Pros and Cons: Buying or Rental of Scales in NJ

You’ve decided it’s time you need a new scale whether its a truck scale or a large quantity of counting scales.

Renting	Buying
✔ Lower initial investment ✔ Access to a broader range of equipment at all times ✔ Latest equipment usually offered ✔ Maintenance, insurance etc. handled by another party	✔ Cheaper over the long term ✔ Get a return on your investment when you no longer need the equipment ✔ More flexible—equipment available whenever you need it ✔ Less downtime ✔ Possible tax advantages

Figure out your expected period of use (in years, months or days) and the amount of use the equipment will get (expected hours of use).

The cost to rent equipment	The cost to own equipment
Rental rate (per year/month/day) x rental period (number of years/months/days) + pickup/delivery charge = total rental cost	Purchase cost + delivery, maintenance, insurance (ownership costs) – resale value = total ownership cost
Total rental cost / rental period = rental cost per year/month/day	Total ownership cost / ownership period = ownership cost per year/month/day
Total rental cost / expected hours of use = rental cost per hour of use	Total ownership cost / expected hours of use = ownership cost per hour of use