Fleet forklift service for Austin operations along the I-35 and SH 130 corridors

From the distribution centers off Bergstrom to the manufacturing plants in Northeast Austin and the industrial growth pushing out along the SH 130 corridor through Pflugerville and Manor, we run fleet maintenance programs for Austin operations that can’t afford to stop. Since 1993.

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Austin's industrial reality

Austin's industrial base sits in four major submarkets: Southeast Austin around Bergstrom International Airport and the Montopolis industrial corridor, Northeast Austin spanning the SH 130 corridor through Pflugerville, North Central Austin's older industrial park inventory, and the rapidly developing southern submarket between Buda and Kyle. Together they represent over 200 million square feet of industrial inventory, and the footprint has been growing at one of the fastest rates of any metropolitan industrial market in the country.

Three forces drive Austin's industrial demand. Tech manufacturing is the largest single force, anchored by Samsung's Taylor semiconductor fabrication facility, Tesla's Gigafactory in Southeast Austin, and the broader semiconductor and electronics manufacturing supply chain that's followed both anchors into Central Texas. Distribution and logistics is the second force, driven by Austin's metro population growth and its position on the I-35 corridor connecting Dallas-Fort Worth to San Antonio. E-commerce fulfillment is the third, with multiple Last Touch facilities and last-mile distribution operations built specifically to serve the Central Texas consumer base.

Most fleet operations in these submarkets run somewhere between 8 and 60 forklifts. A few run more. All of them share the same operational reality: when a forklift stops moving pallets mid-shift, the cost of that downtime is almost always larger than the annualized cost of preventative maintenance on the same machine. That's the math fleet maintenance programs are built around.

Industries we serve in Austin

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What fleet service looks like in Austin

Austin is core to our service footprint. Routine PM visits for program clients run on the calendar you sign up for, and on-call response for program clients is measured in hours, not days. Our team services Austin’s primary industrial submarkets as a normal part of weekly operations, not as a special trip from elsewhere.

A site walk for an Austin fleet typically takes two to three hours depending on fleet size and facility layout. Our team documents every machine on the walk: make, model, serial number, hour meter, current condition, and PM history. That inventory becomes the backbone of your monthly fleet report and the schedule we run against for the life of the program.

For program clients with facilities spread across multiple Austin submarkets, or with operations in both Austin and San Antonio, fleet coverage extends cleanly across all of them. One contract, one account team, one consolidated monthly report.

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Running a smaller operation in Austin?

Fleet programs are sized for operations running 10 or more forklifts. If your Austin operation runs fewer than that, we still service you. Diagnostics, repairs, and preventative maintenance on individual machines or small fleets are part of what we do, with the same techs and the same standards, just without the contract structure of a full program.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you service the major manufacturing operations in Austin's tech sector?

We service forklift fleets across Austin’s tech manufacturing supply chain, including the operations that have grown around Samsung Taylor, Tesla’s Gigafactory, and the broader semiconductor and electronics manufacturing ecosystem. Fleet programs can be structured for clean-environment, electric-only, or mixed-fleet requirements depending on facility specifications.

Program clients in Austin get SLA-backed response times written into the contract: same-day response during business hours and next-business-day for after-hours calls. Non-program emergency calls go into our standard dispatch queue and are typically handled within one to two business days depending on severity and location.

Yes. Multi-facility fleet programs are standard. One contract covers every location, fleet reporting consolidates across every machine, and scheduled PM visits are coordinated so your operation isn’t managing multiple service relationships for the same equipment type. This is particularly common for Austin operations with facilities spread across Bergstrom, the SH 130 corridor, and Round Rock or Pflugerville.

Forklift service your Austin operation can stop thinking about

The point of a fleet maintenance program isn't to add another vendor to your list. It's to remove forklifts from the list of things you spend time managing. If that sounds like the relationship you want with your forklift service provider, we should talk.

Service Area

R&R Lift proudly serves Austin, TX. and the surrounding areas with professional forklift services. Our team of highly experienced field technicians are trained to handle all of your forklift and material handling service needs. Diagnostics, repairs, maintenance, and service.