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The design of the boom

iS very important in operation,
boom, does not have the flexit

Hlity of BOMFORD!5 3~piece boom,

Our cutting requirements call for as much cutting, close to the edge of the
road at the furthest reach of the boom. In previous years, we had @ second machine
Which did a lot of close cutting to the edge, but it has Since been deleted as it was
Too expensive to repair. This means al |

cutting is baing done by one machine, and it
must be efficient in close and extended positions,

TURNER, a Two-piece

The three-piece boom (BOMFORD )

gives the best performance at closa cutting, and
iT allows the tractor to stay wel| +

© the edge of the road, out of tratfic,

In the Specifications, |
| Within the SPECS, gives
require,

requested a reach of 20 - 23 ft,

The TURNER, al though
an effective reach of 16 ft, which

Is the bare minimum we

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S$ in our favour. The effective
Will allow the rough areas at the bottom of ditches
Cr@ws wiin power saws and axes,

The BOMFORD, Though over the Specs by 7", |
reach Is 191 7", The extra reach
a To be. ‘t+, which have been done by

Following Is a comparison of our La-Hara, TURNER bid, and BOMFORD bid:

La=Hara = 15 + “
TURNER
BOMFORD

affective raach 12 ft.
20 ft man effective reach 16 ft,
ih Le etfective reach 19! 70

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1 The design of these Two machines accounts for the cost difference, BOMFORD,
WITh extra bom, cylinders, ard related parts, will account for the additiona} $6500,

! As BOMFORD can reach further, it can now do what we had to do by other means, which
involved costs of some natura,

This alone could make up close to the $6500 difference
In one or two years,

long reach boom due to its

A slightly higher maintenance can be expected on the
offset much of these costs over
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extra parts, However, the hydraulic breakaway wi |
what can be expected on the machanica| breakaway type,

Avallabllity of Parts;

BOMFORD = Approx, 250 units In B.C,

Rollins keeps a good stock = | |/2 te 2 hr,
parts plekup.

round trip

TURNER = Approx, 6 units In B.C,

- Mainland Ford keeps a falr stock « 2 to 3 hr,

round trip
ot | parts pickup,

Del lvery:

ae BOMFORD = In stock = could have it In 2=3 days on receipt of P.O,

TURNER = 284 weeks
_ ~ Phone call to Main}

and revealed untt+ will have to ba
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or longer, start of cutting
S2aS0n will be delayed,

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