[TheForge] costs of ownership question

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

what do others use as part of their decision making process when
deciding that the cost of maintenance[1] of a piece of equipment has reach
the point of searching for a replacement piece of equipment that has a
lower maintenance cost[1]?

preventing corrosion by painting, oiling, coating with spray on coatings
like pickup bed liners i do not consider part of the cost of
maintenance. that falls under "normal wear and tear"

having to rebuild an auxilary diesel engine every 500 hrs I consider
excessive. by rebuilding i mean pulling out the cast iron sleeves and
have to install new ones because the sleeves have worn unevenly causing
the cast iron sleeve to become more oval in shape internally. this is
causing a serious lose of compression. machining the cast iron sleeves
is not an option since the amount of machining required results in a
cast iron sleeve bore for which oversized pistons, rings, etc are not
available.

right now at any given time one of the auxilary diesel engine is in a
state of being rebuilt. this time and money, could and should be spent
elsewhere or saved.


[1] maintenance cost: both time and money.

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terry l. ridder ><>