- Location
- Eagle Mountain, Utah
would you recommend that over buying a nice Weatherguard toolbox? Being that the pricing is somewhat similar.
Do it all Tow Rig/Work Truck
- Thread starter SoopaHick
- Start date
johngottfredson
Threat Level Midnight
- Location
- Alpine
A few years ago the investment group I was with had me vet a bunch of large commercial landscape companies for them to purchase. The one we went with had all newish equipment (trucks, trailers, front end loaders, etc), many that we rejected had older beat up stuff. The philosophy behind this company was you don’t get ahead by cutting costs, you get ahead by increasing efficiency. Their crews never had a single day in a year where they couldn’t perform because their equipment wasn’t functioning. So make sure your decisions are properly weighing cost against value of consistent performance. If your stuff breaks, does it make you lose money/reputation? If not, then it’s just about personal inconvenience, and you can make your choice based on how heavy you weight that. I lean toward getting bare-bones newer trucks with low costs of ownership beyond the finance payment, and focus your time and energy on how to increase revenue.
That said, I don’t work on my own stuff, so if something breaks the inconvenience to me is higher than to many here who are handy with repairs.
That said, I don’t work on my own stuff, so if something breaks the inconvenience to me is higher than to many here who are handy with repairs.
johngottfredson
Threat Level Midnight
- Location
- Alpine
I like my decked system, but some tools won’t fit, and it makes the bed quite shallow, so depending on what tools you need to carry and what else you need your bed to do it may or may not be a good fit.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
For my needs, yes.