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.

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. 

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.

Today at around 5:30am in the morning received a call from a buyer of Malaysia with whom we were previously in contact with regarding used mobile tower crane but as my member does not offer this product so I informed her that we do not have mobile tower cranes. Immediately she mentioned about an inquiry for a tower crane of a German brand she also mentioned the model and other technical specifications of that tower crane and asked for other services related to the installation and maintenance of the crane. I asked her to email me all the details.

When I reached the office I immediately checked my inbox, from last week there was a pending inquiry for used selferecting tower cranes. That was certainly of no interest to me and to my member. When I strolled down I found an email from the Malaysian dealer containing all the details regarding the inquiry of the tower crane she was mentioning about. When I mentioned all the details to my member he said that the closest to this specification we can offer her is QTZ 7030, which does not fulfill all their specification but is close enough to what they require.

For days we were looking for buyers from Brazil for used self erecting tower cranes, tower cranes and other construction equipments. Finally our search was over when we received an inquiry from my member side. He mailed me an inquiry from Brazil which seemed a very potential inquiry. The buyer seemed like a potential buyer because in his inquiry he provided all the details and specification of the tower crane that he was looking for.  He mentioned all the details such as; height, Jib Length, Tip load and maximum weight all the details that are required to quote the buyer for a suitable model of tower crane.

When the contact was made to the buyer he seemed very positive regarding our offer and our company’s offering. He had already gone through our product catalogue and was quite impressed with our offerings to them. He not only discussed with us regarding his requirement for tower cranes but also mentioned about his requirements for used mobiletower crane. He also discussed with us the potential for construct equipment manufacturers in Brazil because of the heavy infrastructure development going on in the country. He also mentioned one of his old dealers in China who he buys all the construction related equipment, and if this deal goes on well with him he might consider us for his future requirements for construction machinery and tower cranes.

Today when I started my day by logging in to my member’s inbox looking for any new inquiries found some new inquiries regarding used self erecting tower cranes and some related to tower cranes as well. One interesting inquiry that was encountered by me was from a buyer of Pakistan. I was expecting such an inquiry because from few days a visitor from Pakistan was continuously coming to our website and was checking the different models of tower cranes, luffing cranes, topless tower cranes that we have.

Yesterday I was going through different B2B portals looking for tower crane buyers and used self erecting tower cranes buyers. At that particular moment a buyer from Tajikistan landed on my Web DHS, my messenger started popping, I immediately responded by greeting the Tajikistani buyer and asking if he has any particular requirements for tower crane or used mobile tower cranes or any other type of crane. But unfortunately the buyer wasn’t replying, again and again different pops started to blink in front of my screen and I can see that the buyer was going through the different products of my member’s website. He was going through QTZ7030, QTZ5616 and QTZ 125.  I replied on almost all of those pop ups but not a single reply came from any one of them. I was a bit disappointed because Tajikistani buyers are one whom which my member value a lot and I really wanted to get in touch with this buyer and take down his specifications for tower crane. Because with the frequency he was going through the different products of my company I could sense that he seemed a potential buyer and one could yield some positive results for my company.

I left the office at around 10:00 pm mid night till then there was no inquiry in my inbox. I have one habit that every day when I come to the office I usually go through my member’s inbox. And today when I was going through my member’s inbox I saw the same buyer inquiry placed in my member’s inbox.  The inquiry landed in my inbox because of the efforts of the SEO team who has increased the ranking of my member’s Web DHS on Google.

Today had a conversation with an Indian buyer regarding one of his inquiries regarding tower crane that he has placed online. At first the details that he provided online seemed like an inquiry for used self erecting tower cranes but what actually he was looking for was luffing crane, external tower crane and internal tower crane.  He asked for around 3 quotations at the same time, 5 for external tower crane, 5 for internal tower crane and one for luffing crane.  Once we have received the detailed specification of the tower cranes he was requiring we forwarded the details to our factory to see whether we possess the manufacturing ability of that particular specification.

After talking to our representatives at our factory we came to knew that we can full fill all the specifications except the desired height of the buyer. The solution he proposed in this regard was by adding mass sections to the tower crane through which the desired height mentioned by the buyer could be achieved.  The buyer also had a requirement for used mobile tower cranes, but as we do not deal in that particular category so we did not took much interest in that particular query of his. 

Yesterday decided to give a follow up call to one of the dealers in Malaysia, talks with this dealer is currently in progress regarding our tower cranes model QTZ 7030. Although different companies manufacturing used self erecting tower cranes also approached this buyer/ dealer but didn’t have a positive response from her because she was interested in tower cranes specifically. She said that she was just about contact me if I hadn’t contacted her in the first place. It was regarding the technicality of the tower crane that we have quoted her the price for. One of her customers was having a query that as he is currently building a 20 story building but doesn’t has any area near by the construction site where he can install the tower crane, so he was actually asking our dealer that can he install the tower crane away from the construction site of the building? Or he has to go for some other type of cranes such as the used mobile tower cranes. The answer that was provided by us to the dealer was that the tower crane for which we have quoted her the price needs to be installed within the construction site area. Because as the number of stories of the building increases length of the tower crane also increases with it, and it is necessary to have a support area for installing that particular tower crane.