Sames Government Fleet

10/09/2026

Come see is in booth 642 for the 2026 TXedcon conference!

09/24/2026

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Fresh inventory, Ford Army news, and more for your fleet.

09/18/2026

That's our team at the finish of the TPCA Run to Remember — a 5K along Shoreline in Corpus Christi that raises money for the families of Texas officers killed in the line of duty.

We sell trucks to police departments. Most of our days are spec sheets, lead times and budget cycles, and it's easy to let the work stay that abstract.

An evening like this doesn't let you. You line up on the bay with chiefs, officers and their families, and the reason everyone came is standing right next to you.

To our fleet team — thank you for showing up and putting in the miles. And thank you to TPCA for putting it on.

If your department has runners, keep an eye out for it next year. It's a good evening, and the money goes somewhere that matters.

Sames Government Fleet · Serving Texas since 1910

09/16/2026

Two agencies. Same truck. Two completely different budget conversations.

Lease-purchase, and you end up owning it. The first payment can be deferred, and at the end the unit is yours. That's the right call when the capital line is thin this year but the operating line is steady, and when you intend to run that truck for a decade.

Operational lease, and you hand it back. Fixed monthly cost, no auction, no disposal, and a fleet that refreshes on a schedule instead of whenever something finally dies in the field.

The question that actually decides it isn't the rate. It's this:

Do you want the asset, or do you want the availability?

An agency replacing a dump truck it will run for twelve years wants the asset. An agency cycling patrol units every three or four years usually wants the availability — and is often paying a quiet premium in downtime and resale hassle to own something it never needed to own.

Swipe for both, side by side.

We structure either one through our leasing partners, subject to a review of the entity's financials. And we'll run both on the same unit, on one page, so your council or commissioners court can compare before the vote.

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09/14/2026

A spec sheet can't tell you where the console lands when you're wearing a duty belt.

That's the whole reason we bring a built unit to the floor instead of a brochure. Open the door. Sit in it. Reach for the shifter. Look at where the switch panel actually sits relative to the mount you already run. Every fleet manager who's ever inherited a build that looked fine on paper knows exactly why that matters.

What you're looking at:

→ F-150, ghost graphics — visible when you need it to be, quiet when you don't
→ Full warning package, front and rocker
→ Upfit spec'd the way a Texas agency would actually order it

If you're writing a FY27 spec and want to see one of these in person, we'll bring one to you. That's not a sales pitch, it's just easier than describing it.

Sames Government Fleet — serving Texas agencies since 1910.

09/14/2026

Since 1910 — 116 years selling vehicles in Texas, from Model T's to police interceptors.

Why it matters if you run a fleet: the company that sold your predecessor their first truck is the same one quoting your next one. Contracts get honored. Nobody disappears mid-order.

Texas' oldest dealership. Still answering the phone. (512) 628-0505

09/12/2026

FleetCon is one of the few rooms where you can walk from a street sweeper to a dump body to a marked patrol unit in about forty feet — and everybody in the aisle knows exactly what they're looking at.

We brought our F-150 demo up to Loveland for FleetPros' 50th year and spent the show doing the one thing that doesn't translate to a PDF: letting fleet managers open the doors.

Three things came up in almost every conversation:

**Spec continuity beats unit price.** Nobody wants to re-learn an upfit every model year. The cheapest bid that changes your mounting pattern isn't the cheapest bid.

**Lead time is the real planning problem.** Everything downstream of the order date is a guess until the order date is real.

**Most fleets aren't buying one kind of vehicle.** They're speccing patrol, admin, parks and public works — and running four separate procurement conversations to do it.

That last one is why our banner lists eleven franchises. Ford, Chevrolet, Ram, Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, Nissan, Kia, Honda, Mazda, Lincoln — one dealer group, one fleet contact, whatever the department actually needs.

Thank you to FleetPros for a genuinely well-run show, and to everyone who climbed into the truck and told us what they'd change about it. That's the useful part.

If we talked at the booth and you're building an FY27 spec, reach out — we kept notes.

Sames Government Fleet · Serving Texas since 1910

09/11/2026

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09/09/2026

On the ground in Bastrop right now — Transits, F-250s, F-350 duallys, and chassis cabs ready for bodies.

If there's money left on your FY26 fleet line, September 30 is the day it stops being yours. We can turn a quote in 48 hours, and eligible agencies can go straight to a PO through TIPS without a formal bid.

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09/09/2026

This is AWESOME Crockett Texas Police Department! !

During a recent call involving three children, Officer Witherspoon noticed they were in need of clean clothes. Without being asked—and without expecting anyone to know—he went out and purchased new clothes for all three out of his own pocket.

What makes this act even more meaningful is that Officer Witherspoon didn’t tell anyone what he had done. He wasn’t looking for praise, recognition, or a pat on the back. He simply saw three children who needed help and quietly stepped up. We only learned about his actions afterward.

That’s the kind of officer we’re proud to have serving our community.