Analysys of reliability and cost of repairs of trucks under long-term lease conditions / Analiza niezawodnosci i kosztów napraw samochodów ciezarowych w warunkach wynajmu dlugoterminowego

Abstract

The article presents the results of the reliability tests of three makes of trucks. They used samples of 30 vehicles of each make. The vehicles were used by transport companies on a rental basis. The analysis omitted defects of the body-work of the vehicles as the component unrelated to a particular make. The first part of the analysis characterized operating process in respect to mileages and operating time. Then the analysis of the reliability of vehicles and their components was conducted taking into account the mileages till the first recorded defect and separately inter-repair periods' mileages. The analyses presented are part of a larger work, which aims to develop a method for evaluating the operational quality of trucks from the point of view of the owner of the rental vehicles.