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This is my advice,be careful, do your research, paint/price doesn’t always equal quality. It’s the biggest thing I see in Nigeria, everyone comes and they say, Oh, this is a good machine because it is very properly painted. But good paint does not always equal a good machine. Educate yourself on the different components of a machine. Make sure that you know what you are buying. If you don’t know what you are buying, seek advice of someone else that does. And anyone that’s trying to do honest business in equipment supply has to give honest advice. We do that on a daily basis in our company. A contractor will come and say I have this job, which machine would be the best for the application? I expect the job to last six months – which machine would you say I should buy? Of course, that type of help is part of our job. I haven’t experienced that so much. Mainly people will come and say I need this and this and am buying this and this. They don’t really ask so many questions. (But) that’s part of our job: to advise and to consult, what machine is needed for what job. That’s free, that doesn’t cost anything.

also remember that era of looking out to make money alone without putting every neccessary factors together has gone. alots of people are coming into the business but you must put the right things in place to be at edge of others. things are changing even the weather itself.

we are getting there!!!!!!!!!!!!

it’s a growing market and there is a lot of industry interest. In the past few years I have been in the business, it seems more and more people are getting into it. Starting from a few players before, now there is a lot of equipment entering Nigeria. I can see every time I enter the ports there are more and more equipment entering the country. Which is good, because that can reflect growth in infrastructure and road work in the country, which of course requires equipment. But remember to bank on experience of downs and ups of the business to give a good testimony for your own being part of the players in the industry.

Yes, we are just getting started. We only started few years back and obviously we are looking to become more established…I mean what is an equipment company without a good experiences, after-sales service and even spare parts distribution and supply. Our customers require it (Good service and quick responds for spare parts when needed for downtime), they demand it. Anyone in machine operations, they know if you are having problems with spare parts, you don’t want to sit and wait for 3 or 4 weeks before your parts come from overseas. The better we can establish ourselves, the more service we will be to our customers. The most expensive part of equipment operation is the downtime. If you are sitting there waiting for an injector pump, you are losing a lot of money in the meantime. Of course we want to help with that.

we are looking to become a little more established. We are not going to be too aggressive or over-extend ourselves. We will take one step at a time. Obviously, one advantage that we bring is not just bringing/operating with the right model of equipment, but having been around equipment for a lot of years, we want to ensure that we are supplying and bringing only the highest quality and condition of equipment. We see no sense in bringing junk equipment that has been patched together for sale because it does us no good to leasing/hiring/selling a machine to a customer today and tomorrow have the machine break down…we just lost our customer! So, the key for us is to bring quality reliable equipment and standing behind it. That alone, taking small steps like that, will bring customers back.

people are in the business obviously to make money. Anyone can find the cheapest machine, spray it - put a shiny paint job on it and try to make the maximum profit. I mean, it’s good for one sale but if you are looking to stick around, you’ve got to bring value. You’ve got to bring more value than the next guy and if that requires taking less profit and bringing a better machine, that will help you tomorrow when our customer needs more equipment.

Obviously, if you are an equipment guy and you’ve been around equipment a lot you have an advantage - you know what a good machine is versus a bad one. If you are a new user or a new contractor or someone that doesn’t have a lot of experience around equipment, you need to be careful, because lowest price and shiniest paint doesn’t always equate into best value. Because, yes, you may pay less initially for a cheaper machine, but you could be paying much more in the long run with maintenance and problems. The advantage of buying in Nigeria obviously is the time factor; with shipping and transit times being in months…you have to wait for months for your machines to arrive from abroad. For those buying for their project,It can be costly to wait; especially, if you are having to hire a machine while you are waiting for your machines to arrive, in that case you are not saving much. Because the money you would have saved, you are losing it by hiring everyday(good for me as an equipment person sha). However, if you have time to wait and are willing to pay in advance, you can get good values abroad – we are always happy to quote our local customers any machines from our investors around the world. I guess the main point to your question is that you have to go with people that know machines and would stand behind their equipment. I think that’s the most important one. You don’t want to just buy from someone that would take your money today and if you call him with an issue tomorrow, he is not going to answer your call.

it depends on your experience. If you are just a new guy and you go to the US or whatever place convinent for you to buy a machine, you can’t trust that every machine in the US is also a perfect machine. I mean there’s old machines there, good machines and bad machines there. It depends on who you are buying from and what the history of the machine is. You can demand third party inspections from reputable dealers. Things such as that will help ensure that you are getting a better machine. But certainly a machine sitting in Nigeria is going to be more expensive than a machine sitting in the US, in most cases. Sending a machine to Nigeria requires taking cash out of your pocket, waiting on that investment for months and months to arrive, expensive freight bills, clearing and handling charges, and all the risk that goes along with it – no one would expect someone to do that for free. Therefore prices in Nigeria are slightly higher than to buy abroad. But you can also look at the advantages as well - you are saving a lot of time and you have someone you can meet face-to-face on a daily basis if necessary; that means something. It should mean something.

clearing site

excavator doing its own thing

d6h on a clearing site

dozer at work

Is good to be here again!

LET GO ALLITTLE PRACTICAL ABOUT THIS BUSINESS

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.

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

@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

I'M VERY SURE YOU WILL LIKE IT FOR YOUR BUSINESS AT A CHEAP PRICE. CALL 08059239292,07025866759 OR AUTHORISEAUTHOR@YAHOO.CO.UK

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

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!!

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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.

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Very Neat and Sound Fuel Tanker for Sale.

Specifications Below;

Make : ERF

Cabin type: Sleeping
Material superstructure:Steel chassis construction, Special steel
Tank: 12,000 Litres
Suspension type: Spring
Gearbox: Mechanical
Axles: 2
Configuration: 4 x 2
Accessory: Power steering, One double axle, for local fuels distribution purposes , for transport and fuel distribution, ADR, Fire extinguisher, Tool box,,Speed limiter, Lower bunk, , Pump, Ladder, Volumeter for fuel distributions, Tank opening on top manhole, ADR for transport

Price N3.0 Million
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12,000 litres tanker for sale (tokunbo) call 08059239292 or 07025866759

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12,000 litres tanker ERF with 6 tyres



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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.

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

Who will not do it, it is easier to steal money from Nigeria than the whole world himself,  not to think of world bank, lol,if she has been stealing $1M from world bank monthly before, it will increase  to $5M  in Nigeria monthly, Believe me

u said it all meanwhile if she can prove this perception wrong!