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Bigger Isn’ t Always Better
How to get the best ROI for your sweeper investment By Lori Helms
As a small business owner in the world of paving and asphalt contract work, you’ ve likely gotten used to wearing many hats( usually stacking them two and three high at once). When you’ re not acting simultaneously as your business’ marketing director and lead estimator, you’ re also occupied with maintaining a productive and professional labor force while answering phones, emails and text messages. But one of the more critical hats you wear, for better or for worse, is that of chief financial officer. Someone’ s got to handle the money flow, whether it means collecting what’ s owed to you or paying the bills to keep the lights on and the equipment rolling. It’ s a role that requires a valuable skill set, and implicit in all of that is your ability to evaluate the best way to spend those hard-earned dollars. To help you along that journey, this month we’ ve contacted some industry professionals to guide you if you’ re considering the purchase of a small street sweeper or sweeper attachments rather than contracting out that work or renting equipment. They’ ve provided several helpful tips – everything from how to determine the type of equipment best suited for your line of services to how to make the most of such a critical investment. We specifically asked them what should be kept in mind when
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