Learning path · 5 guides + quiz

Buy smart

Rent or buy, how to finance, what drives the price, what to check on a used unit and how to read its hours: what's worth knowing before you sign.

About 32 minutes of reading in all. Open each guide, read it and mark it; at the end, three questions whose answers are in the guides.

The steps, in order

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Rent or buy · 7 minRent or buy machinery? How to decide with numbers
Financing · 8 minHeavy machinery financing and leasing: which option is right for you?
Price · 5 minHow much does heavy machinery cost? What the price depends on
Used · 6 minWhat should you check before buying used machinery?
Hours · 6 minHow do you value a used machine by its hours?

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3 questions

Every answer is, word for word, in one of the guides on this path.

1. As a benchmark, at what utilization does renting almost always win?
Below 40–50%Above 90%Never: buying always comes out ahead
2. You have two financing offers. Which one wins?
The one with the lowest installmentThe one with the longest termThe one with the lowest total cost
3. A used machine with many hours, well maintained and with history, against one with few hours and no paperwork:
The one with fewer hours is always worth moreThe one with many hours and a good history can be worth moreThey're worth the same if they're the same year

When you finish

Your study record

It unlocks when you mark all 5 guides as read and get all 3 questions right.

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It records that you studied these guides; it isn't a certification or an operator license. Hands-on operator training is given by the group's APMT Academy.

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