St. Louis Metro

[Ladder 68]

It may have been cheaper, up front, to repair the rig versus buying a new one. However, the unknown is the long term problems associated with a "fried" rig having "ghosts in the machine" for the remainder of its life time. Those costs, of chasing down constant problems, are very hard to calculate but may have also been a contributing factor for deciding to replace the rig instead of repairing.



A neighboring department to us has a '00 Pierce Dash 105' that was accidently put into power lines, ironically by the testing company performing annual certifications tests. They elected to repair instead of suing the company and their insurance for a new one. It was gone over a year and when returned hasn't been the same.



Just a thought.