When does a remount make more sense?

Inside an ambulance remount at our SEC facility: what actually happens in the shop, and why so many departments are choosing this over a new build.

Why Departments Remount Instead of Buying New

A new ambulance is six figures. Right now, the wait for one run over two years. For a department that needs a unit faster and for less, a remount is the move.

Cost: 20 to 45 percent savings

A remount runs 20 to 45 percent less than a new build. For most departments, that's the difference between buying one ambulance and buying two. It's the difference between getting a unit this year and waiting two more budgets to come around.

The savings come from what doesn't get scrapped. The patient module, the box on the back where the work happens, is usually still in solid shape long after the chassis under it has run out of miles. We take that module off, put it on a new chassis, and fix up the rest. What still works stays. What doesn't gets replaced.

When a truck rolls out of our SEC facility, you can't tell a remount from a brand-new build.