If you are installing an overhead crane in your manufacturing unit, you will be making a lot of preparations before you install your EOT crane. One of the important steps in this process is the selectin of the best suppliers in the industry at the most competitive quote. In order to find the best quotes, you need to compare the quotes. You cannot just blindly select any random quote. You should know that you are making the right choices. Here are some useful tips on comparing the quotes from your overhead crane suppliers.

Even before you send out your quote requests to your crane manufacturers, you should first understand all the components in a quote or the factors that contribute to the overall cost of your EOT cranes. Only then you will be able to make sensible quotes comparison. The first major cost in any EOT crane quote would be the equipment cost. Depending on the type of equipment the cost will vary. There are different types of industrial lifting equipment for example single girder EOT cranes, double girder cranes, goods cum passenger lifts and so on. All of them will be priced differently. When you are comparing you need to make certain that you are comparing the same type of equipment.

Secondly, the equipment capacity will determine the cost of the equipment. Depending on the maximum load that you are likely to carry your equipment capacity has to be decided. While comparing the quote given by your crane manufacturer, you need to find out whether all the quotes you are comparing are quoted for the same capacity.

Besides the equipment cost, there will be installation cost. You need to check whether the quotes you have received includes this cost or it is categorized under optional cost. It is best to get your EOT cranes and other industrial lifting equipment installed by the manufacturer as the manufacturers know their equipment better than any other third party installation company could possibly know.

Another dimension to the quote is the ongoing maintenance support. Some companies include annual maintenance contract fee in the quote. Check whether this component is added to the quote. It is good to go for AMC as it will save you from the unnecessary hassle of having to look for a different EOT crane repair company. When something goes wrong, you will immediately be able to have the issue addressed if you have an AMC in place.

When you are comparing the quote, the goal is to compare an apple to an apple so that you are making the right choices. If you do not pay attention to the details of the quote, you will not be able to make the right choices and such comparisons will also not be meaningful comparisons. You might select a quote thinking that it is the cheapest but in reality, it would be the most expensive quote when you add everything you need.

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