Hydraulic Ram Repair Lancaster
The Seven Biggest Mistakes That You Can Make When Choosing Who To Repair Your Hydraulic Ram in Lancaster
Mistake #1 Give It To A Hydraulic Hose Company.
This is a very common mistake. After all, you would think that companies who replace hydraulic hoses, would know how to repair hydraulic equipment, right?
Wrong.
These companies, most of whom provide a very good service, are hose specialists. They are NOT the hydraulic ram repair company in Lancaster.
They do not know how to repair rams.
However , they almost always promise the Customer, (you), that they will repair the cylinder themselves. They take it back to their depot in their lovely vans. They throw it on the floor and then make a few phone calls.
They call hydraulic repair companies, (like us) and ask them for their cheapest price, (see next mistake), to repair the cylinder.
This is fair enough. After all, they are in business to make money.
Typically, they will ‘double up’ on the price.
The problem is this.
The cheapest price is almost always achieved by cutting corners.
Which means poor quality workmanship, poor quality materials and the almost inevitable your cylinder failure in the near future.
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Mistake #2
Go For The Cheapest Price For Your Hydraulic Ram Repair Lancaster
We can quote on any hydraulic cylinder repair and be the cheapest every single time.
But we don’t.
But it is easy if we wanted to.
In fact, for the unscrupulous, repairing hydraulic cylinders cheaply can be a license to print money.
For Example: To repair a hydraulic cylinder properly could cost, say, £300. That would be £300 for us to strip down, assess, repair and test the cylinder to a standard where we could Guarantee that the cylinder would not fail in any way for the next twelve months.
More often than not, we could repair that same ram for £75 and it would still leave our workshop in working order.
But it will leak in the very near future. Usually before the customer has paid us. And at this point, the extremely irate customer has forgotten all he said about ‘I want the cheapest price,’ and ‘Quality doesn’t matter’.
Quality does cost a little bit more, but it is worth it.
Do it once. Do it right.
You will be glad you used the best hydraulic repair company in Lancaster.
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Mistake #3
Give It To The ‘Local’ Engineering Company
Most ‘local’ engineering companies are good at what they do. That is providing an all-round engineering service.
But hydraulic cylinders are different.
Very different.
We know from bitter experience, over the years, that unless the engineer knows exactly what tolerances and surface finishes the cylinder should be manufactured to, the cylinder will fail.
Usually with expensive consequences.
You are looking for who to repair your hydraulic cylinder in Warrington. Use the specialists. To avoid any possible mistakes, even by experienced and well meaning engineers, we never, ever, farm our work out to other engineering companies.
And besides, almost all ‘local’ engineering companies have no test facilities. Which means that the first you know of your cylinder leaking again, is when it is back on the machine.
Not recommended.
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Mistake #4
Have A Go At It Themselves
It is understandable. After all, it might ‘cost a fortune’, and it can’t be that hard to ‘fit a few seals’, can it?
Their may be the odd occasion when it actually would be prudent to ‘fit your own seals’. As long as the person knows exactly what they are doing and their are no safety issues at all.
Everybody is happy to save money.
Everybody is happy to get the equipment going as soon as possible.
But always, always ask yourself this.
Who will get the blame if something goes wrong? (And sadly, they do go wrong. Often with terrible cosequences.)
Recently, four men were killed in Cumbria because a simple hydraulic failure.
More often than not, it is not worth fixing it yourself.
Mistake #5
Give It To The ‘Nearest’ Hydraulic Repair Company In Lancaster
It makes sense doesn’t it? You want your cylinder back as soon as possible. Your equipment is ‘off-the-road’, so you can’t waste a single hour longer than necessary to ‘get it fixed and back on the machine’.
Fatal.
Please understand this. More often than not, it only actually takes a few hours to repair a cylinder. Most hydraulic companies do not like stocking expensive, seals, chrome rods and cylinders. So they only order chrome rod and seals when they actually know they are going to use them. So they, in turn, keep their customers waiting for days or even weeks, as they wait for the stock to arrive.
So, if your ‘nearest’ hydraulic repair company say they have all the chrome rods, seals and cylinders in stock, go down to their premises and check that they actually have. If they have, great.
If they haven’t, but are ‘expecting a delivery’, forget it. You might be waiting for weeks. Do not simply choose the ‘nearest’ hydraulic ram repair company in Lancaster.
We stock (almost) every size of chrome rod that it is possible to buy. We stock over 15,000 hydraulic seals. If we do not have yours in stock, we will have them by tomorrow morning. Guaranteed.
Mistake #6
Give It To The Main Dealer Who Supplied The Equipment.
All main dealers make most of their money from
A) service hours
B) spare parts
As hydraulic cylinders are classed as spare parts, it is in their interest to sell you a new or reconditioned hydraulic cylinder. They might even get one of their expensive service engineers to fit it for you.
More often than not, main dealers then give the cylinder to the likes of us to repair. They then give it back to you, often at a 100% mark up.
The choice is yours.
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Mistake #7
They Can’t Make Their Mind Up, So They ‘Leave It’.
If you are going to sell the machine next week, and you can Guarantee that Health and Safety Law, or Environmental Law is not compromised, then it might be OK.
But usually, leaving a cylinder to leak is a bad idea. The best thing to do is this.
Plan when the machine is not going to be used, or when downtime will cause little disruption.
The Best Hydraulic Ram Repair Company in Lancaster?
Find a company who will guarantee to repair the cylinder and get it back to you as soon as is humanly possible.
It is simple and it will be worth it.
Get them to give you a 12 month unconditional guarantee.
Get them to supply you with a test certificate.
The best hydraulic ram repair company is the one that actually cares about you as a human being. They will tell you the cost and give you work to be proud of. They will colllect from you quickly and get on with your ram as quick as is humanly possible.
Ideally you would like the ram back tomorrow. Well, as far as we know and as far as our many customers know, we are the quickest and best hydraulic ram repair in Lancaster.
Give us a call now and lets get your ram repaired.
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