in my experience, the machine with the cheapest purchace price will end up being the most expensive to maintain and repair over its useable service life
to look at the initail costs as your only factor in determining what machine to buy is kinda foolish and very nearsighted
linde is one of the most expensive trucks to purchase but thru higher quality components and better design they say that their trucks, over the useable service life, will actually cost less to maintain and repair than a cheaper brand and theirby saving you alot more money than the initial cost savings of the new machine purchase (could total 10s of thousands of us dollars, especaily in fleets, on the backend. think longterm savings)
toyota also seems to be a company that cares less about competitive pricing than high quality long lasting components
think wisely i have seen many companies burnt by an attractive cheap upfront price
in most cases with a properly maintained machine the initial purchase price is about 25% of the total ownership costs
poorly maintained machines (especailly cheap ones) will breakdown often and with more expensive and serious problems
linde claims their machines breakdown less often and require maintanence much less often than competitive brands thereby increasing the % of cost of the initial purchace to total ownership
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