Equipment
Purchasing Construction Equipment: Calculating the Return on Investment
Buying used construction equipment, especially high-ticket items, can be an unsettling process. There are few resources to know what is considered a good price before purchasing.
By Ben Preston
June 18, 2019
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Equipment
by Ben Preston
Ben Preston is the Co-Founder of Gearflow.com, an online marketplace for construction equipment. Through the use of technology, Ben's mission is to support the equipment rental industry and the many entrepreneurs within it.
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