You're not allowed to do that

I believe there’s a lot of constraints built into all of these so called contracts when they’re negotiated, it’s not always up to your company what they can let you do, believe it or not they too have there hands tied, think about it. The more you do to help yourself the more the loss to the contractor. Not like the old days.

RHA,ROY.
 
We often see quotes of much road or rail delays cost in terms of lost productivity. I wonder how much Garry's employers lost through this rigmarole and how many times it is duplicated every day? Oh, then look at the "carbon footprint" of sending a large vehicle to recover a vehicle to a place of repair and getting it back to the customer (in many cases). This was something that occurred almost every day where I used to work.

Tony.
 
We often see quotes of much road or rail delays cost in terms of lost productivity. I wonder how much Garry's employers lost through this rigmarole and how many times it is duplicated every day? Oh, then look at the "carbon footprint" of sending a large vehicle to recover a vehicle to a place of repair and getting it back to the customer (in many cases). This was something that occurred almost every day where I used to work.

Tony.
The problem with common sense Tony is, it isn't that common.
Lost time is a hidden cost in most organisations. Very few organisations that use a time code recording have a down-time code for waiting time. That would cause questions by the fd on productivity. The consequence is you get what you measure.
Surely a mobile solution would make more sense to reduce carbon impact. Something companies could do is to put pressure on leasing companies to adopt greener policies in such circumstances. Insist on trucking vehicles in then expect to pay for the impact. Maybe carbon impact of the contract would raise the issue.
Also - Lease company tie-ins to firms like KwikFit look like a cartel to me. Restrictive practice for mutual commercial benefit.
 
We had a fleet of new vans delivered to us on lease , on arrival I was told to remove all spare wheels from vans, I questioned the sense of this as we covered quite a rural area ( once spent six hours waiting recovery for broken down van) and most of the guys would change a wheel of only a puncture , response was hea!th and safety issues and of conversation
 
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