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How dose downtime effect your business

Hi we are undertaking a survey about what effect dose down time have on a business

What effect would a truck being out of service for a number of weeks have on your business

What effect would a truck being out of service for a number of days have on your business

What effect would a truck that could be back in service in under seven hours have on your business
  • Posted 7 Jun 2008 21:48
  • Discussion started by DAVE160
  • yorkshire, United Kingdom
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there are many 1 truck users around that really suffer due to breakdowns.cause they are small companies they will tend to run older trucks and don,t get them serviced as they should cause ~i only use the truck on tuesdays and thursdays ~. these forktrucks somehow don,t breakdown when it,s convenient to do so.i,ve had many a call "when can you get here i,ve got 3 lorrys waiting "
  • Posted 8 Jun 2008 05:41
  • Reply by kevin_k
  • dumfriesshire, United Kingdom
If the unit is essentional to the daily operations of the company and is common unit like a 2.5 t with triple mast side shift etc. Then the cost effect is the cost of a daily weekly or monthly rental.

If the unit is of special design like VNA/turret lifts or sideloaders or are equipped with specially attachments, etc. where rental units are harder to find or maybe impossible to find then the impact can be very significant.

So I guess it depends on the situation for each company.
  • Posted 7 Jun 2008 22:04
  • Reply by johnr_j
  • Georgia, United States
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