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

Sawubona, truth-seekers and wallet-watchers. Ralph and Justin here, standing in the middle of the Benoni strip yard with two identical Komatsu PC400-6 final drives on the bench: Left bench: genuine Komatsu OEM final drive, 9 800 hours, pulled from a low-abuse coal loader. Price from Vikfin: R48 000. Right bench: brand-new Chinese aftermarket copy bought by a customer who “saved” R28 000 up-front. Ran 2 410 hours. Now looks like it lost a fight with a blender. We’ve stripped,

Howzit, undercarriage warriors. Ralph in Benoni and Justin in Cato Ridge here. Between us we’ve measured more than 1 200 sets of 20–45 tonne undercarriages in the last eight years, and we’ve got bad news and good news. Bad news: the average South African 40-tonner is throwing away R800 000–R1.4 million on undercarriage every 6 000–8 000 hours because of lazy habits and dealer scare tactics. Good news: the top 10 % of operators in this country are getting 11 000–15 000+ hours

Howzit, legends of the dig. Ralph in Benoni and Justin in Cato Ridge here. Between us we’ve personally stripped 47 Komatsu PC400-series (Dash-6 right up to Dash-8M0) and 38 Hitachi ZX450/ZX470/ZX490 machines since 2018. That’s 85 complete 40-tonne carcasses turned into pallets of parts that are earning contractors money from Kathu to Kitwe right now. We’re not brand fan-boys. We sell whatever walks through the gate. But when the numbers are this one-sided, we have to call it.

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