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Whether you’re running a single crane or managing a fleet, negotiating with a crane parts supplier can stretch your budget further. Here’s a guide to securing the best deals.
Keeping Grove cranes operational can be pricey, especially when replacing parts. Whether you’re running a single crane or managing a fleet, negotiating with a crane parts supplier can stretch your budget further. Here’s a guide to securing the best deals.
1. Arm Yourself with Part Specifics
Before you contact a crane parts supplier, know your requirements: exact part number, crane model, and any compatible alternatives. Being prepared signals you’re a serious buyer, streamlining talks and boosting your negotiating power. Tip: Log all Grove crane parts replacements to track wear and simplify future orders.
2. Shop Around, But Value Quality
Price matters, but don’t fixate on the lowest quote. Get prices from at least two or three crane parts suppliers and compare:
OEM or aftermarket parts?
How quick is delivery?
What’s the warranty like?
A bargain part can cost more if it fails fast. Use other quotes to negotiate, but don’t sacrifice reliability for savings.
3. Probe for Bulk Savings
Ordering multiple Grove crane parts or planning regular purchases? Ask about bulk discounts. Suppliers often hold back these offers unless you inquire. Try: “Can you cut me a deal if I add a seal kit to this order?” If your company runs several cranes, mention it—loyal customers often get better rates.
4. Look into Rebuilt Parts
Not every repair needs a new part. Rebuilt Grove crane parts can perform well at a fraction of the cost, especially for older cranes or minor systems. Always request a warranty and rebuild records. Vague answers? That’s a red flag.
5. Nurture Supplier Connections
Stick with a couple of trusted crane parts suppliers for long-term benefits. As they get to know you, they might:
Offer discounts without you asking
Tip you off about sales
Ease up on payment terms
Stay professional and clear to build a relationship that pays off.
6. Check Alternative Parts Carefully
Suppliers may pitch aftermarket or alternative Grove crane parts to save money. Verify these with your crane’s manual or a mechanic. A solid supplier will suggest reliable substitutes, but steer clear of cheap parts that won’t last.
7. Play Your Timeline Smart
Got time to spare? Let the supplier know: “I can wait a bit—any chance for a better price on a later delivery?” This gives them wiggle room to lower costs. Need it fast? You’ll pay more, but still ask: “What’s your best price for a rush job?” They might have stock they want to move.
8. Lock in Payment Terms
Clarify payment terms before sealing the deal. Paying upfront? Ask for a small discount. Using credit or net-30? Get it in writing to avoid hiccups. Clear terms keep things smooth and show you’re on top of things.
9. Know When to Bail
If the price is too steep or the supplier’s shady—vague terms, no warranty—walk away. Plenty of reputable crane parts suppliers exist. Don’t risk a bad part or deal.
Final Word: Negotiation’s No Big Deal
Suppliers expect you to haggle. Come prepared, stay polite, and you’ll likely land better prices on Grove crane parts while building ties with suppliers. Smart negotiating keeps your cranes—and your wallet—in good shape.
The terrorist exploded a bomb on Sunday in a church in the Dweila district of Damascus, some people died as a result of the explosion, eyewitnesses told Sputnik.
🕊️ Samedi 21 juin, une trentaine de militant·e·s de EuroPalestine, Attac, Nous Toutes, Les Soulèvements de la Terre Île de France et Extinction Rebellion Paris de la terre sont parvenus à déjouer les contrôles à l’entrée du salon du Bourget et à faire éclater le grand silence sur le génocide en cours. En plein milieu des stands des plus grandes entreprises d’armement, ils et elles se sont allongé·e·s, créant un attroupement inédit des visiteur·euse·s qui trouvaient la politique sur leur chemin. Les militant·e·s sont parvenu·e·s à se changer et se fondre dans la masse avant que la police n’intervienne (vite et fort). Le journaliste qui couvrait l’action a par contre été embarqué, en pleine violation du droit d’informer...
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Laith sits down with Dr Jamal Wakim, professor of International Relations at the Lebanese University; hours after Trump attacked Iran, and the Islamic Republic began its waves of retaliation.
“Real Time” host Bill Maher told his fellow Democrats that they need to “do something” about ABC’s “The View” if the party wants to be taken seriously.
