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Originally Posted by Mr. Ford95
How much do they typically cost to purchase and Install? What kind of maintenance is needed/costs? Do they work as good as advertised or are they finicky at times like the ParkSmarts?
all i can say is these things...
many years ago, like back in the late 1970's, i was thinking of buying a truck. i was actually looking for ""plain jane" trucks, you know, not all chromed out, as i (to this day) see no rhyme nor reason to have all that glitter, well anyways, i was pricing out what was known then as "pony pacs" and gensets.
back then, they cost a mere $2,000 to $3,000 installed!!
i made the fatal mistake to sit at the counter of the truck stops. so i got to talking to a few guys, whether they were o/o's of not, i can't say. nearly each one said, "why you wanna buy something like that, they ain't that good, or they don't make sense"
to this day, i wonder how many of THOSE guys woke up to the fact, that APU's (as they are now called) have actual value and are actually NEEDED these days, for the various reasons.
i would be thinking out loud, if i said that mega-fleets buy so many at regular price, maybe get discounts for x number of units? then of course, they have thieir own shops, so installation would be (i'd guess) cheaper than the dealer that sells them?
i think the "average costs" these days with purchase/installation would be right around the $10,000 mark, give or take a grand, either way?