Policy

The basics of our business policy is to be absolutely independent from equipment traders. MEVAS and all inspectors we contract are not involved in machinery trading activities. The only exception are used and new machine components like pumps, engines or larger hydraulic components. If we receive equipment request we forward them to reliable traders we have known for years and they handle them. We do not receive commissions and we do not raise expertise in someones favour, in fact we pride ourselves in giving a totally unbiased appraisal of all equipment we inspect.

Another important part is to keep our customer relations and inspection results confidential. A finished inspection report is going exclusively to the hands of  the client.

History

Although Mevas may appear to be a young company having been founded in 2006 the owner Wolfgang Buhn has life long experience with construction equipment. Having grown up in East Germany he learned to use and repair of heavy equipment from the basics. Later he worked in a large construction company and in 1992 he started his career with the German Caterpillar dealer Zeppelin Baumaschinen. Going through different responsibilities he became in 1997 Sales Manager for Used Equipment. From 2002 his  duties included the responsibility for Zeppelin's international Used Equipment business.

In 2006 the idea was born to offer for dealer and users of construction equipment an independent service of  machine condition inspections. The first order we got from Finning Canada to inspect 16 Caterpillar 775 trucks in an South African Goldfield. Mevas has now progress to a point where we carry out inspections for many dealers and users in Europe and other parts of the world.

Services & Qualification

Alongside our core business appraising construction and heavy equipment  we have been able to offer since 2008 inspection services for mobile cranes and in some territories also for road trucks and farming equipment. Inspections are caried out by Wolfgang Bühn or one of our carefully selected engineers who have a long-term experience with equipment. For cranes we have a specially qualified engineer's.

We also carry out used inspection training for machinery dealers. Most of them are Caterpillar dealers or repossessing organizations for Used Machinery.

Fleet-Evaluations

The flexibility of Mevas is such that we can inspect a single machine or a whole fleet depending on the customers requirements, we are also very conscious of the fact that our pricing needs to be competitive whilst still maintaining a high specification of service.

Regardless of whether you are a Large Finance institution or a Machinery dealer it can make good sense to get the equipment you have inspected, it gives a signal to prospective buyers that you have confidence enough in your product to have an independent appraisal of quality and condition carried out.

Whereabouts

MEVAS is based in Germany. As this is for many people a sign of reliability and punctuality we do our best to confirm this stereotype. Our intention is to set the standards for independent used equipment inspections in Europe.

Our contracted inspectors and technicians are located in several countries in Europe. It means we are often not too far from the equipment to be inspected. In parts of the USA we are working with staff from CAT dealers to raise inspection reports if this in not concurring with your interest as a buyer.

Offers and prices

The price level of an inspection depends on machine size and kind. But much more it is depending on location and travel expenses. Therefore we are not able to give something like a price-list for examinations. If you send us a request for inspection including the location we will do our best to give you a reasonable offer within a working day.

By employing the expertise of Mevas not only could you save time and money you could also avoid the embarrassment of parting with quite a lot of money for a machine that does not exist. See also our fraud protection page