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BY KELLY MOORE
ASK THE EXPERTS ABOUT MAST CUMBERS, and they'll tell
you to think of the equipment as you would an automobile.
"Mast climbers are like cars," says Victor Marcantoni, owner of Northeast Mast Climbers (NEMC) and usedmastclimbers.com. "Sitting idle for months or years at a time causes them to lose their ability to work properly. It costs a lot of money to get them back in working order after that."
For this reason, the Philadelphia-based equipment expert says mason contractors should be sure the aerial work they are planning is expected to take at least one year to complete. Because mast climbers generally provide a variety of platform j configurations, smaller contractors may be able to book their ! units for fa~ade work across multiple jobsites throughout the ~ V, year. You'll find these nimble pieces of equipment transporting ? crews, materials and tools on jobs from brick masonry and � CMUs to curtain walls and metal framing. ;
Once a contractor has determined he indeed can keep the i
'o equipment busy, the question becomes how to procure it: buy ~
�new, buy used or rent? 8
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