Whom to call when anything happen. There are many parts of the machine that need different professional or right people to attends to it without taking all join mechanics into consideration or miss them up because some will not tell you there area of specialisation. You must be able to identified what has fault and who should be the right person to correct/repaire the fault.

I would like to partner with a company that is into Equipment leasing/Renting business with a million naira. The company must has been existing as a Equipment leasing/Renting company, not about to be formed as one. The company must be ready to absorb me as an active member not a passive one because i am about to quite my job and go into Transport and Haulage or Equipment leasing/Renting business full time. Interested companies should contact me.

Omolayo,
Am in the process of purchasing 320 L excavator , due to the high cost of shipping the seller advised me that they can take the machine apart and load it in a 40ft HQ container before shipping to Lagos.
My question is that, are there reliable mechanics there that can put this machine together once it get's to Lagos and how much will it cost me to do this.

mcfesty:

Omolayo,
Am in the process of purchasing 320 L excavator , due to the high cost of shipping the seller advised me that they can take the machine apart and load it in a 40ft HQ container before shipping to Lagos.
My question is that, are there reliable mechanics there that can put this machine together once it get's to Lagos and how much will it cost me to do this.

there many reliable once around who can do this but my fear is,can they make sure that every single parts removed will come with the machine completely? Also can they get extra bolt and nuts on the machine incase of replacement or worn-out.  most of big new equipment are been brought into country in parts but with careful packed in boxes those things that are very small or sensitives such as bolt and nuts,holes pump and so on.  Alternatively, may be u contact some others shipping companies or agents for price comparative because this type of machines come in with roro shipping company everyday. or you ask other what they normally do to avoid high charges. 
On how much it will cost,that will depend on how they dismantle the machine from abroad.  At worst #250k

price and phisical look is not enough to buy machine but the confirmation that is in good condition. some imported equipment problem/fault can be hectic and very stressful. trust me, u may not be happy for buying a faulty equipment abroad in the name of getting it fixed when it get here(Nigeria). Lets all ur rated percentage be minimum of 60% at all time.

BUYING ANY EQUIPMENT EXCEPT IN USA REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL INSPECTOR THAT WILL EXAMINE THE EQUIPT. AND CARRY OUT PROPER CHECK AND MARK RECOMMENDATION BUT TRUST 9JA PPLS THEY WILL WANT TO CUT COST AND WAIVER THIS PART BUT THE END THEY PAY MORE.
THING YOU ALSO CHECK ON EQUIPMENT ARE NOT ONLY HRS WORKED, PHYSICAL CONDITION BUT ENGINE SOUND, POWER TORQUE,TRANMISSION AND LEAKAGE

is been a while here.

@omolayo.i need advice concerning champion graders with cummins engine.A freind 0f mine living in florida told me they are cheaper than caterpillar (25000 dollar).are they commonly used and mechanis plus spares

champion grader? may be you send me the pictures so that i can also see what u are talking about but cummins engine has parts and mechanics in Nigeria. the size,blader,liver,tyres etc inshort let me see the picture. cummins engine is one of the best engines in Nigeria.

This Agreement on equipments is negotiable

i. The Lessor is in the business of equipment leasing

ii The Lessee desires to lease some of the Lessor's heavy equipments and the
Lessor has agreed to lease same to the Lessee for pecuniary considerations
subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter stated.


MOU:
1. The Lessor hereby leases to the Lessee the following heavy equipments as
follows:

(a) Bulldozer D6H, at the sum of N70,000 per day for a period of 6 months (at
18 working days per month).

(b) Escarvator 320 at the sum of N70,000 per day for a period of 6 months (at
18 working days per month)

(c) Pay Loader 966 at the sum of N50,000 per day for a period of 6 months at
18 working days per month
(d) Pay Loader 950 at the sum of N45,000 per day for a period of 6 months (at
18 working days per month) .

(e) Swam Buggy 325 at the sum of N220,000 per day for a period of 6 months (at
18 working days per month)
NOTE:
All these for the period of September to May the following month but days get reduced from May to end of August.

2. The payment can be made weekly/monthly 2 days of delivery to lessee.

3. The Lessor shall be responsible for major maintenance and repair work on the
equipments while it shall be the responsibility of the Lessee to take care of
minor repairs and maintenance of the equipments i.e. fuelling of the equipments e.t.c

4. It shall be the responsibility of the Lessee to ensure that the equipments are
safe and secured.

5. Any dispute or disputes arising from this transaction shall be referred to
Arbitration. The Arbitrator shall be jointly appointed by both parties and the
verdict of the Arbitrator so appointed shall be binding on both parties.

