They are 1 million a piece but they have 2 that are set up for the high reach like the one in the video and those r 2 million (the cab raises and has a different boom and theres a few more extras)

DemoPhotographer;11092 said:
Good answer. As with the building of any business, large or small this is pretty much the plan to follow.
The choice to make, however, is how far do you want to go and how big do you want to be?
With all those new excavators and attachments comes more employees, more trucks to haul the equipment, more field techs, more insurance, more liability, more fuel, more overhead.

Testa has grown considerably since I began shooting for them. One of my first photos that I took of a piece of Testa equipment was of a vintage CAT245 mounted with a single action shear about 1998 or so.

During the time of the Big Dig and the teardown of the 1950's elevated highway (2002) as a subcontractor they first purchased 10 new CAT 345's and 2 new CAT 365s and their first Komatsu 1250.

Around that time the first LaBounty Shears with the rotating cuffs came out as well. As with any business when it comes to tackling bigger projects you have to decide whether to buy that specialty one of a kind piece of equipment to do-it-yourself, hire a sub or rent extra pieces.

One of their smartest moves was the purchase of the Grove GMK 7550 Mobile crane. This crane single handedly took down 90% of the superstructure that held up Boston's Central Artery.
It travels well, sets up easily and has also become the rental for other smaller companies.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0FKD3HFZSM[/YOUTUBE]

I skirted the money question because that is always speculative.
I don't want to get into a flexing match by starting to throw out $$$ signs.
Some quotes that might suffice are...

'With great power comes great responsibility'- Stan Lee

or Testa's Slogan: Action speaks louder than words!!!

WOW guys thanks for all the great responses and knowledge. I've always been impressed with the numbers cause it's a statement when you see it right in front of you, it's the feeling like OMG or just plain HOLY SHIT!!!!.

I did'nt mean to come across like a prick tword you Stephen with the skirting comment, I just thought maybe the way it worded it was'nt clear enough but you totally answered me with exactly what I was looking to find out.

I've seen these machines in the field and when there parked next together like TESTA did at the GM PLANT JOB boy is it a sight, but then also you start to think this equipment is not cheap and you realize just what kind of statement the company is making by parking the equipment in that manner...

PS: I just have one more small humble request if any of you fine folks know of major demolition projects that are coming up in NEW JERSEY could you let me know via email or here. This is in no way for a bidding situation as I don't even have a company I'm more interested in taking video and photo stills, so please any fourth coming info would be greatly appreciated....

DemoPhotographer;11050 said:
Testa now has 7 or 8 Komatsu 1250's. According to the mechanics in the field these machines out perform, are easier to assemble and are better than even the largest 385 Caterpillars hands down.

A CAT 365 would never be able to handle this Jewel High Reach attachment and stand up to the forces exerted on the machine. Looking at the Komatsu 1250 alongside the CAT 365 is like comparing a Hummer H2 to a Jeep CJ.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RP9omhkxDQ[/YOUTUBE]

How does someone amass such a large fleet of equipment?, I mean back to my original question that you skipped over!, what is the cost??, of the 1250 and then the other size machines as shown on this video...

I'll assume were talking in the high millions here?.. common sense will tell anyone that this equipment is not cheap..

Great video Stephen! It's great looking at the completed work you have done. Always looking forward to seeing more

What would a piece of equipment such as the PC 1250 cost?, and could you use a Cat 365 in a highreach application, meaning is it strong enough power wise to handle a highreach setup?.

Thank you to anyone who can help me with this...