Maintenance of Fleet
The bottom line is this: its MUCH MUCH cheaper to maintain a news vehicle properly than to payout a liability settlement due to neglect and improper maintenance. And--keep logs of EVERYTHING--even down to turn signal and brake bulbs being replaced. In the case of something were to fail and cause a accident, resulting in some sort of liability, you have the records to back you up to reduce exposure. Fortunately, I haven't had to deal with that, but prepared to do so if it ever comes to that.
I have been faithful to keep up on general maintenance of our fleet from the beginning... at this point I have several 2000 Ford Explorers well over 200k miles and still going in a rough, coastal, sandy, salt air environment. The generators on our live vans are about to surpass 10,000 hours, one has been a problem child however--I think it was a "Friday Generator. Generator are maintenance hogs, you just have to budget them in, or risk failure when you most need them.
TM