Pirtek In the Pipeline Magazine Q4 2018

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Drive in service Ken carries on, “We were doing around 40 breakdowns a month, in all weathers, right outside the door, which wasn’t ideal for the lads, working in the wind and rain. Now have our drive-in hose repair.” The main workshop has enough room to bring in a 30 to 40 foot trailer and work on it comfortably, says Ken. “Smaller haulage companies don’t want to pay for the call-out service so rather than lose them, we can have them come to us. This keeps their call-out charges down and increases our capacity.” Guy adds, “A hose on a grab truck may only take 15 minutes so they know they’ll be in and out quickly rather than waiting half an hour and also paying for call out. “No one else offers this service and most of our customers wouldn’t have their own fitters. It is certainly a good opportunity,” he concludes. Dublin to do total rehosing. “We do a little at the customers’ sites at present,” says Ken, “but you’re tying up a van, it takes longer because you’re working out of the back of a van and it could be a three-day job meaning the MSST has to clear up each day and start again the next. “Getting the customer to drop their machines to us so we can get in and rehose is far easier.” Feedback suggests there is a market, mainly from plant hire companies, Ken tells. “Every now and then it’s time to change all the hoses; rather than trying to do the work in a yard somewhere, they can bring it into our workshop. If we need to do a bit of welding or anything we can do that here too, whereas it’s not possible on the vans.” Rehosing The franchise is the only business in

Dock work Pirtek Dublin is carrying out preventative maintenance on five of the eight roll-on roll-off ramps at Dublin Port. “They’ve all got ageing hydraulic hoses so we’re routinely replacing and recording them,” says Guy. “Then if they need a replacement they’ve got a part

number and we can send the hose, rather than needing to send a van and MSST.”

The time available to work on the ramps is limited to between sailings, with tides and weather also playing a large part. “In summer months we get next to nothing done because there are so many sailings,” says Guy.

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