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Things we own

Equipment

Buggies, lifts, compressors, generators, brakes, the big tools: anything worth more than a few hundred dollars that lasts more than a year. Trailers go with the trucks, on the Vehicles page.

What the equipment costs

8 pieces

$17,343a year

$1,445 a month

  • 1% of overhead
  • $5.06 a square

Calendar year2026

$17,343a year$1,445 a month

Open a line to see what is in it, and which row pays it.

A piece that is paid for: its price spread over its useful life as wear. A piece that is financed or rented: its payment times twelve. Then insurance and upkeep as entered. It is the same arithmetic as the running total beside the form.

By piece

Annual costs. Bars show each entry’s share of the total.

PieceAnnual costShare
Equipter RB4000
Financed
Cost breakdown
Payments
$6,625.20
Insurance
$2,000.00
Upkeep
$650.00
Purchase price
$29,900.00
Useful life, in years
8
$9,275.20 53%
MetBot
Paid for
Cost breakdown
Wear
$2,000.00
Insurance
$300.00
Upkeep
$400.00
Purchase price
$20,000.00
Useful life, in years
10
$2,700.00 16%
Cost breakdown
Payments
$1,980.00
$1,980.00 11%
Cost breakdown
Wear
$983.33
Insurance
$280.00
Upkeep
$450.00
Purchase price
$11,800.00
Useful life, in years
12
$1,713.33 10%
Drone
Paid for
Cost breakdown
Wear
$599.67
Upkeep
$100.00
Purchase price
$1,799.00
Useful life, in years
3
$699.67 4%
Cost breakdown
Wear
$458.33
Upkeep
$150.00
Purchase price
$2,750.00
Useful life, in years
6
$608.33 4%
Cost breakdown
Upkeep
$300.00
Purchase price
$3,200.00
Useful life, in years
5
$300.00 2%
Flame thrower
Paid for
Cost breakdown
Wear
$66.67
Purchase price
$200.00
Useful life, in years
3
$66.67 0%
Total$17,343.20100%
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What is it?

Pick a common piece and its name, a typical life and a typical year of upkeep are filled in for you to correct. Or type your own.

A trailer? It has plates and a place on the auto policy, so it is kept with the trucks. Add it on the Vehicles page.

How is it paid for?
What does it cost?

Paying for it

Optional.
Optional. Five if you are not sure: the price is spread over these years as wear.

Keeping it

Insurance and upkeep can wait: left blank, they are flagged as not answered.

Not sure it belongs on this list? See what goes where.

Worked example

How a year of upkeep adds up

An Equipter RB4000, bought for $34,000 and out on most tear-offs.

  1. Oil and filters $120 Two oil changes a season at $60 each.
  2. Hydraulic hoses and fluid $180 A hose and a top-off most years.
  3. Tires $200 A set of four is $800 and lasts four years: $800 ÷ 4.
  4. Battery $40 $160, replaced every four years: $160 ÷ 4.
  5. The repair nobody planned $340 Set aside one percent of the price. Something always breaks.
  6. A year of upkeep $880

A wheelbarrow compressor that runs the guns every working day.

  1. Pump oil $30 Changed twice a year at $15.
  2. Air filter and drain valve $25 Small parts, about $25 a year.
  3. Hoses and fittings $90 Two 100-foot hoses a year at $45. Roofs eat hoses.
  4. Pressure switch or rebuild kit $40 $120 about every three years: $120 ÷ 3.
  5. A year of upkeep $185

A 7,000-watt portable that comes out when the house has no power.

  1. Oil $60 Three changes a year at $20.
  2. Spark plug and air filter $25 Once a year, about $25 together.
  3. Carburetor and fuel $45 Stale gas gums it up: a cleaning and stabilizer, $45.
  4. Pull cord, wheels, odds and ends $20 About $20 a year.
  5. A year of upkeep $150

Round, typical figures, to show how the sum is built. Work out your own the same way; last year's receipts for the machine beat any example.

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