I have been toying with the idea of going with pneumatic tools in large part for a few weeks to help get a green certification (though I honestly am not sure that they are more eco-friendly than standard rechargeable in all honesty) and have been looking at large air compressors to enable that on work sites. Apparently I have waited too long or just the karma of talking about it has come back to me because our biggest generator that we use on new build and big jobs when the power is not on yet just decided to quit for good.
While renting a couple smaller generators will get us through a week or two, clearly it is now time to get a decent up to date large generator and decide if the compressor is worth it or not. I have looked at a lot of generators of all sizes and trying to do the math in my head of how much power we really need to be able to produce to effectively run a job site.
Seems there is always another last minute expense that eats into the profits of every good quarter and year. This year was a very good so I have no reason to complain though and at least it is profits we are talking about eating into as opposed to losses like a few years ago. It is a good time to look at some capital improvements on equipment to get the taxes back in line for the profits anyway.
A new full size site generator, a reasonable size compressor, and a big tool trailer should take care of any tax issues. It is easier to keep the help happy though with decent equipment and certainly looks better to the clients. A piece of me is intrigued about the idea of leasing the equipment. It makes some of the paperwork on the taxes a lot easier as it simply a monthly expense instead of having to depreciate things but I am less than convinced it would be cheaper in the long run despite what the dealers are trying to tell me.
In 2 weeks our 2 remaining big jobs should be about finished so I may just put off the decisions until then when I have a little more time. Unless I am able to find a house or two to buy and renovate in the next couple weeks it looks like the busy season will be officially done by the end of the month. Might get a siding a or window job still this late in year but not enough to keep the whole crew on full time so it is time to start seeing who wants some time off as well.
While renting a couple smaller generators will get us through a week or two, clearly it is now time to get a decent up to date large generator and decide if the compressor is worth it or not. I have looked at a lot of generators of all sizes and trying to do the math in my head of how much power we really need to be able to produce to effectively run a job site.
Seems there is always another last minute expense that eats into the profits of every good quarter and year. This year was a very good so I have no reason to complain though and at least it is profits we are talking about eating into as opposed to losses like a few years ago. It is a good time to look at some capital improvements on equipment to get the taxes back in line for the profits anyway.
A new full size site generator, a reasonable size compressor, and a big tool trailer should take care of any tax issues. It is easier to keep the help happy though with decent equipment and certainly looks better to the clients. A piece of me is intrigued about the idea of leasing the equipment. It makes some of the paperwork on the taxes a lot easier as it simply a monthly expense instead of having to depreciate things but I am less than convinced it would be cheaper in the long run despite what the dealers are trying to tell me.
In 2 weeks our 2 remaining big jobs should be about finished so I may just put off the decisions until then when I have a little more time. Unless I am able to find a house or two to buy and renovate in the next couple weeks it looks like the busy season will be officially done by the end of the month. Might get a siding a or window job still this late in year but not enough to keep the whole crew on full time so it is time to start seeing who wants some time off as well.