The mechanic who drives to Silverado instead of towing it away.
Home county; American Canyon sits at its southern tip. Most of what we answer in Silverado is on or near Highway 29, Silverado Trail. This is vineyard and winery country, so the faults have a pattern to them. One call and Patrick is on the road.
- Home county
- Open 24 hours, seven days
- No hourly minimum
- Cars, trucks, farm and heavy equipment
Everything we do starts from American Canyon. For Silverado that means home county; American Canyon sits at its southern tip. The route in is Highway 29, so an arrival window we give you over the phone is a real one rather than a number meant to keep you holding. Cars, trucks, trailers, farm machinery and heavy equipment all get worked on where they sit in Silverado, which spares you the cost of moving something that was never going to need a workshop in the first place. Patrick has been doing this long enough to know which faults in Silverado are a ten minute fix and which are somebody selling you a tow. Most Silverado jobs are finished in a single stop, because guessing at the fault from a phone description is how people end up paying twice.
When you cannot tell how bad it is
A fair number of Silverado calls open with somebody saying they are not sure this counts as a real problem.
Asking is free, and a straight answer over the phone is often the whole service. We would rather talk you out of a job than sell you one you do not need.
Silverado runs hard on its machinery
You can predict a lot about Silverado repairs from one fact: this is vineyard and winery country.
With harvest traffic 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.
Around town
What we get called out for in Silverado
If you want to know what we spend our time on in Silverado, it is this.
Harvest equipment that stopped mid-row
During crush nothing waits, so tractors, gators and press-house machinery get seen the same day wherever they are standing. Nothing exotic, and it is finished at the roadside most times.
Tasting-room and delivery vans
The vans that move product and people are worked on early or late so a day of bookings is not lost to a repair. With vineyard and winery ground in the mix, this one repeats more here than it should.
Overheating and coolant loss
Hoses, thermostats, water pumps and the leaks that empty a system quietly over a week. Most of them reach us from Highway 29 or the streets feeding it.
Trailers that will not roll
Bearings, lights, brakes and couplings, including on a shoulder when the load still has somewhere to be. Most of them reach us from Highway 29 or the streets feeding it.
No-starts with no obvious cause
Starter, alternator, fuel delivery or something electrical. We test rather than guess, which is what stops you paying for the wrong part. With vineyard and winery ground in the mix, this one repeats more here than it should.
The calls people forget they can make
Most people find us at the worst moment, but a fair amount of Silverado 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.
The machines nobody else will drive out to
Farm machinery is where a mobile mechanic earns the description, because moving it to a workshop is the expensive part.
That covers tractors, gators, sprayers and the implements behind them, diagnosed and repaired on site.
How we reach Silverado
Most Silverado work begins on Highway 29. That is the approach from our end and it carries the traffic that generates the calls.
We also work Silverado Trail and Highway 121/12 regularly, and we pick between them by time of day rather than distance.
A shoulder is a bad place to do anything slowly, so the first thing we sort out on arrival is whether the vehicle can be made safe where it is or needs to move first.
Silverado on the map
Other towns on the same run
If you are just outside Silverado, one of these is probably nearer to you.
If you are between towns, call anyway and describe the nearest junction. We would rather work it out on the phone than have you guess which page to read.
There is also the full Napa 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 Silverado?
Home county; American Canyon sits at its southern tip. You get a real window on the phone before we set out, based on what Highway 29 is doing at that hour rather than a number that sounds good.
Do you charge a minimum to come out to Silverado?
No. There is no hourly minimum and no call-out block to pay for. You pay for the work that gets done, and you hear the price before we start. Plenty of outfits bill an hour whether the job takes ten minutes or fifty, and that practice is most of why people put off calling until a small fault has become a tow.
What hours do you answer?
Round the clock, including the hours when Silverado has no other option. You get a person, not an answering service taking a message for the morning.
Can you work on vineyard equipment?
Yes. Silverado being vineyard and winery country is exactly why we carry what we carry. Cars and trucks are the baseline; farm machinery, heavy equipment and fleet vehicles are the rest of the week.
Do I need to get the vehicle somewhere first?
No. Wherever it stopped in Silverado is where we start, whether that is a roadside space, a work yard or a field gate.
Do you charge more to come out to Silverado at night?
No. Nights, weekends and holidays are the same rate as a Tuesday morning. The hours when nobody else answers are most of the reason this business exists, and charging a premium for them would defeat the point.
Do some jobs still end up at a garage?
It happens, and you will hear it as soon as we know. A diagnosis you can trust is worth having even when the repair has to move indoors.
Stopped in Silverado? Call.
You will speak to the person who does the work. Describe where you are in Silverado and what happened, and we will tell you what it costs and when we will be there.