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i think i need to shower and do more shop work. i slept poorly last night then took only 1/2 hour nap, had a weird dream that my dad appeared outside my window. hope he is ok
Or historical exploits/trojans/etc. that deserve more attention? I've mostly heard about lucrative vulnerabilities that concern Linux servers, but what about the end-users on desktops? Or is the Linux desktop market small enough that we mostly just see one-off instances of users blindly running malicious scripts?
Not in the way you're probably thinking, which I assume is like in a Windows-y kind of way.
Finding an exploitable escalation of privileges in Linux is rare, but unpatched machines get hacked all the time, but the world of worms, and such is kind of gone.
The way most end-user machines get compromised these days is by supply chain attacks, undiscovered zero-day exploits, user error, and social engineering. Groups that discover zero-days usually keep it close the vest, and they don't get found for long periods of time after they've been out in the wild.
The way most corporate machines get attacked is social engineering, supply chain, and zero-days. Mostly crypto mining schemes and enterprise-level ransoms for data.
All the Windows botnets you hear about out there are largely unpatched machines exposed to the internet in various stupid ways that groups prey on to take control of.
Edit: Forgot about leaked secrets. Lots of companies get hit from plaintext secrets that get out in the wild via various stupid means.
@SmoochyPit @monovergent 🛠️ One of the most recent that comes to mind was the exploit in pkexec, a setuid utility for privilege escalation could be abused for unauthorized privilege escalation in either a server or workstation environment.
TLDR: While Linux is less susceptible to malware in some ways, it mostly boils down to Linux having a more technically minded userbase whereas Windows is a "mainstream" operating system.
Most Windows malware nowadays come from social engineering scams (complete this "captcha" by pressing Windows+R and pasting in this powershell script we conveniently put in your clipboard) or untrusted third party installers because Windows doesn't natively have a package manager. Like others have said, the old school self-propagating worms and drive by downloads that activate just by clicking on a link aren't really possible anymore (outside of state actors with unlimited budgets to buy zero days) unless your system or browser is horrifically outdated.
In terms of social engineering, Linux is not necessarily better at preventing it than Windows. In fact, sudo in Linux will unquestioningly delete the kernel and system software or make unlimited changes to them. Windows, for better or for worse (tbh more worse than better), uses TrustedInstaller to limit access to system files. Windows 11 won't easily let you delete or modify System32 for example, even if you're an admin. So it's in theory easier to do more damage to your system on Linux if you don't know what you're doing. But if someone is using Linux full time, they're most likely technical enough to not be fooled into running random untrusted bash commands. The biggest thing is to be careful with those Linux terminal tutorial sites that have a "add to clipboard" button, they can put literally anything into your clipboard, including an enter key to run the script as soon as you put it in your terminal (though this may or may not be possible depending on your terminal app). Actually, they don't even need you to use their copy button. They can just set an event listener for control-C anywhere on their site and automatically replace the clipboard content. Just double check everything you copy before running it, especially since there's a lot of times where Linux users have to rely on obsecue tutorials hosted on untrusted websites.
You also don't really need to run untrusted installers on Linux because almost everything you need is in a properly moderated software repository, be it your native package manager, Flatpak, or Snap. Everything is signed by the authors and has a ton of eyes from the open source community on it. The only things to look out for is compiling something from GitHub, random AppImages, random Elf binaries, and last but not least random third party repositories that can be added as an installation source to your package manager/Flatpak/Snap. Basically, Linux gets most of its "doesn't get malware" reputation from the same place Mac does: you rarely have to manually download and run an executable from a random website, which is the norm on Windows. Add to the fact that even when that's needed, the Linux userbase is more technical and is more able to discern which sources are reputable and which are suspicious.
Another major source of malware is pirated versions of Windows or untrusted "license activators" from the internet. This just isn't a problem on Linux because there's no license to activate and it's free to begin with so there's nothing to pirate. And again, if someone is running Linux, they're probably technical enough to know not to run random pirated versions of paid software to begin with, helped by the fact that the vast majority of paid software is Windows only.
@HiddenLayer555 @monovergent 🛠️ It also has to do with Linux being open sourced and thus open to scrutiny so such things get discovered and fixed early.
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@Autumn Amazing that, isn't it? Don't criticize the Jews or you might be labeled an anti-semite, never mind the fact that 97% of Israeli Jews are Ashkenazi and not a Semitic people. But hey whose counting...
