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[klee]

My wife and I are considering an overland 15' box on a Fuso chassis, the truck is $65,000 CAN dollars, companies want $200,000 for the box, fully loaded, doing simple math, the owner of one company says the labour is about 1400 man hours, components are about $50,000, I get $100,000 to build, adding a reasonable profit of 30% I get $130,000, why are they trying to charge $200,000 for a box? Blissmobil is the same including shipping to Canada, about $200,000-$230,000 pus

Why so much??

Does anybody know any companies in North America that are more reasonable?

We are ready to give up on the expedition 4X4 idea, it seems to expensive, we could make it work, but at over $300,000 (this is on the low side) we do not feel the value is there

 

[Hillbilly Heaven]

You considered labor cost to build, don't forget about front office labor and facilities cost.

 

[Martyn]

We have a Canadian customer who had a box made by a company that makes custom box for oil field trucks. He said the cost was much more reasonable.

 

[Buliwyf]

No that's not a good value for America.

Need more info, but a f550 chassis cab with a flat bed camper box and super singles is way less than that. Also keep in mind how much air fare and resort time you can buy with 200 g's. I could live in paradise for that, get a job as a dive master or something....

 

[Grassland]

As a Canadian, I find we get particularly hosed for most vehicle, trailer, container costs etc.
Depending where you are in Canada (hopefully not MB/Sask) you can probably find a company that can build something similar, where your dollar is at par, and you can have some input on the build.

 

[Explorerinil]

I’ve never priced one, but that seams like allot of money, heck in 2012 I built a 3 bed room 3 bath home on 2 acres for 216,000.

 

[rayra]

Tat is way too high a price, even in Canadian pesos.