Harry Monk

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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When i was running a truck to Moscow and back in the late eighties we never had problems like that as China and Ebay hadnt been invented . :wink:

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Tramp-o-Claus has an uncanny likeness to Harry Monk’s Avatar…
is it Harry in the Christmas Spirit?

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Hahaha Harry you legend! I really hope that is you : p

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ibson:
Hahaha Harry you legend! I really hope that is you : p

It absolutely is, that’s my promotional video.

Truck sorted, had a semi-seized alternator tensioner and that shredded the alternator drive belt so Renault fitted a new tensioner and belt set under warranty. Otherwise I would have been looking at a £1,000 repair bill. One of the reasons I have the truck maintained by a main dealer is that there isn’t any quibble if I get future problems, had an independent fitter replaced the tensioners when I had them done in July, I’m sure Renault would just say that he hadn’t done the job properly.

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hello harry ive followed you for while you cme over as a very intelligent & amusing bloke if i was you i would give max clifford a call sorry about the grammer

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I will keep my eyes peeled …if your near Worksop…Notts…like the truck Harry. :sunglasses:

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Easter-Star:
What flew past you a chinese pattern pulley ? :wink:

Well,whatever it was, it certainly wasn’t you on your fortnightly walk down to the dole office to sign on! :wink:

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H…Now you know better than that. Our survey said…UH UH! :confused:

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bigvern1:
H…Now you know better than that. Our survey said…UH UH! :confused:

Have you forgotten that Easter-Star is supposed to be a different person to you? :wink:

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Harry Monk:

ibson:
Hahaha Harry you legend! I really hope that is you : p

Truck sorted, had a semi-seized alternator tensioner and that shredded the alternator drive belt so Renault fitted a new tensioner and belt set under warranty. Otherwise I would have been looking at a £1,000 repair bill. One of the reasons I have the truck maintained by a main dealer is that there isn’t any quibble if I get future problems, had an independent fitter replaced the tensioners when I had them done in July, I’m sure Renault would just say that he hadn’t done the job properly.

I think definitely in this case you’re right and if the work had been done at an independent you would have had another bill but I do think on aggregate main dealers don’t offer value for money for the average small operator.

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Nowt to do with me my old mucker.

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Own Account Driver:
I think definitely in this case you’re right and if the work had been done at an independent you would have had another bill but I do think on aggregate main dealers don’t offer value for money for the average small operator.

It really is Swings and Roundabouts. There is a Renault dealer in my Operating Centre and so I can leave the truck with them at the weekend for inspections etc, and sod off home knowing the work will be done at their leisure when I come back in on Monday.

Having work done anywhere else would involve either downtime during the week or me spending a significant part of my weekend hanging around while the work was done, would cost me diesel getting there and back and would eat into my statutory rest period.

I get a £20 per hour discount on the standard Renault dealership labour rate so it’s not that expensive, I know the work will always be done to a high standard and when I sell the truck I will be able to sell it with a full main dealer service history which will maintain its value (The previous owner had it serviced at Thompson Commercials, also a Renault main dealer).

There is also inevitably a problem when an independent fitter carries out work using manufacturer’s parts and the work needs to go back under warranty for whatever reason, because both will try to push the blame on each other for the fault, yesterday’s breakdown would have cost me £1,000 if the original work hadn’t been carried out by Renault, as it was it cost me nothing.

But, as with everything else, there is no “One size fits all” answer about how to run a truck, I’m doing what best seems to suit my own circumstances.

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You might have mentioned it before and I haven’t seen it but I didn’t realise there was a Renault dealer on your doorstep.

That obviously makes sense the time-saving factor is going to be worth a hell of a lot as you say.

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I don’t think I have mentioned it before, but my operating centre is East Kent International Freight Terminal, I can see K.T.S Renault Trucks out of my windscreen when I’m parked up at the weekend. They’ve got a spare set of keys so if I get back late this Friday for example (six-weekly inspection is due), I’ll just park the unit outside the workshop and it’ll be ready to drive away late Sunday or early Monday when I get back.

I do whatever work I can myself though, I wouldn’t pay them to change a bulb etc.

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Harry Monk:

bigvern1:
H…Now you know better than that. Our survey said…UH UH! :confused:

Have you forgotten that Easter-Star is supposed to be a different person to you? :wink:

Wrong guess H :wink:

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Denis F:

Harry Monk:

bigvern1:
H…Now you know better than that. Our survey said…UH UH! :confused:

Have you forgotten that Easter-Star is supposed to be a different person to you? :wink:

Wrong guess H :wink:

:laughing: :laughing: wonky syntax , Ebay keyboard bloody Chinks :wink: !

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SEE?

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No need to shout! :wink:

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Sorry… Can’t help wonky syntax.Whatever the ■■■■ that means. :unamused:

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bigvern1:
Sorry… Can’t help wonky syntax.Whatever the [zb] that means. :unamused:

:laughing: :laughing: i dont even know what a syntax is but when i use to do Russia in the late eighties I think they had a choc bar called the syntax, it was a russian version of a crunchie. :wink: