Refurbished Pumps Pricing and Costs
Prices for refurbished pumps compete with new pump costs
To establish a realistic price for purchasing and maintaining refurbished pumps, you must check a wide variety of available used pumps. The used and refurbished pump market ranges from used vacuum pumps to refurbished centrifugal pumps to used gas pumps. You will find all types of used pumps for sale, including a refurbished submersible pump, a used heat pump, slurry handlers, or used industrial pumps such as concrete pumps.You can also find a rebuilder willing to refurbish the pump you already own. Or, you may wish to trade in your old pump on a new or rebuilt one. You will also find specifications to help guide you when establishing refurbished pump pricing and costs. Before deciding whether to buy new or used or paying to have your own pump rebuilt, take into account the following information:
1. Consider the service a remanufacturer provides when you make a purchase and after the sale of refurbished pumps.
2. Look for added features that new pumps may have compared to used pumps or the one you already have.
3. Evaluate the efficiency rating and possible energy savings of a new pump compared to a used pump.
Look for refurbished pumps that carry warranties
Most pump rebuilders include a warranty on their products. Rebuilt vacuum pumps used in laboratories or medical use carry either a 90-day or a one-year warranty. Used gas pumps may have a warranty on the entire product, or they may have separate warranties on the mechanical and electrical components, such as 90 days on mechanical parts and one year on electrical. Warranties are usually part of the purchase price.
Try: A-Vac Industries claims 35 years of experience in rebuilding vacuum pumps. Their pumps include one-year warranties, with prices ranging from $1225 for a vacuum pump with a 3.2 cubic feet per minute capacity to $7900 for an 85 cfm capacity pump. Benfordfueling.com lists gas pumps for service stations, including various warranties, from $2800 to $5600, depending on the style of pump and whether it handles one or two gasoline products.
Find used industrial pumps to fit your needs
Whether you are looking for used gas pumps or refurbished vacuum pumps for medical applications, you will find a variety of sources. Some pump rebuilders and dealers will take a trade-in when you purchase a new or used pump. Manufacturers claim prices for used pumps as low as half the list price for new pumps.
Try: Turbo Pump Repair, which doesn't provide prices online, catalogs rebuilding services for vacuum and turbo pumps from several manufacturers, as well as including ads to buy, trade, or sell new or used pumps. Contact the company for a quote. Edwards Vacuum provides data sheets, a catalog, a newsletter, and a list of available vacuum pumps priced from $1000 to $14,000, depending on size, type of pump, and the type of material it pumps.
Compare prices for used pumps
If you are looking for something less in the line of medical or laboratory use and more in the industrial pump line, you can find used concrete pumps or used gasoline pumps. Prices for concrete pumps vary greatly depending on the pump capacity, and other equipment that may come with the pumps, such as the truck it mounts to and booms and hoses to carry the product. A pump not mounted on a truck would be at the lower end of the scale, while pumps mounted on trucks with derricks to lift concrete several stories would be at the high end. Gas pump prices vary by style, size, number of products handled, and whether the pump has a card-reader or not.
Try: Pumpco quotes prices for used concrete pumps mounted on trucks ranging from $30,000 for an unmounted pump to $400,000 for truck-mounted ones. C & C Pumping Services offers an inventory that includes an unmounted pump for $30,000 and truck-mounted pumps for $200,000 to $500,000. United Petroleum Equipment Company has refurbished gasoline pumps for sale but does not list the prices. It provides definitions for used, refurbished, and repaired pumps.
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