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Jon Elmer, contributing editor, reports on the first week of the war with Iran launched by Israel on the morning of 13 June 2025. The full broadcast is avail...
Oh ok. MacArthur was sending letter bombs to the white house, weird how the CIA didn't write about that. THEY WROTE ABOUT THE MOB.
That means Lansky.
In 1948, that meant lansky via bugsy seagal via rueven dafni via irgun. There was coordination with other Jews and helpers, too in the US and Britain. Probably even Trump's dad.
Don't take my word for it: Engage with the scholarship.
To understand anything about MacArthur's core perspective, you have to study his father Arthur MacArthur and his disconnected rhythmic legato rule of the P.I.
The mob were comparatively nice guys so don't really matter.
A operação militar conduzida pelos Estados Unidos contra três instalações nucleares no Irã provocou reações imediatas nos mercados financeiros e acendeu
On Sunday morning Russia's former president and current deputy chairman of the country's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev issued his reaction to the major US overnight strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, giving what's essentially the view of where things stand from the Kremlin.
Medvedev in a ten-point list of reactions characterized the attacks as ultimately ineffective, and that it will blow back on America and Israel in a way opposite than intended, especially as Tehran will now only push harder for a nuke, and allied countries might now simply be willing to supply them to the Iranians, he described.
Now do London, saying something like this: "I would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the unceded territory of the indigenous Anglo-Saxon and Celtic peoples..."
“I would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg people. This land acknowledgement is a recognition of shared history as a nation.”
Bibi, other members of the Israeli government, and anti-Iranian hawks within Trump’s own convinced him that a window of opportunity has opened up to knock Iran out of the geopolitical game for good.
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Apple has released a scaremongering, self-serving warning aimed at the Australian government, claiming that Australians will be overrun by a parade of digital horribles if Australia follows the European Union’s lead and regulates Apple’s “walled gard…
Top Ten dumbest things we're being asked to believe about Iran:
1. That the Iranians want to be bombed 2. That the guy bombing Iran wants peace 3. That regime change interventionism is a swell idea this time 4. That anyone who doesn't want war with Iran hates Jews 5. That this time the government and the media are telling us the truth about an American war 6. That this time the neocons are smart and correct 7. That bombing Iran makes it LESS likely to try to obtain nukes
8. That Iran is trying to assassinate the US president when all US presidents have the same foreign policy 9. That Iran (a country that never starts wars) cannot be trusted with nuclear weapons, but Israel (a country that starts wars constantly) can 10. That attacking Iran benefits Americans
Former Iranian Ambassador to Germany, Seyed Hossein Mousavian has repeated calls for a diplomatic solution to the Israeli instigated war while issuing stern warnings of the consequences of the continued sabotage of diplomatic efforts.
In my language, 'alternative' is somewhat synonymous with 'progressive' (though we still have the bullshit meaning of 'alternative facts', 'alternative medicine'). Is that not a thing in English, too? We rarely have an original thought when it comes to words like this.
That's a good point about alternative rock. I changed the title from usually to sometimes, maybe usually was too much.
I've never thought about the word alternative being synonymous with progressive, I tend of think of as meaning against the grain or against the mainstream but in practice sometimes it just means bullshit like in the title. For example RT calls themselves "alternative media" but they're really just propaganda slop.
I think there has been a certain amount of cultural change in the rightwing - used to be they just considered themselves the status quo upholders, the ones who were subversive were hippies, educated-but-not-rich city-dwellers, artists etc.. Now that more progressive forces became somewhat mainstream and the rightwing radicalized, major parts of the rightwing have adopted a more subversive identity and messaging.
The crisis facing imperialist domination by the United States and its allies will not be resolved by opening new theaters of war or by attempting to impose a heightened neocolonial order on the peoples of the world. The decline of US power is undeniable, as emerging powers leave it behind in fields such as production, trade, technology, and the military; therefore, the tariff war launched by Trump has remained limited in scope. And for this very reason, the American power resembles an aggressive giant with “feet of clay,” relentlessly attacking the Palestinian people and now declaring war on the Islamic Republic of Iran.
