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Old 05-31-2008, 10:21 AM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by SwampYankee View Post
Without the sulky attachment they run around $2K, I was thinking maybe $200 for a few days. I'm not looking to get into the rental business per se but I think it would be a good way to get the machine into a customer's hands to try and decide that they just can't live without one while giving enough disincentive to keep them from just asking to rent it everytime they have a lot of spreading or topdressing to do.
You might be OK at $200. if it's a one time deal...........seems a bit steep to me for a $2K machine. But, you've got to determine how many times you can rent it in a season. If it's only three or four times, then you'll need to charge $200. to amortize the machine cost. If you can rent it 10 times in a season (very doubtful), you can certainly reduce the rental fee to $125 or so.
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