Al_trees
Participating member
- Location
- Connecticut
Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone has made a broom for their skid steer. I currently have a branch manager for the dingo along with a broom and clamshells. The broom is very good but could be thicker. I paid a grand for it a few years ago and now it is probably 50% more. Funny...I don't know about you but I would not sell many jobs if we increased our prices by 50%.
Blue diamond makes an attachment for a skid steer which is now about $3300 for a 60 inch wide which would go nicely on our full sized machine. The pictures look like the bracket is rather cheaply made. It has nylon bristles which I think would be more forgiving on turf and is much deeper meaning less passes to accomplish the same amount of clean up as opposed to the branch manager.
Last time I checked a few months ago the broom was $2500. I am disgusted in the increased price due to the fact that $2500 was high to begin with. Charge 1/3 more to your customer and see if they keep hiring you. That is exactly why I am going to be more frugal with purchases.
Everyone wants to rip us off left and right and we need to hold onto our dollar. Trailers near me have gone up almost 100% but I can still go out of state a few hours drive and buy a trailer for about 20% more than years prior. Yes steel went through the roof but that was not 100 percent of their cost. There is a mortgage on the property, labor and yada yada yada which did not jump up 100 or 400 percent. No joke a $9,000 dump trailer Last year up the road is now $18,000. That is a measely 14k gvw. Yes materials have gone up but materials were never 100% of a product's cost. Okay my rant aside I have an idea for a broom.
I considered a used cow brush or something and mounting it on a quick attach plate. Does anyone have a custom made rig or an adapted conventional broom for sweeping up sticks?
I was wondering if anyone has made a broom for their skid steer. I currently have a branch manager for the dingo along with a broom and clamshells. The broom is very good but could be thicker. I paid a grand for it a few years ago and now it is probably 50% more. Funny...I don't know about you but I would not sell many jobs if we increased our prices by 50%.
Blue diamond makes an attachment for a skid steer which is now about $3300 for a 60 inch wide which would go nicely on our full sized machine. The pictures look like the bracket is rather cheaply made. It has nylon bristles which I think would be more forgiving on turf and is much deeper meaning less passes to accomplish the same amount of clean up as opposed to the branch manager.
Last time I checked a few months ago the broom was $2500. I am disgusted in the increased price due to the fact that $2500 was high to begin with. Charge 1/3 more to your customer and see if they keep hiring you. That is exactly why I am going to be more frugal with purchases.
Everyone wants to rip us off left and right and we need to hold onto our dollar. Trailers near me have gone up almost 100% but I can still go out of state a few hours drive and buy a trailer for about 20% more than years prior. Yes steel went through the roof but that was not 100 percent of their cost. There is a mortgage on the property, labor and yada yada yada which did not jump up 100 or 400 percent. No joke a $9,000 dump trailer Last year up the road is now $18,000. That is a measely 14k gvw. Yes materials have gone up but materials were never 100% of a product's cost. Okay my rant aside I have an idea for a broom.
I considered a used cow brush or something and mounting it on a quick attach plate. Does anyone have a custom made rig or an adapted conventional broom for sweeping up sticks?
