Howzit, kings of the cab. Justin in Cato Ridge here, with Ralph holding the phone in Benoni. Between us we’ve pulled more than 420 complete cabs off 20–45 tonne machines in the last seven years, and we’ve learned one unbreakable truth: A happy operator digs faster, breaks less stuff, and keeps your machine earning R18 000–R25 000 a day instead of sitting dead while he moans about back pain and cracked windscreens. Dealers want R148 000–R285 000 for a new cab shell + another R

Howzit, legends. Ralph here from the Benoni yard. Right now I’ve got three final drives on the bench: one that came in yesterday completely seized, one that’s leaking like a politician’s promise, and one that’s perfect inside despite 14 000 hours. All three are from 30–40 tonne machines. All three could have been saved for pocket money. In the last 18 months we’ve sold 87 final drives out of these two yards. Every single failure story starts with one (or more) of the same sev

If someone has ever handed you a R280 000 + VAT quote for a brand-new main hydraulic pump and told you “it’s the only safe option”, then congratulations: you’ve just been sold the most expensive myth in South African earthmoving. My name is Ralph – I run the Benoni yard in Gauteng and I’ve got a Komatsu K3V180 pump sitting on the bench right now that we pulled out of a PC400-6 two weeks ago. It’s cleaned, resealed, photographed from every angle and priced at R36 500 ex-VAT. T

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