Anyone here have any experience with buying large items overseas?

[Fallon]

It pains me to see the seemingly abandoned excavators all over the US, when driving in the countrysides. I been driven in all 50 states, and you see them everywhere. Is this why?

That or cost to repair. If there are no parts avalible or they are really rare & expensive compared to the value of the machine it doesnt make sense to repair it.

 

[PILOON]

"It pains me to see the seemingly abandoned excavators all over the US, when driving in the countrysides. I been driven in all 50 states, and you see them everywhere. Is this why?"

Probably not always the case.
At the cost of moving their equipment many contractors prefer to leave them at the last job site and wait to move to the next site rather than the extra transport back to base and then out to next site.
Especially true if he hires out the transport.

 

[California]

re equipment that appears abandoned - We noticed one state highway construction contractor who seemed to have nothing but obsolete junk for heavy earthmoving equipment.

The 'Resident Engineer' (state project manager) at one project site explained how this contractor was different: He was in a remote part of the state where contractors elsewhere were unlikely to bid jobs in his region during times they were busy closer to their home bases. He would simply take the state's project estimate which already included profit, add 30% and bid that. Since the highways had to be repaired somehow the state would sometimes accept his very profitable bid, perhaps after re-advertising the project for bids, if no one else bid the project. With such a large profit margin he could afford to own a lot of junk equipment, and have his equally worn out spares ready to substitute if needed.

His strategy was unlike any other contracting firm in the state. The others simply bid cost plus reasonable profit, and owned (or leased) modern efficient equipment.

That owner wasn't busy continually but he had become quite wealthy.

Your Tax Dollars At Work.

 

[dfkrug]

At the cost of moving their equipment many contractors prefer to leave them at the last job site and wait to move to the next site rather than the extra transport back to base and then out to next site.
Especially true if he hires out the transport.

I am sure there are multiple reasons. I am thinking more about farms and ranches. There is often an "equipment dump" visible from the highway, populated with tractors, farm equipment, trailers, RVs, boats, decades-old derelict cars and trucks, and the requisite unoccupied mobile home or 2. Oh, yeah, and some forlorn excavator.

I have known of contractors and rental yards leaving equipment at the last job for a few extra weeks, or maybe even months. Not years.

 

[goeduck]

Your Tax Dollars At Work.

Smart contractor beats state regulations of our tax dollars every time.

 

[ygeuip]

Im looking at this Lhh Deep Water Well Drilling Rig Machine Water Well Drilling Equipment - Buy Water Well Drilling Equipment,Water Well Drilling Rig Machine,Water Well Drilling Rig Product on Alibaba.com

Cost isnt an issue, shipping at more than 5 grand is.

Must be a more economical way to get this to the U.S.

Similar units are avail here in the U.S by such companies as deeprock but these units look like they were built by the same team that designed most of harbor freights gear and at 3 times the cost!

i bought from this website (YG drilling rig equipment).I've used it for several years without any issues. This is the first time for me to buy a large item from overseas, and I think the shopping experience is very good.