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Fleet Management plan. Rather than adopt the Usage plan, Holbury re-sale. However, this annoyance is out-weighed by the advantages
buys – and therefore, owns – the equipment, under the so-called of the Fleet Management plan.”
Lifetime Service Plus plan. This, basically, provides extended
warranty throughout the four-year period. Kougar Tool Hire Ltd has been established for 20 years and operates
in Wandsworth, south London and Isleworth, west London. Paul
“The first advantage to us is that Hilti’s range of drilling and breaking Liffen, General Manager at Wandsworth, was unconcerned by Hilti’s
machines are good quality products. We also like the extended re-sale restrictions “because, under the terms of the SDS contract,
warranty period of up to four years and the speed with which Hilti we are still able to sell DX nails and cartridges. Regarding the tools,
undertakes repairs. We simply call its Customer Services Centre, we are more than pleased with the extended four-year warranty under
a carrier collects the tool and it is the Lifetime Service Plus plan.
repaired and returned to us within 48 We operate dozens of breakers, like
hours. If you do carry out your own the TE 106 and TE 905-AVR, and the
Hilti repairs, you will need a extra cost of about £150/machine is
tremendous amount of specialist worthwhile. It also really does happen
tools, so this plan effectively saves that tools are repaired and returned
us twice. We started buying under within 48 hours.”
the Fleet Management plan last
August and the first tool we bought From this selection of independent
is still out on its first hire. We operate hirers, the evidence is conclusive.
a fleet of about 40 breakers and Rather than become an outcast,
rotary hammers, which comprises Hilti has retained – and even
Hilti TE 905-AVR machines, plus strengthened - its position as a truly
TE 60-ATC and TE 80-ATC units, integrated supplier to our industry.
as well as other brands. Since then, Whilst most national hirers are still
all the new machines we have According to David Hare, “we have added a significant number of new machines without not prepared to support the Fleet
having to phase it into our cash flow projections.”
bought in these product categories Management plan, independent
have been Hilti tools. Low vibration has also become a key factor, hirers, at a time of such economic uncertainty, are taking full
as customers are increasingly demanding reduced vibration tools advantage of the opportunity that Fleet Management offers to
and keeping them on hire longer. expand, or modernise, their power tool fleets. Indeed, they appear to
be increasingly standardising on Hilti products in their fleet.
“We are also looking to use the scheme to replace drilling rigs to our The response of other power tool manufacturers to this now
fleet. The plan is too good to miss. The decision was a no-brainer, successful strategy will be of great interest in the year ahead.
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although, as we do a lot of work with fixings trades, we are not
happy that Hilti no longer allows us to buy tools and accessories for
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