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Dunn County weighs building snow trucks in-house and approves purchase of two 1-ton pickups
Summary
Staff reported in-house fabrication of two heavy trucks has cost about $380,000 and that the county will pause additional in-house fabrication while evaluating cost and labor. The committee approved buying two 1-ton work pickups via the state contract.
Highway staff described a months-long review of whether to continue fabricating heavy winter trucks in-house or contract the work out.
A staff member said the county has “approximately $380,000 invested in these trucks” (referring to two recently built units) and estimated outside fabrication for the same truck would have cost less or been comparable. He said fabrication hours declined between the first and second in-house truck, noting the first took “almost 700” hours and later units were closer to 350 hours.
The staff discussion covered…
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