After May 2023, We Hit the Road Again
After the WHO declared the COVID-19 emergency over in May, three of us flew to three Afric…
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Used Bulldozer Undercarriage: How to Price a Replacement
Rebuilding a bulldozer undercarriage costs RMB 60,000–80,000. When buying, the undercarria…
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Our Grading Standard for Used Clothing Runs Twelve Pages
Twelve pages, over three hundred example photos, seven revisions. This standard is the mos…
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Three Years of the Pandemic: What It Left This Industry
The pandemic is nearly over, but three things stayed: online video inspection, cautious pa…
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The First Month After the COVID Policy Shift: The Orders Came Back
87 inquiries in the first eleven days of January — double the whole of last December. Five…
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My Last Trip That Year Ended in Fourteen Days of Quarantine
A late-November trip to East Africa to inspect goods and sign deals, then five days of cen…
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How to Inspect a Used Forklift: The Mast Is the Key
When inspecting a used forklift, start with the mast. Replace the chain if it has stretche…
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Three Pits We Fell Into Exporting Solar PV Modules
Four years in solar PV module exports — we've lost money and been cursed out by customers.…
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Our Vietnam Office Experiment Failed
The Vietnam office ran for a year and a half, and I never managed to fly there even once. …
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