Why is everyone focusing just on the upfront purchase costs ONLY?
You've gotta operate these bucket of bolts too You know! Sure the r22 Plasticine wonder is 100k cheaper to buy than the Tonka tuff big G, but You are all forgetting that every 2,200 hrs or less You gotta fully rebuild the 22 (except the boom, that's every second rebuild)
at almost a new ones price
if You factor that into the hourly rate then the real cost of running a 22 is much, much higher than the big G is
So if it's about the money then the big G is the winner overall
You gotta ask Yourself what $$$ corners are being cut here to make the 22 so cheap to rent when they are far more expensive to run than the big G
Be Happy
