Dave Syverson Truck Centers

Dave Syverson Truck Centers is a truck dealership based in Albert Lea, Minnesota, with a second location in Rochester. It is a dealer for Volvo, Freightliner and Kalmar Ottawa trucks, and its service department also works on motorhomes. You bring the RV to its Albert Lea shop at 1800 Sorensen Rd. It also offers emergency roadside service, but it does not say whether that covers motorhomes.

Its service department says, "We work on, and carry parts for all truck and most motorhome makes and models." Its brand list names truck and component makers such as Cummins, Allison, Meritor and Bendix, along with Volvo and Freightliner. No RV system is named. Air conditioners, refrigerators, generators and slide-outs do not appear, so ask whether the shop has done that work on a motorhome before you book.

It publishes no RV labor rate, trip fee or diagnostic fee, so ask for the trip fee and hourly rate before you agree to anything. Albert Lea service is open Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and closed on weekends. Its emergency and after-hours number is 888-272-2926. Rochester service runs weekdays from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, with emergency service at 507-280-3080.

It is an Elite Support Certified Dealer, a certification it earned in Rochester in 2017, and it celebrated 50 years in business in 2018. A certification tells you the shop has been through a manufacturer's program, not that it has done RV work, so ask about that directly. Ryan O'Leary is the service manager in Albert Lea, and Dave Rayman is the service manager in Rochester. Google rates it 4.2 stars from 157 reviews and lists it as an RV repair shop.

This is a good fit for an RV owner near Albert Lea or Rochester who can bring a motorhome in on a weekday. It is a poor fit for a traveler who needs help on a weekend or a slide-out fixed at a campground, because the company lists no weekend hours and does not say its roadside service covers RVs.