First bucket purchase

[acme0007]

Just started looking for a bucket truck and came across All Florida Truck Sales. They seem to have good prices and I kind of like buying a truck that hasen't been painted. I do all reidential and commercial trimming and removals, no line clearence or ROW work at all. It's really getting hard to find a climber other than myself. Climbers have really gotten to be premadonna's and think that they run the show. Why don't they all have thier own business then ?
Just looking for oppinions from guys who own buckets and advice about this Florida Co.
I have read many posts on AS and really just want your two cents worth.
P.S. Looking to blow about 25K

 

[ducaticorse]

All I can say on the matter is that you don't always get what you pay for, and sometimes, you get far more. You will pay through the nose from a dealer, on a $25K truck, he's probably putting anywhere from a 7 -15K mark up on it. You are better off looking at the auctions, or purchasing directly from a large co retiring fleet, (After all, that's where the dealers buy theirs, paint them white, then charge you double.) and buying one there if you are at all mechanically inclined.

What truck are you looking at? Years and specs will help too.