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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Earthwerks Unlimited" data-source="post: 10988" data-attributes="member: 1300"><p>I wanted to add that the industry standard is 5000 hours before total rebuild. And rebuilds can run $5000 and up. SO that means the other guy has used up 80% of the life. With only 20% left that means if you keep it for 2 years (at 600 hours a year) before rebuilding it, it will have cost you $13000 PLUS the $5000 for the rebuild (not accounting for any other repairs like tires, hoses etc.) that's $18,000 spread over 2 years equals $9,000 a year to use it. A brand new one may cost $200 a month for five years (just a wild guess) or $2400 a year. And you could keep it another 3-4 years (maybe three times that if you don't use it much) without dropping big money in it.</p></blockquote><p></p>