I am all for not wasting time doing PM's Don't do them unless they are deemed a requirement by the OEM.
... or mandated by the Risk-Based PM system?
OEMs can (and do) claim many things ... but they have no control over how (where, how often, skilled or badly
etc., etc.) "their" equipment is used.
And (unless the item is rented out, leased or whatever), equipment - once purchased - does not belong to the OEM. Surely the owner assumes what we could call "the right to maintain"?
Perhaps yet another research topic hoves into view ... the responsibilities of OEMs once they have sold their equipment. Don't lose sight of the fact that these days much equipment is manufactured in far away lands; regimes that may not subscribe to our way of thinking (or even produce half-decent service information).
