How To Inspect A Used Crane – A Mico Equipment Guide

In the automotive heavy construction industry every retailer or company has to come across some very frequent questions asked by the purchaser before they get in any contract or deal. As a buyer you will need to know what functions exactly do the equipment performs, how roughly do you plan to use it, how much maintenance does it requires – and lastly your budget.

Average company losses around two or three weeks of productivity every year due to the maintenance of a crane caused by accident or technical damage, this maintenance adds up to 30% in the cost of a construction crane.

When you are intending to purchase a crane, the following considerations are very essential:

Ruminate the works which the machine will perform

Many construction equipment companies should think further than the immediate tasks a machine has to perform before selecting the equipment. Mostly companies purchase a crane which suits their current requirements, then they start using the same machine for other tasks without even thinking once whether the machine will be able to support the new tasks or not.

So it’s important that you should first consider whether you need the machine to lift a large number of light weight packagers or you need to lift heavy weight. Do you need to use the crane every day or sometimes? Will it be lifting wait till 2-3 stories or higher than that? Is the company planning to expand business and you need the crane of larger tasks, if yes then will it be able to support it.

Consider the area of work

Assessing the environment of work area, can help you inspect better that which kind of crane will be best suitable for work. Always see that do you need the crane for an open air work space or confined one? Also see whether your job will be to work overhead or mostly in front of the crane?

Apart from this you also need to also inspect the element surrounding the work area which can affect the efficiency of the crane, for example if you are working in a surrounding where there is dust or word shavings or any other particles which can have an immense negative affect on the oil lubrication of the crane.

Consider the functions of the crane

You also need to consider the functionalities of the crane depending upon how the operators want to control it for any kind of work. A fix control station is better for some operators, but for a few it can obscure the visibility which can impact negatively on functionality. A top-sear station offers better visibly but becomes distant for some operators from the lifting area.

Some operators opt to select a hybrid crane, but whatever decision you make its best that you should choose a crane which suits your work and operating needs and then select an operator which can control the crane easily.

Ruminate the amount of maintenance required

Every machine needs to be serviced every once in a month, or in some point of life a crane needs to be fixed or requires replacement of parts. Before you buy a crane also consider how to difficult a grease or oil change will be, or how difficult it will be purchase the important parts which are required for important repairs. Also before purchasing the used grove crane checks the record of the crane manufactures and different models to upgrade your knowledge on different problems that might develop.