We have run our own rental fleet since 2015 and serviced DG sets since 2011, so we value a used set the way an operator does: by what it will still do, not by what it weighs. Inspection and written valuation are free.
What we buy
Published so you know in ten seconds whether it is worth your call — and so our engineers spend their time on sets we can actually take.
Below 25 kVA the economics rarely work for either of us.
Cummins and Kirloskar most weeks, but make is not a filter.
Older engines must be scrapped, not resold. See below.
Further afield we still look; transport is quoted separately.
Condition is not on that list on purpose. Running, not running, or stripped — we will still look at it, and tell you honestly which of those three it is.
Three ways to sell it
We will tell you which we think is best for your machine, including when that is the one that earns us less.
We inspect, value it in writing and buy the set ourselves. You deal with one party, payment terms are agreed before we lift, and the machine stops being your problem the day it leaves. This is the cleanest exit if the site is closing or the load has gone.
If the set is worth more than we would pay to hold it, we place it with a buyer from our own network and take a fee on the sale. Slower than an outright purchase, and it usually nets you more. We tell you which of the two we think you should take.
The valuation comes off the price of a new Cummins set, or off a rental or AMC contract. This is our own commercial offer, not a manufacturer exchange scheme — the deduction is ours to make and we put it in the quotation in writing.
How it runs
Make, kVA, year of engine manufacture, running hours, city. Photos of the nameplate and hour meter if you have them.
Within 4 working hours. Ten minutes on the phone settles most of it — what it is, whether it runs, how it comes out.
A Pune engineer attends, usually within 3–5 working days for Maharashtra. Compression, blow-by, alternator megger, panel, log book, papers.
A figure with the reasoning behind it, in writing, within 2 working days of the inspection. Not a number over the phone you cannot hold us to.
Payment basis, who does what, and the date. Nothing is lifted before this is signed.
Craneage, foundation breaking, exhaust and cable disconnection, transport. Our crew, our insurance, our problem.
The one set we will not buy
Under the CPCB RECD procedure, engines manufactured and installed before 1 July 2004 are to be scrapped — not sold, not re-sited, not run. No retrofit rescues them. A buyer who takes one off you is either uninformed or is planning to pass the problem to someone else, and the liability follows the machine. We will tell you if yours is in that bracket, and we will not quietly move it on.
Makes we buy
Cummins sets hold value better than most, and the nameplate matters less than sellers expect — a set badged Tata Cummins, Sudhir, Powerica or Jakson is a Cummins engine with a different assembler’s plate, and we value it as such. What moves the number is the engine family, the hours and whether the last overhaul was done to spec. We service Cummins sets as an Associate Dealer of Cummins Powerica, which is how we can be specific about what yours needs — that dealership covers new sales, not a used certification.
KOEL sets — including the ones still called Bliss in the trade — are the other make we buy most weeks. They are straightforward to assess and there is steady demand for them in the 62.5 to 250 kVA range, which usually means a faster sale than a rarer make of the same age. Alternator condition tends to decide the number more than engine hours do.
Selling a used set, answered
Diesel gensets from 25 kVA to 1250 kVA, any make — Cummins, Kirloskar, Mahindra Powerol, Ashok Leyland, Greaves, Caterpillar, Perkins and others. The engine must have been manufactured on or after 1 July 2004. We are set up for Maharashtra and the neighbouring districts; further afield we still look, but transport is quoted as its own line rather than buried in the offer.
No, and no reputable buyer should. Under the CPCB RECD procedure, engines manufactured and installed before 1 July 2004 are to be scrapped — not sold, not re-sited, not run — and no retrofit changes that. If your set is from that era we will tell you so, explain why the only lawful route is scrapping, and we will not put it back into the market through a side door.
Rating and make set the bracket; year of engine manufacture, verified running hours, the last overhaul and what it actually covered, alternator condition on megger, whether it is open or acoustic, and whether an RECD is fitted move it within that bracket. Lifting access matters more than sellers expect — a set that needs a road closure and a 100-tonne crane is worth less in your yard than the same set at ground level.
Yes, and we will say plainly which category yours falls into. A set with a seized engine but a healthy alternator and a good canopy is worth real money for its parts and its enclosure. A set that is corroded through is worth its weight and nothing more, and we would rather tell you that than let you find out after three weeks of hoping.
We do, on our own account, when we buy the set. That covers disconnection, exhaust and cable removal, breaking the foundation where required, craneage and road transport. If you only need the set removed and are not selling it to us, we quote that as a standalone job rather than folding it into a purchase price.
A scrap dealer values your set as metal, because metal is what they can resell. We value it as a machine that may have ten years of service left, which is a different and usually larger number. The honest exception is a set too old or too far gone to return to service — in that case scrap genuinely is the right answer, and we will say so rather than lowball you on a resale basis.
Make, kVA, year and running hours is enough to start. Reply within 4 working hours. Engineered offer within 24 hours.
