Hi Laura The reason I have not quoted price of tank and plumbing is that I found users wanted to select their own size tank and often had their own pump-out system. The Bob's brewer permitted such a wide range of sizes customers were better off choosing their own. .
On averagge the tanks cost about $1.00 per gallon new. Often less to free as recycled food shippers. The pump out system with suitable plumbing to load applications systems will run from $ 100. + - 50.
Freight to get the Bob's delivered is enough to bring the bob's up to approx $ 700.
The Bitti - rated at 5 to 30 gallons is being sent out now at $ 165. The 30 gallon tank I sent with it cost $ 10.00 and the pump-out cost $ 57.00 I furnish neither the tank nor the pump normally because the customer has or can find those items in their favorite local hardware store. In the smaller size no pump is needed.
But as a surprise I have been including some of our marvelous Ground Up compost that tested 1500 bacteria and 2100 fungi last time at SFI - and I mix equal amounts of Jeffs famous Alaska Humus and use that for packing. Enough for 2 to 4 runs depending on the size of the batch. Or better, I think, would be to mix that with their own compost, let it blend and add diversity as well as quantity.
Hey troops it isn't Sunday but Laura asked and it's gonna be Sunday somewhere on the planet within the hour. Bob
laura_s@vaxxine.com wrote :
What is the cost ? couldn't find it on their site.
remember that at $700 for Bob's machine you just get the insides - tank,
pumps, plumbing, etc are all extras.
Bob, can you please post the price of one of your systems complete ? ie
ready for a user to fill up, plug in and go ?
If we compare it should be apples to apples.
At 11:53 PM 31/01/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>Absolutely, they do look good. However the numbers shown here do not warrant
>the cost.Bob's getting some better numbers at 10% of the cost.
>
>Tom Jaszewski
>www.livesoil.com
>702-595-7012
>>
Laura Sabourin
EcoVit Ecologically Sound Horticultural Products
Tea-riffic Areobic Compost Tea and Acadian Seaplant Products
RR # 1
St Catharines, Ontario L2R 6P7
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