You tell us the machine
Make, model, year and where it is standing. A photograph of the chassis plate is enough if you are unsure of the model. We tell you the same day whether we have an inspector for that machine and when he can go.
Core service · ₹6,000 · report in two days
Pre-purchase inspection
You are buying a machine you have stood next to for forty minutes, on the word of a man who wants to sell it. This is the service that fixes that — an independent, measured, written account of exactly what you are about to pay for.
01 · Process
Six steps, no surprises
You pay the fee
₹6,000 in the corridor, ₹8,000 beyond 100 km, before the visit. This is deliberate. We are not waiting on your purchase to get paid, so we have no reason at all to tell you it is a good machine.
We arrange a cold machine
The single condition we do not bend on. Nothing may have run that morning. A warm engine hides hard starting, start smoke, blowby and injector behaviour — which is exactly why sellers warm them.
The inspection, on site
Documents first, because they can end the visit. Then cold start, walkaround, engine bay, undercarriage measurement, welds, warm-up, timed cycles and the drift test. The owner’s operator runs the machine, never our inspector.
The report, in two days
Graded A–E with the percentage, every major system separately, 62 photographs, 3 videos, an itemised schedule of what the machine needs and what each item costs, and the title and hypothecation position in writing.
What you do with it is yours
We state condition and cost. We do not tell you whether to buy — that decision is yours and must stay yours. Most buyers use the deferred-cost figure to negotiate; several have taken more off the price than the fee cost them.
02 · Evidence
60+ photographs, to a fixed schedule
The count is deliberate. It is more than a seller will ever give you, and enough that a buyer three districts away can form a real judgement — which is what you are paying for. The same slots are shot on every machine, so any two reports can be laid side by side.
| Group | Shots | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | 6 | Chassis plate, engine plate, hour meter display, stamped chassis number, RC or invoice, three-quarter front |
| Walkaround | 8 | Eight compass points at equal distance, machine in the same configuration throughout |
| Undercarriage | 10 | Both track sides, rollers, idlers, sprocket teeth, chain links, shoes, measured grouser height in frame |
| Structure | 10 | Boom foot, boom mid, cylinder ears, stick nose, track frame, bucket, teeth and adapters, any suspect weld |
| Engine bay | 8 | Engine, turbo, radiator and cores, belts, dipstick reading, coolant header, oil filler blowby, any leak point |
| Hydraulics | 8 | Pump compartment, control valve, all four cylinder rods full length, hoses, oil sight glass |
| Cab | 6 | Seat, controls, dash, hour meter close-up, glass, safety equipment |
| Defects | 4+ | Every defect twice — close, and in context. This group has no upper limit |
Three videos as well: cold start from the first turn of the key, a full function cycle, and a slow track pass in both directions.
03 · Coverage
What we can grade today
A category opens the week its inspector is found, and not one day earlier. Where we cannot yet grade something competently, this page says so rather than quietly implying otherwise.
Crawler excavators
Open13–22 tonne · Tata Hitachi, Komatsu, Hyundai, Volvo, JCB, SANY, Kobelco
The core of the corridor. Undercarriage is usually the largest single deferred cost on the machine, and it is the item most often guessed at rather than measured.
What we check →Backhoe loaders
OpenAll sizes · JCB 3DX, Tata Hitachi Shinrai, CASE, Mahindra EarthMaster
The most traded machine in India, and the one most often sold on a warm engine. We insist on a cold start.
What we check →Road equipment
Not yetOpens when a road-equipment inspector joins the bench. Ask and we will tell you honestly where that stands.
Concrete plant
Not yetOpens when a concrete-plant inspector joins the bench.
Cranes & lifting
Not yetA hydraulic excavator mechanic cannot competently grade a mobile crane, and we will not pretend otherwise.
Crushing & screening
Not yetOpens when a crushing-plant inspector joins the bench.
04 · Questions
Asked before every first inspection
How long does a pre-purchase inspection take?
Two to three hours on site for a single excavator, and the report is with you within two days of the visit. Rushing either end is how things get missed.
Does the seller have to agree to the inspection?
Yes — we need site access, and the owner’s operator to run the machine during function tests. A seller who refuses a cold start, or refuses access altogether, has told you something useful for free.
Why does the machine have to be cold?
A pre-warmed engine conceals hard starting, start smoke, crankcase blowby and injector behaviour. If we arrive and the machine is warm, we record that on the report and state that start condition could not be assessed. We never quietly proceed as though it could.
Can you inspect a machine outside Hyderabad?
Beyond 100 km the fee is ₹8,000 to cover travel. Well outside the corridor, ask — the honest answer is sometimes that we do not yet have an inspector who can competently grade that machine in that place, and we will say so rather than send someone who cannot.
What machines can you grade?
Crawler excavators in the 13–22 tonne class and backhoe loaders today. Road equipment, concrete plant, cranes and crushing open as inspectors for those categories join the bench, and not one day before. A hydraulic excavator mechanic cannot competently grade a mobile crane, and we will not pretend otherwise.
Will you tell me whether to buy it?
No. We state condition and cost, in measurements, and the decision stays yours. Anyone who tells you a machine is a good buy is either guessing or has a reason to want the deal done.
Can I get the report before I pay?
You get a free summary — the grade band, a cost band and six photographs. The full report is released on payment. It is the same rule for everyone, which is the only reason it means anything.
05 · Book it
Which machine
Tell us the machine and where it is standing. We reply the same day with the inspector’s name and the earliest date he can go.
Not ready to pay yet
Send six photographs — chassis plate, hour meter, both track sides, engine bay and a three-quarter front — and we will give you a grade band and a rough cost band for nothing.
Get a free grade band