Truck Owner Academy (formerly The Garage Bench Club)
Keep the truck you trust. Stop paying for what you don't need.
One short video lesson every Tuesday, by email, taught slowly. For truck owners who would rather keep a good truck running than pay for a new one.
Join Truck Owner Academy (formerly The Garage Bench Club)$19.90 a month. You can cancel any time.
What comes to your email every Tuesday
- A short video lesson, taught slowly.
One topic at a time: keeping your truck running, buying used, the repair shop, selling, and the gas pump.
- A page to print.
The safety rules and the steps from that lesson, on paper. Keep it in your glove box, or take it to the shop.
- The fault of the week.
One engine, the model years, and the known problem, taken from public records like safety recalls. Then a go or no-go check, whether you own one or you're looking at one.
- One small job for the week.
Something to look at in your own driveway, or on your own paperwork, with the page in your hand.
Who it's for
- You own a pickup, and you want it to keep running.
- You'd rather understand a repair estimate before you sign it.
- You're shopping for a used truck, and you want to know what to check before you shake hands.
- You like to learn one thing at a time, at your own pace.
You don't need tools or a garage. Some lessons you do in the driveway. Others are about what to ask at the shop, or on the lot.
The first five lessons
- Oil and the dipstick: what it tells you
- Buying used: the walk-around before you shake hands
- Reading a shop estimate, line by line
- Transmission fluid and the "lifetime fill"
- Burning less gas without changing trucks
$19.90 a month. You can cancel any time.
If you forget to cancel
Forgot to cancel? Write within 15 days of a charge and that month is refunded.
Email [email protected] with the charge details.
A few straight answers
Do I need to be handy with tools?
No. Some lessons are things you can look at yourself, in the driveway. Others are about what to ask the shop, the dealer or the buyer. Every lesson starts with the safety rules.
How do the lessons arrive?
By email, every Tuesday. Each email has the video lesson, the page to print, and the fault of the week. There is no app and no password.
Is it for my truck?
It's for anyone who owns a pickup, or is about to buy one. The lessons work on most trucks. The fault of the week moves between makes, engines and model years. When a lesson and your owner's manual disagree, the manual wins.
How do I cancel?
The "Cancel your membership" link at the bottom of any of our emails shows you how, or cancel from your Payhip account. Cancelling stops the next charges.
Keep the truck you trust.
Join Truck Owner Academy (formerly The Garage Bench Club)$19.90 a month. You can cancel any time.