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Before you spend hours searching for heavy equipment parts, call QFS. We carry parts for leading equipment and diesel engine brands, locate hard-to-find components and ship well beyond New England. Send us the part number, machine serial number or even a photo, and let our parts team take the search off your plate.
Parts for Construction Equipment and Diesel Engines
Finding the right heavy equipment parts shouldn’t add more downtime to an already difficult repair.
Quality Fleet Service stocks common equipment and diesel engine parts at our Massachusetts locations and helps customers throughout New England source the components they need. Our parts capabilities aren’t limited to the region. QFS can also send heavy equipment parts to customers throughout the United States and beyond.
Whether you need a part for local pickup or delivered to your shop, our team can help identify the correct component, check availability and provide a realistic ordering timeline.
Heavy Equipment Parts Available Through QFS
Heavy equipment includes thousands of components, with different parts used across machine models, production years and serial-number ranges. Even two machines with the same model number may not always use the exact same component.
QFS supplies heavy equipment parts for construction equipment, diesel engines, commercial trucks, forestry equipment, material-processing equipment and other vocational machines.
Our parts inventory includes support for brands such as:
- Bandit Industries
- Bell Heavy Trucks
- CAT
- Cummins
- Deutz
- HD Hyundai Construction Equipment
- Isuzu
- Kohler Diesel
- Kubota
- Manitou
- Perkins
- Scania
Customers can contact QFS for common maintenance items, repair components and more specialized parts needed to keep equipment operating.
Depending on the brand and application, available parts may include:
- Oil, fuel, air and hydraulic filters
- Belts, tensioners and pulleys
- Gaskets, seals and hardware
- Sensors, switches and electrical components
- Starters and alternators
- Fuel-system components
- Cooling-system parts
- Engine components
- Hydraulic hoses, fittings and components
- Pins, bushings and wear parts
- Undercarriage components
- Cab glass, mirrors and lighting
- Ground-engaging tools
- Chipper and grinder wear parts
- Scheduled maintenance kits
Part availability varies by brand, machine and component. Contacting the QFS parts team is the best way to confirm current inventory and lead time.
Many Common Heavy Equipment Parts Are Available the Same Day
QFS keeps many commonly requested heavy equipment and diesel engine parts in stock. When the correct component is available at one of our locations, customers may be able to pick it up the same day.
Same-day availability can be especially valuable for routine maintenance parts and common repair items. Having the right filters, belts, seals or sensors available locally can help prevent a relatively small repair from creating several days of downtime.
Inventory changes quickly, so customers should contact our parts department before making the trip. Our team can confirm whether the part is available and which QFS location currently has it.
Customers can also browse our current parts inventory online. The inventory shown online doesn’t represent every part QFS can supply, so contact our team when you don’t see what you need.
What Happens When a Part Is Not in Stock?
No parts department can keep every component for every machine on the shelf. Some heavy equipment parts are requested frequently, while others may only be needed for a specific machine, engine configuration or major repair.
When QFS doesn’t have a part in stock, our parts team can search through our supplier network to locate it.
Some components may take one or two business days to locate. Once identified and ordered, many parts can arrive within three to five business days, depending on supplier inventory, shipping method and where the part is coming from.
Specialty components, older parts and manufacturer backorders may require additional time. Our goal is to provide a realistic availability estimate so customers can plan the repair rather than being left wondering when the part will arrive.
We Can Source Parts for Additional Equipment Brands
The brands QFS regularly stocks aren’t the limit of our parts capabilities.
Our team can often locate parts for equipment and engine manufacturers that we don’t normally keep in inventory. Access to multiple vendors and parts sources allows us to look beyond the brands displayed on our shelves.
This can be especially useful for mixed fleets that operate equipment from several manufacturers. Instead of contacting a different supplier for every machine, fleet owners can bring multiple parts requests to QFS and let our team determine what’s available.
We cannot guarantee that every part can be located, particularly when dealing with discontinued equipment or obsolete components. However, not seeing your brand listed doesn’t mean we can’t help.
Heavy Equipment Parts Shipped Beyond New England
QFS primarily supports equipment owners, contractors, municipalities and fleets throughout Massachusetts and New England, but our parts capabilities extend beyond the region.
When a customer doesn’t need local pickup, many heavy equipment and diesel engine parts can be shipped directly to their shop, facility or job location. QFS can support parts requests throughout the United States and may also be able to coordinate international shipping depending on the part, destination, manufacturer requirements and available shipping options.
Delivery time depends on where the part is located, whether it’s already in stock and the selected shipping method. Our parts team will confirm availability and provide an estimated timeline before the order is finalized.
The Right Part Starts With the Right Information
Finding a heavy equipment part is easier and faster when the request includes accurate machine information.
A machine model alone may not be enough. Manufacturers can make production changes during a model’s lifespan, causing different serial-number ranges to use different components.
When requesting a part, provide as much of the following information as possible:
- Equipment manufacturer
- Equipment model
- Machine serial number
- Year, when known
- Engine manufacturer
- Engine model
- Engine serial number
- Existing part number
- Description of the part
- Photos of the part
- Photos of the machine or engine identification plate
- Delivery location
The machine serial number is often the most important information. It helps the parts team verify the correct parts catalog and narrow the search to components built for that specific machine.
For engine parts, the engine model and serial number may also be required. Equipment manufacturers sometimes use more than one engine configuration within the same machine model.
Providing a delivery location at the beginning of the request also helps our team review shipping options and provide a more accurate estimate.
What If You Don’t Have a Part Number?
You don’t need to know the exact part number before contacting QFS.
A part number can speed up the process, but our team can also begin with the equipment make, model and serial number. Photos and a clear description of where the component is located can provide additional information.
Avoid ordering a part based only on appearance. Two sensors, seals or hydraulic components may look nearly identical while having different specifications, connections or operating requirements.
Confirming the application before ordering helps reduce the chance of receiving a component that doesn’t fit or function correctly.
Parts Support Backed by Heavy Equipment Experience
QFS is more than an online parts catalog or general parts counter. Our parts department works alongside a service operation that repairs diesel engines, heavy equipment, commercial trucks and vocational machinery.
That experience helps our team understand how parts are used in the field and what information may be needed to identify them correctly.
In some cases, a repair may also require related seals, gaskets, hardware or fluids. Looking at the complete job before ordering can help prevent a technician from starting the repair only to discover that another small component is missing.
When the problem requires more than a replacement part, QFS can also coordinate the request with our heavy equipment service department.
Request Heavy Equipment Parts From QFS
Whether you are located in Massachusetts, elsewhere in New England or across the country, the QFS parts team can help you search for the heavy equipment parts needed for your repair.
Many common parts are available for same-day pickup from our South Hadley or Brockton locations. When a part is not currently in stock, our team can check availability through our supplier network, provide an estimated lead time and review available shipping options.
Call QFS in South Hadley at 413-213-0632, contact our Brockton location at 508-857-0280 or submit a parts request online.
Include the equipment make, model, serial number, delivery location and a description of the part you need so our team can begin the search. Your uptime depends on more than finding a part. It depends on finding the right part and getting it where it needs to go.
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