West Union, Illinois | Kochia - 4/21/2024 16:35 Out of curiosity, why does a box truck with shelves cost 400k? I could understand 400k with all the equipment, but what is so special about a box truck with lights that it costs 400k? The simple answer? Because it's more than just a box truck with shelves.
First understand this: I've got a special spot in my head and heart for ambulances. A friend was a paramedic. They were transporting a patient to the hospital lights and siren going. He was in working on a patient in back when it got t-boned by a little pickup that ran a stop sign. He died in an ambulance trying to save someone else. Those "box trucks" are special to me.OK getting back on topic. An ambulance has to comply with regulations from DOT, OSHA, NFPA, on and on and on. There's folks that get paid a lot of money to sit at a desk and write new regs for all these things.
Plus it has to stand up to face ambulance chaser's lawsuits.
I'm not up on all the requirements, but I'm betting there are rules about how each storage area is made, about the glass in the cabinet doors, about how high the steps have to be, about how the oxygen bottles must be anchored and the lines routed, about how the gurney is connected to the chassis when loaded. pages and pages of rules and regulations. And the builder has to know and comply with all of them.
It's not as simple as throw a Band-Aid® or two in a couple boxes and stick a lawnchair in back. Get in an ambulance and look around and think about what it takes to build one. |
Price of a new ambulance?
