Aosite, kusukela 1993
Namuhla, imakethe igcwele izinhlobonhlobo zamahinge. Ngeshwa, kukhona abathengisi abangathembekile abenza imikhuba yokukhohlisa, ukuthengisa imikhiqizo esezingeni eliphansi nokudala isiyaluyalu emakethe. Nokho, i-Friendship Machinery ihlukile. Bazibophezele ekwenzeni amahinge ekhwalithi ephezulu futhi bathathe umthwalo wemfanelo ogcwele kuwo wonke ama-ejenti nomthengi.
Njengoba inani labasebenzisi behinge liqhubeka nokukhuphuka, kanjalo nenani labakhiqizi bamahinge. Abaningi balaba bakhiqizi babeka phambili inzuzo yabo ngaphezu kwekhwalithi yomkhiqizo, okuholela ekuthengisweni kwamahinge aphansi ngentengo yama-premium. Ake sithathe amahinge e-hydraulic ebhafa njengesibonelo. Abathengi abaningi bakhangwa yila mahinji ngenxa yokusebenza kwawo okushelelayo nokungenamsindo, kanye nekhono lawo lokuvimbela izingozi. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kokuwasebenzisa, amakhasimende amaningi akhononda ngokuwohloka okusheshayo kwesici se-hydraulic, okubenza bangahlukani namahinge ajwayelekile. Akukhona nje ukuthi lawa mahinge ahluleka ukufeza injongo yawo, kodwa futhi eza ngezindleko eziphakeme kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa namahinge avamile. Ukuphoxeka okunjalo kungase kuholele abathengi ukuthi benze ulwazi lwabo lube jikelele futhi babone wonke amahinji e-hydraulic ngokukhanya okungekuhle.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, eminyakeni embalwa edlule, kwakunamahinge e-alloy enziwe ngezinto ezisezingeni eliphansi agcina ejwayele ukuphuka lapho kufakwa izikulufo. Ngenxa yalokho, abathengi bashiywa bengenakho ukukhetha ngaphandle kokukhetha amahinge ensimbi ashibhile, njengoba babekholelwa ukuthi umphumela wawuzofana. Uma imakethe yamahinge iqhubeka nokuhlala inesiphithiphithi, akunakugwenywa ukuthi ukukhula kwayo kuzothikamezwa, okuholela emzabalazweni wokusinda wabakhiqizi abaningi bamahinge.
Ngenxa yalezi zinkinga, ngiphinde ngikhuthaze bonke abathengi ukuthi baqaphele futhi bathathe izinqumo ezinolwazi lapho bethenga amahinge, kunokuba bathembe ngokuphuphutheka izimangalo zabathengisi. Nanka amaphuzu aphawulekayo okufanele uwacabangele:
1. Naka ukubukeka kwamahinge. Abakhiqizi abanobuchwepheshe obuzinze kahle bazotshala umzamo ekukhiqizeni imikhiqizo enemigqa ebushelelezi nezindawo. Ngaphandle kokuklwebheka okuncane, akufanele kube nokumaka okujulile kumahinge. Lokhu kuwubufakazi bokuphakama kwezobuchwepheshe kwabakhiqizi abahloniphekile.
2. Hlola uketshezi kwendlela yokuvala umnyango wehinge. Qaphela uma kukhona umuzwa wokunamathela noma ukuzwa imisindo engajwayelekile. Uma kunomehluko omkhulu ngesivinini, kubalulekile ukubhekisisa ukukhethwa kanye nekhwalithi yesilinda esisebenza ngehydraulic.
3. Hlola ikhono lamahinji okumelana nokugqwala. Lokhu kunganqunywa ngokuhlolwa kwesifutho sikasawoti. Amahinge athembekile kufanele abonise ukugqwala okuncane ngisho nangemva kwesikhathi esingamahora angama-48.
Ngokuqapha nokucabangela lezi zici, abathengi bangazivikela ekuweni izisulu zamahinji asezingeni eliphansi futhi benze izinqumo ezinolwazi.
Sengiphetha, ukwanda kwemikhuba yokungathembeki emakethe yamahinge kuyimbangela yokukhathazeka. Imishini Yobungani, nokho, ihlukile futhi ibeka phambili ukuletha amahinge ekhwalithi ephezulu ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukwaneliseka kwamakhasimende. Ngokukhula okusheshayo kwemboni yamahinge, kuyaphoqa ukuthi abakhiqizi babeke phambili ikhwalithi yomkhiqizo kunamasu okufuna inzuzo. Abathengi nabo kufanele baqaphele futhi bacabangele amaphuzu ashiwo ngenhla lapho bekhetha amahinge abo. Ngokukhuthaza indawo yobuqotho kanye nokufuna imikhiqizo ephezulu, singagcina imakethe echumayo yamahinge iminyaka eminingi ezayo. "