz · Today 06:42 · Salt Lake City
    1 flagged

    ↳ Fresh oil film on diff housing — photo attached. Work order WO-3312 auto-opened.

  • Coach 4772T. Barrett · Today 06:15 · Phoenix
    10/10 clean
  • Coach 4530M. Okafor · Today 05:58 · Nashville
    11/11 clean
  • Coach 4401R. Vance · Yesterday 21:10 · Memphis (post-trip)
    2 flagged

    ↳ ABS light photo + left tag tire wear photo. Both linked to open trends.

Completion, fleet-wide

100%

vs. “trust me, I checked” on paper

Flags → work orders

Auto

photo attached, coach + location linked

Post-service releases

Verified

extra checklist auto-added after shop work

Why drivers will actually use it

  • · It's not a compliance form — the app matches the walkaround drivers already do, in the order they already do it.
  • · Two taps per item, photo only where it matters. Faster than paper by the third day.
  • · Flags get answered. When a driver photographs an ABS light and a work order comes back with their name on it, the app has proven it listens.
  • · Fuel-stop quick check is a 90-second subset — tires, leaks, lights — not the full list.