35 RTV 900's

We have 2 Federal DOE sites, that I have worked at on chillers. KAPL is a 1.2 Billion dollar operating cost facility. They have dozens of Kubota RTVs with full hard cabs, AC, custom wheels and tires, custom utility bodies on the back and some have integrated laptops. I was told they each cost 26k. Thats what Tax dollars get... top of the line gear....

I'm wondering WHO is going to be renting them ? and of course what CONDITION they'll be coming back !!

Large manufacturing companies also rent this kind of equipment too. They are then not responsible for the maintenance schedule for them, and they are also not taxable assets because the company renting them doesn't own them. Where I work almost all of the UTVs on site are rentals and are used to move around mechanics, millwright, and electrician equipment and personnel because the site is HUGE and they take up less space and capital than a bunch of trucks.

There still are trucks on site because sometimes the bed capacity is needed but the RTVs just make sense in a narrow area and if you can afford the rent and avoid a bunch of added asset tax why not really.

Up here in Montreal, when they were building our new bridge the construction conglomerate "rented" a fleet of RTV X1100 with full cab and all the bells and whistles. It just goes into part of the planning and costs for the build. There was about 20-30 of them running around the site the whole time, now that they are wrapping up many of the trucks, and other equipment are all parked in area waiting to be "returned". A lot of equipment goes out to auction after a major infrastructure project like that, so I am hoping to score one cheap

SidecarFlip said:

One thing you'll know for sure and that is they were run hard and put away wet many times over so if you get a running one it will have been well broken in.

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True. There's a prevalent mentality that "company" vehicles don't need to be taken care of. Our company has 74 pickups and SUV's in addition to a handful of box trucks, stake bodies, bucket trucks and a Volvo tractor.

Vehicles that are assigned to individuals suffer the least, but even they wouldn't be good to buy when we sell them. A vehicle without multiple drivers tends to get taken care of a little better.

Vehicles that are assigned to projects or are in the pool for anyone to use really get abused. I am currently assigned an SUV and sometimes borrow a pickup from the pool to haul stuff if I'm too lazy to grab a trailer. Typically, the loaner truck has no fuel (all have gas cards in the glove box). The windshield is too dirty to see through when you head into the sun. The cab is dirty and littered with sunflower seed shells, etc. Dents, scratches and broken parts just "happen". The bed has remnants of whatever it hauled last, and so on.

re:...Vehicles that are assigned to projects or are in the pool for anyone to use really get abused. I am currently assigned an SUV and sometimes borrow a pickup from the pool to haul stuff if I'm too lazy to grab a trailer. Typically, the loaner truck has no fuel (all have gas cards in the glove box). The windshield is too dirty to see through when you head into the sun. The cab is dirty and littered with sunflower seed shells, etc. Dents, scratches and broken parts just "happen". The bed has remnants of whatever it hauled last, and so on.

Do that to ANY of my friends trucks and you get ONE warning, 2nd time you're sent home no pay that day, 3rd time you're shown the door. He does NOT put up with any 'krap' from the drivers.