Case Study: Lone Star Corporation achieves DOT compliance and $20K+ maintenance savings with Whip Around

Lone Star Stays DOT Compliant While Maximizing ROI

Lone Star Corporation, a full-service instrumentation and electrical construction company operating a 214-vehicle fleet around Odessa, Texas, was struggling with mountains of DOT paperwork, undetected vehicle faults, costly downtime (as high as $12,000 per day) and rising liability exposure. Chief Operating Officer Landon Hobbs selected Whip Around’s paperless DVIR solution and mobile app, using the custom form builder to replace paper inspections and standardize daily vehicle inspection reporting.

Whip Around’s app was rolled out fleetwide (iPhones preloaded, mandatory DVIRs and onboarding checklists), enabling early fault detection, faster prioritization of repairs, and digitized inspection records. As a result, Lone Star Corporation reports nearly $20,000 saved in maintenance repair bills, identified filter issues that avoided roughly $6,000 per unit in replacement costs and weeks of downtime, quicker morning fault reporting (faults by 7:00 a.m.), and reduced liability thanks to timely DVIR evidence — demonstrating clear ROI from Whip Around.

Lone Star Corporation

Landon Hobbs

Chief Operating Officer