In an average year how often could you be using a 75 ft boom?

[John464]

I wouldnt be without my 23gt 76ft or my buckets 60ft and 55ft. My advice is to save up for either and pay for it in full. Financing cuts into your profit margin. A bucket truck is the first logical step cause they can be had on the cheap. That extra money it earns would allow you to buy the spider down the road. A used 06 60ft altec can be had for less than half of a new spiderlift. $60k or so

I may be selling my spiderlift next spring. Its an 06 and itll be priced around $90K

 

[flushcut]

You kind of contradicted yourself there J464. "wouldn't be without" "may be selling" Just sayin

 

[ForTheArborist]

John, there's probably only a hundred in the country give or take a few, so contact me about it when youre ready. I have some pull, it only enough for use equ right now. Thanks And the drivin pard of this doesnt scare me hehe.

 

[Koa Man]

My advice is to save up for either and pay for it in full. Financing cuts into your profit margin.

It would have taken me years to save up enough to buy a 23GT cash out. In the mean time, I would have lost out on many jobs where a 75 ft. lift made it fast and easy. I disagree with that philosophy.

Nice to be able to pay cash for things, I try to do that as much as I can. But if you have the work for a piece of equipment and it will more than pay for itself, nothing wrong with borrowing the money. I got 2 other hotel contracts SOLELY because I had a narrow access lift. These 2 hotels planted a couple hundred coconut palms that they did not want spiked. All the other tree contractors on the island could not compete with me because all they had to climb spikeless was the tree bicycle or other super slow ways. I spend 1 week every 3 months to complete both hotels, which are right next to each other, so total of 4 weeks a year. 3 weeks of work there is enough to make all the payments on the 23GT for a whole year.

I must also say if you do not have the work for any equipment you plan to acquire, it can bankrupt you. I have a friend who bought a concrete pump for $65,000 just before the economy tanked. It has less than 100 hours on it and it is 4 years old. He has regreted buying it many times. Stuck with a $1100 a month payment and no work for it. Problem was he is that he is not a mason and bought it strickly to rent out. You cannot buy something with the hopes that someone else is going to keep it busy and make money for you.

 

[John464]

You kind of contradicted yourself there J464. "wouldn't be without" "may be selling" Just sayin

may be selling to buy another or I may keep it and buy another and have two.