6. If any party is in breach of any of the terms of this Memorandum of Understand-
ing, the party aggrieved by such a breach shall serve one month's notice of the
breach on the offending party asking for immediate remedy of such a breach or
breaches failure which the agrieved party shall be at liberty to terminate this
agreement forthwith.

7. This Contract is subject to renewal at the end of 6 months.

I am not a lawyer but this is the little i can do,your contribution/suggestions will be highly welcome. We are getting there!
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I CAN CONVENIENTLY TELL YOU NOW THAT WE ARE IN A GREAT SHAPE TO ATTEND TO YOUR BUSINESSES AROUND CONSTRUCTIONS WITH ALL THE EQUIPMENTS AVAILABLE WITH US.

SMALL BUT MIGHTY IN THE AREA OF:

LAND PREPARATIONS (CLEARING AND PACKING)

ROAD CONSTRUCTION (MOTORABLE ROADS)

LAND FILLING (SAND FILLING)

DEMOLITION OF BUILDING AND CARTAWAY

CUTTING AND FILLING OF LAND ETC

For Sale: Caterpillar 140H Motor Grader, Year Model 2000, ID#1021. Machine is in excellent working condition and ready to work. Video and pictures of this machine are available at our website. www.alwafaequipment.com

We have more machines for sale:
12G - 1986
14G - 1991 & 1993
140H - 2000 & 2001
140G - 1991, 1993, 1994
966G - 2001, 2002, 2004
966F - 1992
80ZIII - 1993

Email us at aimn@alwafaequipment.com for any inquiries or you may call us at 00971504814823

Alwafa Heavy Equipment Trading
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Industrial Area 15, Emirates Road

Hello Mr. Omolayo. First I would love to commend you highly on exploring a MAJOR area of need/opportunity back home (Construction). The nation is in NEED of dependable construction professionals with credibility and integrity.

My background: I have degrees in Finance and Residential Construction with a Masters degree in E-Business, all from Universities in the East Coast of the US. We are all aware that the big players like Julius Berger have always monopolized larger aspects of the Construction industry/market, mainly Civil, Commercial and Industrial, however I have been noticing that there is a soaring need for smaller players to fill an ever-increasing demand for quality residential construction. After all, people need a quality place to live in. I have worked with Residential Builders here in the States, building and managing construction of medium sized homes in sub-divisions, and was a Technical/Construction Engineer in the US Army (21T). I not only have a degree in Construction Management, knowledgeable in the areas of Construction Accounting, Construction Drafting, Construction Scheduling, and Construction Contracting, I also have hands-on experience and have personally engaged in Construction work, operating Bobcats, Mini-Excavators, etc

My Questions: (1) From what I've seen in your postings, the construction equipment you focus on is HEAVY construction equipment targeted towards Civil construction work (for roads, bridges, highways etc) and other Land-prep/Pre-Construction/Land Development jobs. Is there a need/demand also, for Smaller/Light Construction equipment such as Mini-loaders (Bobcats) and Mini Excavators? These would serve well in a Residential Construction capacity especially because of access in and out of compounds etc
(2) How about Maintenance? How would one maintain all this equipment? Who are the reliable technicians/mechanics that are knowledgable and experienced enough to maintain all of this equipment?

I plan on getting into the Residential Construction business in Naija soon, and it would be good to form some type of symbiotic relationship.

Please get back to me.

Lax75:

Hello Mr. Omolayo. First I would love to commend you highly on exploring a MAJOR area of need/opportunity back home (Construction). The nation is in NEED of dependable construction professionals with credibility and integrity.

