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if they are building them the cart is way ahead of the horse. bid has not been awarded. lets jump ahead and suppose they did get it, the scenario you described is exactly what will happen. their bread and butter sales to small departments will have to wait in line. and those sales will go elsewhere. and then the warranty issues begin on the big city rigs. and then the company goes down the drain. ALF 1985... Ward 79 1990... why KME would want the headache of dealing with the issues that occur with the warranty is beyond me. I guess nobody from Nesquehoning has ever driven the streets of NYC. the rigs in LA will last 30 years because the streets are glass smooth. the streets of NYC outside Manhattan look like the B-17's just made a bombing run, and that alone beats the hell out of the rig. not to mention the Winter conditions.
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I thought the bid was won by KME but they had to work out the warranty details before the contract would be finalized. At least that is what I have heard/read.
Not all of LA County streets are nice but a majority of them are aright and LA City tends to resurface the roads every so often and aggressively repair potholes. Also got take into account there's no snow or salt as well.
if they are building them the cart is way ahead of the horse. bid has not been awarded. lets jump ahead and suppose they did get it, the scenario you described is exactly what will happen. their bread and butter sales to small departments will have to wait in line. and those sales will go elsewhere. and then the warranty issues begin on the big city rigs. and then the company goes down the drain. ALF 1985... Ward 79 1990... why KME would want the headache of dealing with the issues that occur with the warranty is beyond me. I guess nobody from Nesquehoning has ever driven the streets of NYC. the rigs in LA will last 30 years because the streets are glass smooth. the streets of NYC outside Manhattan look like the B-17's just made a bombing run, and that alone beats the hell out of the rig. not to mention the Winter conditions.
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I thought the bid was won by KME but they had to work out the warranty details before the contract would be finalized. At least that is what I have heard/read.
Not all of LA County streets are nice but a majority of them are aright and LA City tends to resurface the roads every so often and aggressively repair potholes. Also got take into account there's no snow or salt as well.
People complaining about spam in the spam mail box... Huh, what'll they think of next?
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