Learn about Noregon's 30-year history helping the industry maximize uptime and advance technician skillsets. OTHER Learn about Noregon's 30-year history helping the industry maximize uptime and advance technician skillsets. OTHER Get diagnostics tips, training updates, and product updates delivered to your inbox. Noregon Visits Iron Buffalo in Colorado Customer Profile Iron Buffalo is a heavy-duty repair shop with two locations in Commerce City, CO, and Kalispell, MT. Their mission is to focus on quality repairs, transparent communication, and doing the job right the first time. Built on Integrity, Craftsmanship, and Customer First Service Founded in 2021, entrepreneurs Austin White and Mike Schwarz worked together to build Iron Buffalo. Today, the company has over 40 team members across their two locations and stands out as one of Colorado’s few shops capable of handling specialty trucks and boom repairs. As a family-owned business, they invest in their employees and foster a culture where employees not only want to show up to work, but also care about doing so. Today, they provide a variety of services, including: Expanding Services with Truck Check Up and CARB Compliance Starting in early 2025, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), began mandating Clean Truck Check compliance testing to ensure that vehicles over 14,000 GWB entering California undergo and pass emissions testing. In response, Iron Buffalo looked for ways to support their local communities while continuing to put customers first. Their solution was to offer CARB-certified testing with Noregon’s Truck Check Up . Beyond supporting current customers, Truck Check Up also introduced them to new ones. “Truck Check Up is one of the few things that we’ve paid for that actually started paying us a few months later.” Mike Schwarz, Iron Buffalo Owner Supporting Truck Check Up with JPRO While Truck Check Up enables compliance testing, JPRO plays a vital supporting role. When a truck receives a “Failed” result, Iron Buffalo technicians use JPRO to complete a thorough system-wide diagnosis and identify the root cause of the issue. In addition, JPRO makes daily tasks for mobile technicians much easier. It is deployed for every road call, ready to diagnose all makes and models, giving technicians a clear picture of what’s happening across the vehicle. Recruiting and Retaining Technicians with Advanced Technology Not only does Iron Buffalo hire experienced technicians, but they ensure those technicians continue to enhance their skills through a robust training program, state- and nationwide skill competitions, and six-month progress assessments. Iron Buffalo’s Technical Trainer, Ian Matje, emphasizes: “JPRO is integral when it comes to parts of our training program. Early technicians may not know which specific data points to look at, and JPRO gives us the opportunity to get that information, apply it to a diagnostic tree, and move toward an accurate diagnosis – we’re able to see everything that’s going on in a truck system-wide instead of just focusing on the engine.” To retain talent, Iron Buffalo equips technicians with dependable tools. Truck Check Up has become the latest addition to Noregon’s suite of products to support that approach, alongside JPRO. The Future is Bright on the Roads Ahead Iron Buffalo has shown that shops can thrive even in the face of industry-wide challenges by cultivating a people-first culture and empowering technicians with the right tools. With Noregon’s suite of products at the center of their training and service model, they’ve created a framework where technicians can grow, customers receive high-quality support, and trucks can keep moving forward. A Modern Approach to CAN Bus Diagnostics Why traditional CAN bus diagnostics fail and how modern diagnostics identify faults faster. Guide to CARB’s Clean Truck Check Learn about California’s Clean Truck Check program and how to stay compliant with new requirements. A Technician’s Guide to DPF Regens Learn the importance of DPF regens and the costs and consequences of running them unnecessarily. Small Town Shop Offers Big-Time Services Learn how Van Cleef Auto Parts uses TaaS to provide leading service, versatility, and customer satisfaction. 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