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BELIEVING that the major cost of maintenance is frequently the loss of operating time, many American commercial vehicle users have welcomed a service recently introduced by Perry Fay Motors Incorporated, of Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Fay, head of the organization, recognized that where vehicles are in practically constant use it is often inconvenient to bring machines in to the garage for regular lubrication, Specially to cater for operators who work their machines hard., the Perry Fay organization built up a mobile servicing plant which provides corn
plete lubrication facilities. A special body was built to house an Alemite portable service station, the equipment provided including large-capacity tanks for engine oil, and four air-operated lubricant pumps, together with storage for various grades of gear lubricant and pressure-gun grease.
The "mobile lubritorium," as the Americans call it, started operations last February, running an eight-hour day, but already the service has been extended to 12 hours a day, seven days a week, and plans are now under consideration to run on a three-shift basis round the clock.