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This is the <insert nationality here> scrapper/dirt hauler/landscaper way of running a fleet. You over provision junk so that enough of it's running at any one time and you do minimum maintenance.

It takes a special confluence of low labor costs and in-housing certain types of labor to make this work. Don't read too much into this. This is just a story of a guy who's hyper optimized for local conditions. Not some broad brush statement about whether to buy new equipment or end of life equipment.




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