Construction Cranes | Hydraulic Cranes

The day stated with not much of a success. Inquiries coming from different regions of the world but most of them were either irrelevant or their specification did not meet the type of cranes that we can manufacture. This inquiry was for used self erecting tower cranes and other different types of crane with very high specifications. In between these inquiries we found a very relevant inquiry to our product line and this inquiry was for a tower crane from a company based in UAE. The company is one of the very best construction companies in UAE.

This buyer had a requirement for tower crane with the following specification:

These specifications for a tower crane are very normal specification and can be manufactured by company with ease. Hence we quoted the buyer for this particular specification, after sending the quotation when a follow up call to the buyer was made he said that yes he had received the quotation and he would be transferring it to its procurement department for further consideration. He forwarded the mail by keeping us in CC so that we can come to know the status of our quotation whenever a conversation in that regards is happening. This buyer also had a requirement for used mobiletower crane, as our company does not manufacture such kind of cranes so it was more of an irrelevant inquiry for us.

While we were busy in our day to day work we received 3 inquiries in our member’s inbox in just a span of 10 to 15 minutes. One of the inquiries was from a Trading company in Bangladesh which was looking for used mobiletower crane. It was more of an irrelevant inquiry for us because the inquiry had nothing do with the product our member’s company manufacture; hence the inquiry was transferred to another company from China which deals in used construction machinery. The second inquiry was from a buyer from Kenya which was looking for a relatively small tower crane.

The specification of tower crane he was requiring was not of a crane that we cannot manufacture or was beyond our manufacturing capacity. It was for a crane that falls under our manufacturing capacity and one of our crane models was quite suitable to the requirement of the buyer. The buyer required a tower crane of height about 35m, jib length 45-50m, tip load 1 ton and a maximum load of about 4-6 ton. The third inquiry we received from a construction company in Oman which was looking for used self erecting tower cranes. We quoted him the best price for his requirement of used self erecting tower cranes because he seemed like a very potential buyer. 

Today I got few inquiries from tradekey.com one of those inquires was for used mobile tower crane, tower crane and tower crane parts. As the used mobile tower crane inquiry was not concerned to us so transferred that inquiry to one of my colleagues, and contacted the rest of the buyers who were looking for tower crane and tower crane parts. The buyer looking for tower crane parts was a very potential buyer from India he emailed us all the technical drawing and specification of tower crane parts that he was looking for after we had established a contact with him.

The buyer looking for tower crane also provided us with his desired specification and a RFQ was sent to the factory for the quotation of the particular tower crane, this buyer was from Iran and asked for the technical drawing of the crane and the Performa invoice as well. Inquiries from other b2b portals were also received but it wasn’t relevant enough to our product because it was for used self erecting tower cranes. As we are only the manufacturers of tower crane, luffing tower crane, topless tower crane and passenger hoists. So this particular inquiry for used self erecting tower crane was not appealing enough to us. 

Buyer for tower crane control station

Today received an inquiry about used self erecting tower crane and control station, which is used to control the boom length of the tower crane. This inquiry was from a buyer from Pakistan, this buyer was a dealer of tower cranes. Their main business is to sale tower crane to large construction companies in the country. And renting out tower cranes as well to the companies dealing with small projects or whose tenure of the project is less. Buyer provided us with pictures of the control station he was looking for and said that he needs something of that type.

The issue was that the specific control station which the buyer was looking was not available at our factory and we had to arrange it from somewhere. The company which we contacted for that particular product delayed in providing the quotation and has not yet provided us with the quotation. They backed out in the end by saying that they didn’t have that particular part of tower crane we are looking for. Resulting in spoiling our relation with the buyer and provided a negative image for our company.  We didn’t want this to happen because this dealer not only deals in tower cranes but also deals in used mobile tower crane as well.

While I was winding up all my work at day end yesterday just saw a pop up from trade mate. There was a person visiting my members Web DHS. This person was from Pakistan; he provided his contact details and stated the conversation with us. When asked that what type of tower crane he was looking for, he replied that he was looking for a hydraulic crane at first that gave us an impression that he is looking for used self erecting tower cranes but that was cleared to us later on when he sent us the tender regarding his requirement.

We asked him to mail us the details of the cranes he was looking for. He communicated to us that his requirement was for a tender from a large oil and gas distribution company in Pakistan. This company whose representative mailed us the tender was an intending company from Pakistan which was going to bid for us in the tender for that particular company in which that tender has recently arrived. After thoroughly studying the detailed tender we came to knew that what the actual requirement of the company was for usedmobile tower crane. This seemed like a really good potential to us because in this way we can penetrate in to the concentrated Pakistani market as well.

For the past few days have I have been working on inquiries for used self erecting tower cranes, tower cranes and other construction related machinery. But yesterday morning got an email from a buyer with whom I was in contact with from the past few weeks in order to participate in a Bangladesh Navy tender. Although a large amount of details were provided to this buyer regarding our company and the crane we were offering to him but still he some query that needed our immediate attention.

The mail was regarding the authorization letter which we emailed him earlier, but this time he asked us to print the authorization letter content mentioning that our company has authorized his company in Bangladesh to participate in this tender on our behalf. He wanted this letter to be printed on our company letter head duly signed and stamped. For fulfillment of this need of his all the details in this regards have been forwarded to the concerned authority and just waiting for a reply from their side so the details can be forwarded to the company in Bangladesh. Other than this query of his he has some serious requirements for used mobile tower crane as well.

After the two days off Monday is always a tough day at the office. There were inquiries from trade mate on my members profile for used mobile tower crane and tower cranes. As used mobile tower crane is not offered by my member so tower crane inquiry was the one I was focusing on. This buyer mentioned the maximum weight for tower crane he was looking for but did not mention other technical specifications that are required from buyer’s side. The contact details and the email address that was provided by the buyer he seemed to be a good potential one.

As few of his technical specification were missing so decided to give him a call and ask for the details so that we can quote him the price according to his requirement. What he basically required was a usedself erecting tower cranes but as we do not deal in used tower cranes so convinced him on the benefits of getting a new one. He provided us with his detail specification for self erecting type tower crane and asked for FOB price and CIF price to Calcutta, India. His details have been forwarded to our dealer in India and he would be contacting the buyer for further details.