ive been in the industry 11 years
was with a cat/mitsu/linde dealer until this summer when i went out on my own
oofa, I couldnt have picked a worse time to try this lol
thats ok though overhead is low
so even with somewhat less of a workload the bills are paid
my favorite of any age (ive seen almost everything from the LT35 and up lol) is the linde line
39X series are as bulletproof as anything autocad'd can be
old trucks are bullet proof due to the fact that they were designed with pen and paper
if they werent they would have never met their expected life span
hence when companies cut corners prior to autocad the result was shoddy products

as far as the future goes
i cant wait till i have to fix one of those load lifters from the movie Aliens lol (Caterpillar P-5000 Powered Work Loader, never realized these were branded Cat until i looked for the pic of 1 lol)
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