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New Tech Machinery 5-inch K-style gutter machine

  1. New Tech Machinery 5-inch K-style gutter machine Paid for · 12-year life 11,800 paid 983 wear a year 1,713 a year

  1. At a glance

    What this piece costs

    $1,713a year

    $143 a month

    $1,713a year$143 a month

    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.

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
Read: how to figure upkeep on your own equipment

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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Enter what it will say and the day it takes effect. The card keeps today's answers until then, and the year ahead counts each for its days.

Like "Equipter RB4000" or "Tow-behind compressor".

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