Fixed-price contract maintenance
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• A contract maintenance system under which the entire responsibility for servicing, repairs, breakdowns and spares is undertaktin in return for a fixed mileage charge on the vehicle fleet, irrespective of make, has been announced by TGB Motors Ltd. The company is a member of the Primrose Group at Clitheroe, Lancs and is a Dodge distributor, a Guy dealer and a stockist of Cummins, Gardner and Perkins spares, The company is also offering a pre-MoT test inspection scheme.
The pre-test scheme is based on the inspection card used at the official test stations, and the check card is passed to the operator as a record of vehicle condition and as a guide to the likely cost of bringing a sub-standard vehicle up to "pass" condition.
The pre-test check costs £4 for a four
wheeler, £6 for a six-wheeler and £8 for an eight-wheeler, while trailers cost from £2 to £4 according to the number of axles.
The contract maintenance scheme is assessed on the age, type and normal work of the vehicles covered by it, and from this a mileage charge is established. For example, one fleet of 20 vehicles doing 1,000 miles a week is charged at 3.99d a mile. Operators have the option of including tyres in the scheme and also a guaranteed trade-in price after a certain vehicle life. Payments are made weekly or monthly by bankers' order.