Re: Boom truck

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

"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Dec 25, 10:08 pm, "Bob La Londe" <n...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> "Just Looking" <S...@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.
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>> 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.-
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> Pack rat!!!!!

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