Re: Boom truck

["Bob La Londe" <none@xxxxxxxx>]

"Just Looking" <Spam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Adding the cost of a boom truck would be an easy thing to overlook since
> there isn't an offsetting line expense for the rental. It seems in this
> industry that scissor lifts get rented a lot, boom lifts less often and
> boom trucks rarely.
> Time to modify the proposal estimates to be sure not to overlook that line
> item.
> Thanks.
> This unit is a good puller so hooking it up to a trailer full of gear to
> haul to a job site is something it would be good at too, so in a sense you
> get more benefit by charging the customer for what you'd normally provide
> a part of without a direct charge to the customer.
> Do you find having your own scissor lifts more of a benefit than renting
> them?
> The "deals" I find on scissor lifts listed for sale are ones usually too
> beat up to be worth much as scrap, let alone a serviceable unit. Getting a
> new scissor lift seems like too big a bite with an uncertain pay off. When
> it comes to spending money, cheap is my first, middle, and last name.
> How did you get your scissor lifts if you don't mind me asking? Did you
> buy new ones? Which brand do you like best?
> This truck was a fluke spelled DIVORCE for some poor guy selling the rig.
> He was from an entirely different industry however.

I bought one used from a rental outfit that was retiring it.  It works fine.
All I have done was put in new batteries after a couple years.  The other
one was a kind of trade deal.  I trade for half ownership, and it get stored
at my place.  Then when the guy retired he traded me for the other half
ownership.  It works great.  Looks rough but works perfectly fine.

To be honest the types of jobs I was doing when I acquired the first one, I
have not done much of since.  I have used them on jobs sites only a handful
of times.  They were handy to have when I needed them, but except for the
convenience there is no benefit to owning my own.  It would have been
cheaper to just keep renting them when I have needed them.  I do use the
smaller one in my shop regularly though.  I have a 16' ceiling and several
sets of framed shelves that go up to 10 feet with stuff on top.  Equipment I
haven't used or sold in a while goes up top.