RV Service Reviews Home Page Where RV Owners Evaluate Service Facilities!   Company Tallahassee Truck Service 3321 Garber Drive, Tallahassee, FL   32303 (850) 576-3772 Location on Google Maps           Latitude: 30.466353   Longitude: -84.350083 Company web site click here       To add a review for this company click here     Important Information The opinions expressed are those of our contributing readers. RVServiceReviews.com has no means and is unable to make any determination about the experience, competence, integrity, or honesty of any of its contributors. We encourage our readers to seek a variety of information resources, and to make whatever additional and independent investigation may be necessary or appropriate before making any commitments or taking any steps in reliance on any information which is posted at this site. If you are the service provider and want to respond to this review send an email to [email protected]. Please provide the name of your company, as it appears on the review, the date of service provided by the reviewer and the explanation of the problem from your perspective.           Date of Service:   10/22/2019   Work Done on:   Class A - Diesel   Service Performed:   I had some performance work done on my Prevost. Upgraded turbo, new injectors, upgraded exhaust and intake system, performance ECU tune.   Evaluation of Service Performed:   The owner Howard Flowers was very knowledgeable and did an excellent job at a fair price.   Value of Service:   Excellent   Quality of Service:   Excellent       Date of Service:   5/29/2019   Work Done on:   Class A - Gasoline   Service Performed:   Replace transmission   Evaluation of Service Performed:   Horrible! We broke down Good Friday and when I called he said he could look at our RV the beginning of the week. I asked if I should go elsewhere since I wanted to know sooner than Monday what we were looking at. He said everyone else is 2-3 weeks. Stupid stupid me, had our RV towed there. Wednesday we finally found out it would be a �week� for parts. So we rented a car and every day after that had to call Howard everyday - many times a day to get information. He lied to us, said our the parts were in, test drive tomorrow. I�ll call you. Nothing. Called him from several phones and he said Shawn is putting the part in now. When we called him on it he got indignant! Ford screwed up. Whatever! Fast forward- our RV would be ready Tuesday 5/28. Yep almost 6 weeks later! Saturday his wife told him Monday was a holiday so might not be until Wed. We drove up there Wed evening and it wasn�t ready! We finally left at 230-3pm Thursday and got less than 40 miles and the transmission light started blinking. Pulled over and called Howard multiple times before he picked up. Shut off the engine so it will rest. That did not fix the problem. So Howie will find us a ford dealership to check it out. We kept him updated in our travel to Reno and today he said don�t go any further Until it is checked! Well we are in Junction TX and there isn�t much here Howie. DO NOT let him touch your vehicle. He charged up more than he should of and can�t be trusted. Oh and going to test drive 49 miles he went 2-3 miles. He is a liar that can�t keep up with his stories   Value of Service:   Poor   Quality of Service:   Poor   Email Address of Reviewer:   [email protected]               Date of Service:   10/1/2016   Company Contact:   Howard Flowers   Work Done on:   Class A - Diesel   Service Performed:   Howard did a great job working with Spartan and Entegra getting a new radiator sent in and authorization to replace it under warranty. Their work was flawless and they went the extra mile to help with issues beyond their expertise. Wish I lived closer. (Two hour drive)   Evaluation of Service Performed:   Excellent!   Value of Service:   Excellent   Quality of Service:   Excellent       Date of Service:   6/23/2016   Company Contact:   Howard Flowers   Work Done on:   Class B   Service Performed:   Repair electrical switch and replace rooftop A/C. Took 10 days and cost over $2300. Over charged and took way too long.   