[TheForge] costs of ownership question

[Andrew Vida]

Too broadly asked.  Different sorts of equipment may have widely 
differing requirements.

How about a specific equipment or at least category?

On 9/11/2012 4:45 AM, terry l. ridder wrote:
> 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.
>