When capitalism as a system entered into crisis, it invented neoliberal globalization, which, after decades of application, leaves the planet devastated and billions of people impoverished and excluded, allowing a few super-rich to become even richer. A planetary crisis that is being resisted in multiple struggles and in every corner of the world, with rebellions facing extinction, to which this system of death drags us. In its attempt to stifle resistance and rebellions, the empire launches wars in all directions, which may have a fate similar to the publicized tariff war.
On our continent, the imperialist plan imposes regimes of hunger and repression in Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Paraguay, and Peru, while most nations seek their own path, contrary to US neocolonial domination. Meanwhile, in Colombia, the internal conflict follows the empire’s plan to keep us in an eternal war, with which it attempts to overwhelm the search for peace with social justice.
Today, as the old regime strives to prevent reforms that benefit the population and threatens to intensify repression against social protest and those of us who propose national proposals that serve the majority, it is imperative to call on society to formulate and commit to the structural changes that must lift Colombia out of the centuries-old crisis it has endured. This is a path to a political solution to the conflict, one that is distinct from the neocolonial order that Trump is determined to maintain and consolidate.
China is right to be skeptical of the US. But this might be a case where they're somewhat aligned. Beijing probably would rather Iran not have nukes since that would make them a much more powerful player in the region. And China is very energy dependent on oil imports. If the straight is closed, that would greatly impact Chinese industry.
Yes. Apparently Putin does too since he recently mentioned that they might give nukes to Iran.
Here's what I believe out of all this: * Iran is a totalitarian theocracy that has been trying to develop nukes for a long time. * Everyone except the Iranian government would rather Iran not have nukes. It would essentially be the middle eastern version of North Korea. * Israel attacked a lot of Iran's air defenses and convinced Trump this was a unique opportunity to strike Iranian nuclear sites. Israel doesn't have the capability since they don't have bunker busters and the sites are underground. They probably convinced him he would be seen as bringing peace to the middle east which is why he ended his post about peace. * Trump legit thinks this is a 1 time thing and he can be done with it. He's not trying to turn Iran into a puppet state, just wipe out their nuclear capability. * Trump is wrong and we're going to be dragged into another war in the middle east. Just because Iran's military couldn't attack the US, doesn't mean there won't be consequences. I think trump is too stupid to see that far ahead.
What I foresee is Iran closing the straight, which will raise oil prices, which will raise US gas prices. This is when MAGA representatives will break with trump because he will be incapable of walking back or expressing regret. I also foresee Iran trying some 9/11 style attack on the US, dragging America back into the middle east.
If you think Iran's nuclear program was entirely about nuclear energy, I've got a bridge over the straight or Hormuz to sell you.
Iran is a totalitarian theocracy that has been trying to develop nukes for a long time.
Iran is a s religious country ruled by the supreme leader , Khamenei had released a religious decree prohibiting the use of nukes. So no Iran is not pursuing nukes or even getting it from Russia . You just believe Satanyaho claims , Satanyaho was saying Iran is so close to having nuclear arms for over 30 years . Israel and America under trump has the biggest chance to drop nukes than any other countries
Israel attacked a lot of Iran's air defenses and convinced Trump this was a unique opportunity to strike Iranian nuclear sites. Israel doesn't have the capability since they don't have bunker busters and the sites are underground. They probably convinced him he would be seen as bringing peace to the middle east which is why he ended his post about peace.
Trump is a zionist just like all previous American president not because he care about Jewish supremacy but because of American imperial interests like it always been. Israel didn't convince him to do anything he willfully helped Israel just like any other American president will always do
Trump legit thinks this is a 1 time thing and he can be done with it. He's not trying to turn Iran into a puppet state, just wipe out their nuclear capability.
Another BS , both Israel and America want a regime change. From Israel perspective they want to destroy or control any country that effetely support Palestinian liberation movements. Iran support for Palestinian is of course based on geopolitics but still they are supporting Palestinians. For American all what they did against Iran was for natural resources and to have more leverage against America biggest two enemies Russia and China . Instead of the united state with diplomacy have good relation will Iran , it decided to overthrow Iranian democracy in 53 and impose sanctions since them
Iran trying some 9/11 style attack on the US, dragging America back into the middle east.
Iran could have done terrorists attacks since 79 in American soil they never did and will never did. That would be a very dumb idea, It will hurt people who support Iran. Iran will just attack military bases and trump will use that excuse to call it an aggression against American and American interests and keep getting involved in the war
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