How did you pay for the last big piece of equipment you bought? And how would you want to pay for the next one?You may think that for big-ticket items – a new truck or some other piece of machinery, say – it’s inevitable that you’ll have to get financing. And it’s true there is an advantage for many businesses to stretch payments over time.But that’s not the only way to go. When it comes to acquiring major pieces of new equipment, you have three alternatives.Financing is, of course, one of them: After a down payment, you take out a