My background: I have degrees in Finance and Residential Construction with a Masters degree in E-Business, all from Universities in the East Coast of the US. We are all aware that the big players like Julius Berger have always monopolized larger aspects of the Construction industry/market, mainly Civil, Commercial and Industrial, however I have been noticing that there is a soaring need for smaller players to fill an ever-increasing demand for quality residential construction. After all, people need a quality place to live in. I have worked with Residential Builders here in the States, building and managing construction of medium sized homes in sub-divisions, and was a Technical/Construction Engineer in the US Army (21T). I not only have a degree in Construction Management, knowledgeable in the areas of Construction Accounting, Construction Drafting, Construction Scheduling, and Construction Contracting, I also have hands-on experience and have personally engaged in Construction work, operating Bobcats, Mini-Excavators, etc

My Questions: (1) From what I've seen in your postings, the construction equipment you focus on is HEAVY construction equipment targeted towards Civil construction work (for roads, bridges, highways etc) and other Land-prep/Pre-Construction/Land Development jobs. Is there a need/demand also, for Smaller/Light Construction equipment such as Mini-loaders (Bobcats) and Mini Excavators? These would serve well in a Residential Construction capacity especially because of access in and out of compounds etc
(2) How about Maintenance? How would one maintain all this equipment? Who are the reliable technicians/mechanics that are knowledgable and experienced enough to maintain all of this equipment?

I plan on getting into the Residential Construction business in Naija soon, and it would be good to form some type of symbiotic relationship.

Please get back to me.

Trust me,you will be an hot cake in the industry if and only you believe in future of these equipments you mentioned above with your knowledge according to your background educationally combined with the little practical experience as it may be sound considering the Nigeria market. it is not how far you started but how well you can accomodate yourself with ups and downs of Nigeria factors that is quit different from your country of learning, that i will tell you more later.
Maintenance has being the major issue as the experience concern but never mind nothing is in possible here but patience is the key,that if you dont want to know it all overnight as Nigeria is concern. We call it rush in and rush out! but proper preperation prevent poor performance. On a reliable mechanics,experienced manager we always get you one with a price higher than common ones.

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Hello, As the #1 and only online market place for heavy machinery and construction equipment targeting the West African market, www.suguci.com, We are a real business for dealers and sellers to expose all of their heavy machinery and construction equipment on our classified web site and take advantage of our physical presence in West Africa.


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his maybe late, but the issue with the Cat 980, it is not because the purchasing cost is less, or affordable, the problem is the cost of operation, when you get any such job, you need to take into account the expense of keeping it running for all types of jibs, and in many cases, it is more cost effective and productive and more beneficial to the operator to have a machine that does not consume too much diesel to keep the cost down, and offer customer better deals to ge a job, that's the way you look at it!!

Hello, As the #1 and only online market place for heavy machinery and construction equipment targeting the West African market, www.suguci.com, We are a real business for dealers and sellers to expose all of their heavy machinery and construction equipment on our classified web site and take advantage of our physical presence in West Africa.

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We have 10 Acres of land in SIMAWA for immediate clearing. SIMAWA is off Redeem Camp alng Lagos - Ibadan Express road.
Please get in touch immediately. 08023062860 or rally68ng@yahoo.com

suguci:

his maybe late, but the issue with the Cat 980, it is not because the purchasing cost is less, or affordable, the problem is the cost of operation, when you get any such job, you need to take into account the expense of keeping it running for all types of jibs, and in many cases, it is more cost effective and productive and more beneficial to the operator to have a machine that does not consume too much diesel to keep the cost down, and offer customer better deals to ge a job, that's the way you look at it!!

Hello, As the #1 and only online market place for heavy machinery and construction equipment targeting the West African market, www.suguci.com, We are a real business for dealers and sellers to expose all of their heavy machinery and construction equipment on our classified web site and take advantage of our physical presence in West Africa.

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you are right man,you have to consider the site/area where you are putting it for work. As far as lagos is concerned 980 payloader has a very limited area of work/clients because of the size,also the size doesnt have any much positive effect on the price of hiring it.

Pelican:

We have 10 Acres of land in SIMAWA for immediate clearing. SIMAWA is off Redeem Camp alng Lagos - Ibadan Express road.
Please get in touch immediately. 08023062860 or rally68ng@yahoo.com

i hope you see the person i sent to you? is a friend of mine in that area whos in thesame business,i did that because of lowbed cost from ajah to muwe but if you get machine around you there it will cost you less meanwhile if you dont mind the lowbed cost then we are here to serve you better.

OUR BUSINESS IS TO SHAPE THE EARTH FOR YOU

@Omolayo, Good day Omolayo, Thanks so much for education us so much on this business. I have read all 6 pages so far and I am really enjoying it. I am really impressed by your detailed knowledge of this business. You seem like someone I want to work with. I am a construction engineer or builder.

