We offer an order program where Hitachi parts personnel work with dealers to forecast your parts needs. That way they can ensure best pricing and availability of parts for machines in your dealer's trade area, based on maintenance and repair schedules. This helps ensure you will be able to quickly get your hands on the parts you are most likely to need.
Major components on mining excavators typically do not catastrophically fail without some kind of warning. Life expectancy of components is generally well known and can be monitored through ongoing fluid analysis. So talk to your dealer to proactively plan your repairs and component change-outs for the next 12 to 18 months. This should enable you to reduce the parts you keep on hand, and let you schedule efficient maintenance — and that keeps downtime to a minimum and on your terms.