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Some more, John Deere 672GP, they have 3 of these, and a bunch of old Cat's  Vogele 5103-2    
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I noted that James D. Morrissey has deviated from their old tradition of painting all their equipment that black or near black as shown on the pickups and several of the water trucks.
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DC Craneman wrote:I noted that James D. Morrissey has deviated from their old tradition of painting all their equipment that black or near black as shown on the pickups and several of the water trucks. Resale value, I suspect. The company I work for used to repaint all their equipment too until the 2000's I think. They stopped because it's just simply easier to trade in a machine that's still OEM colors and cheaper that repainting it back.
regards, Jim "Once again, concussion by safety" -Mike Rowe
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There are several reasons/explainations: As many have said, the expense of re-painting a piece of equipment can be quite high, and the fear of a liability lawsuite regarding company branding dictates that once you commit to re-paing a piece of equipment, you have commited to re-paint it before re-sale. With this said, I think the main reason companies do not re-paint equipment is the fact that a majority of the equipment in today's economy is either leased or rented, which means the leasing/renting company actually owns the equipment. Randy M. Smolenack RMSmodels@aol.comrandy.m.smolenack.civ@mail.mil
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DC Craneman wrote:I noted that James D. Morrissey has deviated from their old tradition of painting all their equipment that black or near black as shown on the pickups and several of the water trucks. All the new equipment they buy are not painted in their colors. Trucks that they order new are green (did noticed they did not any new green and red trucks of lately). The one pickup is white because that is their concrete side of their company that has all white trucks. The water trucks might be painted white because white might hold up better then their green color. They still use their green and red to repaint their older machines and trucks.
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Some from the start of the 2015 Paving season, apologize about the quality, sun was behind me in most pics. Most of the roads around here got very beat up from the winter, and the fact that Penndot needs to repave a lot of roads to begin with so there should be a lot of paving in 2015. Diamond Reo Giant Tri-Axle Water Truck. Used to a rear discharge mixer.  Brand New Wirtgen W250I, I guess their W2200 is getting tired. If they bought it, I doubt we will see it decaled, until the end of the season or if it goes back to the shop.   Caterpillar 262D, they have not gotten a Cat machine in almost 20 years so it is nice to see this as a change.  Ford Water Truck again 
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Nice pics, thanks for sharing. They could decal it in the field if the time permits them too.
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Jim
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Bring on those 2015 paving pics.
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