I moved back to Abuja after living in Canada for about 15 years. I am really interested in this business and I am a serious investor. I have been going around asking people who are in the business here in Abuja for advice on what kind of machines to buy, how to maintain them and how to go about running the business and so on.

Alot of the things you have said on the topic have been verified as correct from the various people I have asked in the business.

My question is, Since you are based in Lagos and I am based in Abuja, can we still work together?
Do you have partners that can work with me here in Abuja?

I am talking to several dealers in the U.S now that I want to buy the machines from, If i send you the pictures and history of the machines, Can you advice me?

I can probably afford to buy 2 to start with a budget on $30k per machine, which ones should I go for first? dozer, excavators motor grader, payloader or compactor? I know u recommended some particular specs of machine for the north but which machine is in highest demand.?

Also should I buy 2 machines or 1 machine and a lowbed transport instead?

Should I start with just 1 first giving that I am new to the business?

I already have a borehole rig capable of 400ft/122m in Lagos Tin and Can island now, It is gonna clear soon, Can you give me any advice on that.?

and if you want you can send me your personal e-mail addy so we can talk easier.

Again thank you for this blog/topic. Its really kind of you to give us all this info for free.

@s.z thanks for the compliments and I must tell you that all questions on this sector of business has an answer. Trust me, you are thinking abt good business with the tendency of it driving you crazy if you don't get the machine to buy right based on Nigeria factors. I will always try to offer any information you may need at my disposal. I'm at work now,may I talk to you later on authoriseauthor@yahoo.co.uk or call 08059239292,07025866759

Mr. Omolayo

good day oh long time. well i hope you still rember o . am the guy that talked about buying a 980 few months back. well thank goodness i was able to buy the 980 and am hoping that by December i will be able to ship it to Lagos. am thinking to put it to work in at the port in lagos. but when the time comes i will cross the bridge . the question i have for you is

1. am aware that the best excavator is a caterpillar . but what do u think of Hitachi the Japanese brand excavator and which series would you advice for someone to buy. am aware that u mention that the parts are hard to find and things like that. but i will find a way to import them into the country if i ever need parts for it . and Hitachi has the the Ex400 and Ex 300 so on and son. which of the Ex would u advice push comes to push. i knwon that u are specific on caterpillar . but those bad boys are no joke . do known that it cost about $8000.00 to ship ?
2. am also aware that u are not into the tipper business and u stay away from the tipper stuff. but do u known any big construction company in Nigeria i can lease my tippers to.
thanks alot i hope to get your feed back soon. thanks a million

If you have 980 payloader presently in Nigeria call me for a business at WABCO now. Thax

dru23:

Mr. Omolayo

good day oh long time. well i hope you still rember o . am the guy that talked about buying a 980 few months back. well thank goodness i was able to buy the 980 and am hoping that by December i will be able to ship it to Lagos. am thinking to put it to work in at the port in lagos. but when the time comes i will cross the bridge . the question i have for you is

1. am aware that the best excavator is a caterpillar . but what do u think of Hitachi the Japanese brand excavator and which series would you advice for someone to buy. am aware that u mention that the parts are hard to find and things like that. but i will find a way to import them into the country if i ever need parts for it . and Hitachi has the the Ex400 and Ex 300 so on and son. which of the Ex would u advice push comes to push. i knwon that u are specific on caterpillar . but those bad boys are no joke . do known that it cost about $8000.00 to ship ?
2. am also aware that u are not into the tipper business and u stay away from the tipper stuff. but do u known any big construction company in Nigeria i can lease my tippers to.
thanks alot i hope to get your feed back soon. thanks a million

To be honest with you I am not hitachi's fan and I will not be able to tell you much about it for now.
You can always find where to put your tipper for use in Lagos,most especially ajah here. Believe me no much company in Nigeria taking tipper for long lease anymore. But you will always find job for them around.

Mr. Omolayo 1 thanks for your advice and once my 980 gets to Lagos i will inform you. it was nice talking to you the other day . all at the same time i will keep you posted in any other machines that i might want to bring in. God willing things will come to past. if you remember when we spoke a few months back and i stated that i wanted to get a pay loader. I thank God that came to pass and i was able to get one. thanks for your help and i will keep you posted. if u need to get in touch with this is email dru23@hotmail.com

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Is good to be here again!

LET GO ALLITTLE PRACTICAL ABOUT THIS BUSINESS

dozer at work

d6h on a clearing site