Kentfield repairs that happen where the truck stopped.
South on 37 then 101. Calls come off Highway 101, Sir Francis Drake Blvd and the streets either side of them. This is commuter corridor to the bridge country, so the faults have a pattern to them. One call and Patrick is on the road.
- South on 37 then 101
- Open 24 hours, seven days
- No hourly minimum
- Cars, trucks, farm and heavy equipment
Kentfield sits where it sits relative to American Canyon, and that is the whole story on timing: south on 37 then 101. We come in on Highway 101, which is why we can tell you a window on the phone instead of asking you to wait and see. Cars, trucks, trailers, farm machinery and heavy equipment all get worked on where they sit in Kentfield, which spares you the cost of moving something that was never going to need a workshop in the first place. We are not routed through a call center in another state, and nobody in Kentfield is quoted a time by somebody who has never driven Highway 101. A Kentfield call gets the same treatment whether it is a commuter car or a loaded truck: find the fault, price it, fix it where it sits.
From your call to a working vehicle
First contact
No call center in between. Say whereabouts in Kentfield you are and what it is doing, and you are talking to the person who will turn up.
We price it
Cost and timing settled before we move. Where the repair is not worth the money we will tell you that instead of driving out.
We set off
Highway 101 is the standard route in.
Found, not guessed
We find the actual fault before anything is replaced, which is the part most roadside outfits skip.
Finished, or a straight answer
Most of it is finished at the roadside. Where it cannot be, you get a straight answer about what happens next.
The basics
The calls people forget they can make
Most people find us at the worst moment, but a fair amount of Kentfield work is booked rather than urgent.
Routine servicing, inspections and the catch-it-early repairs. The advantage of a mobile mechanic is that the vehicle keeps working while it waits for its slot.
Kentfield runs hard on its machinery
Kentfield runs on commuter corridor to the bridge. That shapes the call list more than anything else.
With marine and boatyard work on top, the vehicles here rarely get an easy week, and the wear shows up in predictable places.
So the van is packed for what this area actually breaks, rather than for an average that fits nowhere and leaves you waiting on a second trip.
When you cannot tell how bad it is
People in Kentfield apologize for calling about something small more often than you would think.
The call costs nothing. If it is something you can safely drive on, we will tell you that and you can get on with your day. If it is not, you have found out before it became a tow and a much larger repair.
The machines nobody else will drive out to
Trailers and tow vehicles is where a mobile mechanic earns the description, because moving it to a workshop is the expensive part.
That covers boat trailers, bearings and the trucks that pull them, diagnosed and repaired on site.
How we reach Kentfield
Ask where Kentfield breakdowns happen and the answer is mostly Highway 101, which is also the road we arrive on.
We also work Sir Francis Drake Blvd and Highway 1 regularly, and we pick between them by time of day rather than distance.
Before a tool comes out we deal with position and visibility, because most of the danger on a call like this is other drivers.
Kentfield on the map
Other towns on the same run
We cover the whole area around Kentfield. The neighbors below come off the same runs.
Being close by is not the same as being quick to reach, so each of those pages gives the honest drive rather than a flat promise. Highway 101 decides most of it.
Wider still, the full Marin County and the full service area.
Before you call
Short answers. The phone is faster if yours is not here.
How quickly can you get to Kentfield?
It depends on the hour, and we will tell you honestly. South on 37 then 101. That window is what we plan around, not a promise made to end the call.
Do you charge a minimum to come out to Kentfield?
None. You are quoted for the work itself, agreed before anything starts, and a short job stays a short job on the invoice. That is deliberate: a minimum charge punishes exactly the early call that would have kept the repair cheap.
What hours do you answer?
Round the clock, including the hours when Kentfield has no other option. You get a person, not an answering service taking a message for the morning.
Can you work on commuter equipment?
Yes, and it is a large part of the work here. Commuter corridor to the bridge means machinery that cannot easily be moved, which is the case a mobile mechanic exists for.
Do I need to get the vehicle somewhere first?
Usually not. We would rather come to the vehicle than have you pay a tow truck to move something we could have fixed where it sat.
Do you charge more to come out to Kentfield at night?
Same rate, whatever the hour. We would rather you called at three in the morning than sat on a shoulder until sunrise trying to avoid a fee.
Is there work you will not attempt on site?
Then we say so plainly and tell you what the real options are. You are not charged for a repair that was never going to work, and you will have a clear diagnosis to take wherever it goes next.
Stopped in Kentfield? Call.
You will speak to the person who does the work. Describe where you are in Kentfield and what happened, and we will tell you what it costs and when we will be there.