IMPORTANT POSSIBILITIES IN NEW MAINTENANCE SCHEME
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-THE announcement of a new scheme 1 of .maintenance for ArmstrongSaurer vehicles comes opportunely. Many readers are discovering that the somewhat scant attention which they were accustomed to give their vehicles in former years does not keep them in a condition acceptable to the examiners.
The new scheme is, in effect, almost an insurance against the operator haying to spend more than a specific, amount per mile on his vehicle throughout its life. The work covered by the contract of maintenar.ce includes any repair under the heading usually referred to in an ordinary policy of insurance as " mechanical breakdown."
Besides relieving the anxiety of the operator as regards criticisms by Government inspectors, the arrangement determines the exact amount which he will spend on maintenance and repairs.
The vehicle will also be maintained continuously at maximum efficiency. So far as the method of operation is concerned, the customer and the .company, Armstrong-Saurer Commercial Vehicles, Ltd., Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex, each keeps a chassis maintenance chart. Little squares on the customer's chart indicate periods at which minor maintenance operations—principally lubrication—must be carried out, the columns being divided into sections of 100 miles.
The manufacturer's chart is recorded every 1,000 miles with squares to indicate when the more important maintenance operations become due.
Specific rates for this scheme cannot be quoted, as they vary slightly according to circumstances. The contract issued in connection with a new vehicle may be for 100,000 miles or 200,000 miles, or, alternatively, for two corresponding periods of time.