Talk:Ice resurfacer
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[edit] Price
What is the range of prices for these machines? That seems noteworthy for the article.
You're looking at a minimum of $500,000 for a new machine. However a wide array of features are available: automatic snow breaker, extra seats, seatbelts, fuel (gasoline, propane, CNG, electric), rear-mounted edger, tire wash, and much more. A laser guided blade system will run about another $100,000 and Fast Ice runs at around $305,000.
I'm not quite sure where you got the half million figure for a new resurfacer. Everything I have ever heard has always been in the range of $80,000 (USD) to $100,000. All of these previously mentioned prices are about 10x more than I have ever seen or heard. If I recall, Philips Arena's ice maintenance head said they only paid about $30,000 each for FastIce and a STAR rep there said the laser system was about $10,000. The big deterrent in implementing these systems is that they require a higher degree of proficiency that is not as high at most rinks operating. --66.32.173.126 (talk) 07:32, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
According to a 1996 Road & Track test drive of a Zamboni Model 500 (http://www.roadandtrack.com/assets/download/0504_zamboni_data_panels.pdf) the list price is $41,750 and the machine they tested being $51,110. Adjusting for inflation, $50,000 in 1996 is $68,458.57 in 2008.--66.32.173.126 (talk) 23:12, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] "Improperly refer..."
From this sentence:
Frank J. Zamboni & Co, Inc. and other companies manufacture ice resurfacing machines, and although some people improperly refer to ice resurfacers as "a Zamboni", the name ZAMBONI is a federally and internationally registered trademark.
This is just ridiculous. No matter how much they'd like to try, the ZAMBONI company does not have the slightest power over linguistics. The things are called Zambonis at every hockey rink in the English-speaking world. I strongly suggest a rewording of this line. JHMM13 21:12, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
While the company cannot actually prevent people from referring to ice resurfacers as "Zambonis", they are required by US law to make all possible efforts to prevent such usage. Failure to do so could result in the loss of the company's ownership of the name and design of the vehicle.--66.32.173.126 (talk) 07:32, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