Evaluation of Service Performed:   I had a small electrical problem while passing through Tallahassee, and called Howard Flowers of the Tallahassee RV & Truck Service as being the closest RV repair shop to where I was at the time. Howard answered the phone and said, "Come on down and I'll get you fixed and back on the road." Once I got there, it turned out I needed a new 12 volt electrical master switch, and a battery isolator to replace the parts that had broken on my van. However, getting the parts was not simple, and it took several days for the parts to show up. Then Howard installed the new switch and all was good, except, while waiting the 3 days for the parts to show up, i was living in my RV in Howard's shop. On day 3, my rooftop A/C broke down and stopped working. Howard said he was a Dometic dealer and authorized service center and could get a new upgraded A/C from Dometic and get me going again promptly. That was on Thursday. He ordered the A/C from Dometic and it arrived a couple of days later. But Dometic sent the wrong thermostat for that model A/C and so Howard had to arrange to get another thermostat, this time the correct one for this A/C. By this time, it was Tuesday and I'd been living in my RV in 90 degree heat since Thursday with no A/C. Howard kept promising to get a portable A/C out of an RV he had on his property, but could not find the key so he could not get into it so I sweltered in my A/C-less RV for 6 days and nights. Finally, the correct thermostat arrived on Wednesday and Howard began installing it but had trouble figuring out the wiring so it took all that day and into the next day to get it correctly installed and working. Then I went in to settle my bill with him. He charged me $500 for fixing the electrical master switch, which seemed quite high for something I could have had at almost any other RV Repair shop for half that price. But that wasn't the real insult added to injury. He charged me over $1800 for the new A/C (the A/C itself was $702 on the invoice, and the thermostat was about $150) Because Howard could not figure out the wiring right away, and his helper mechanic knew less, he spent over 7-8 hours trying to get it working correctly. Instead of charging me the standard labor book rate of about 2-3 hours (I checked with other Dometic service centers to get their labor charge for installing this A/C on my RV), Howard charged me his standard shop labor rate of $79/hr times about 8 hours labor so my total bill for the master switch and the A/C was $2310 total. I asked around to other Dometic repair centers to find what they would have charged me and I found I'd over-paid by more than $500 to have the A/C installed by Howard Flowers. I was told that Dometic provides a conversion kit to change from my old analog thermostat to the new digital one that was required for the new A/C. With that conversion kit it is simply "plug and play" to swap the wiring to the new thermostat. Apparently, Howard did not get the memo, nor the conversion kit. He struggled with it for hours, and then charged me for his ineptitude. Howard over-promises everythiing and under-delivers most. He has his shop phone forwarded to his cell phone, and so he answers all calls himself. That could be good, but many times he says, I'm under a truck right now and will call you back. He never ever returned a call that I saw. He certainly never returned my calls to him and he certainly promised to call me right back many times. He made me, and other customers I spoke to, feel that he was right on the job of fixing up our coaches, only they didn't get fixed in a timely manner and at 4:30pm Howard was out the door and gone home. Clearly, I do not recommend Howard Flowers for getting your RV fixed if you can possibly help it. He takes longer than he promises, and charges you for his time spent learning how to do the job he is supposedly certified to do.   Value of Service:   Poor   Quality of Service:   Fair       Date of Service:   12/16/2013   Company Contact:   Howard Flowers   Work Done on:   Class A - Diesel   Service Performed:   Full service, every fluid, every filter, flushed and washed radiator, same service to generator, wheel hubs, greased chassis, etc. Tallahassee Truck Services has serviced our coach for the past three years. They are a knowledgable small independent shop that primarily works on trucks, but have always taken care with our coach.   Evaluation of Service Performed:   Excellent, I've always stood by and at times helped changing belts and hoses when an extra hand is needed.   Value of Service:   Excellent   Quality of Service:   Excellent   Email Address of Reviewer:   [email protected]       Date of Service:   6/30/2008   Company Contact:   Howard   Work Done on:   Class A - Diesel   Service Performed:   Radiator repair on 2003 Holiday Rambler diesel pusher   Evaluation of Service Performed:   Excellent customer service.   Value of Service:   Excellent   Quality of Service:   Excellent   Email Address of Reviewer:   [email protected] Page last updated: 4/16/2024 Legal Notice Our Privacy Statement For problems or suggestions: webmaster