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    The Chinese toy excavator thread.

    This dynamic did cross my mind but having shown a couple buddies with landscaping businesses my toy excavator I already have had a cold call from one of their customers asking about pricing for drilling a couple hundred fence post holes. I think the homeowner types don't care as long as it...
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    The Chinese toy excavator thread.

    Hey it's not personal and I completely agree with you. I wanted a better excavator but could not find one that wasn't setting off alarm bells for needing a huge overhaul or financing way above my budget. I could not find anything in between. I sincerely doubt this thing will last 10 years...
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    The Chinese toy excavator thread.

    No you aren't the only one. However, I'm 34 years old, the offshoring of domestic manufacturing began way before I was born. The brand name equipment that does exist has priced me out for new equipment and I have been shopping and trying to make the logistics of buying a used brand name mini...
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    The Chinese toy excavator thread.

    The auction was as is no warranty but the machine had a piece of paper that said it allegedly has a one year warranty. I could be wrong but I doubt there's anyone going to answer my emails or phone calls if I break something during this "warranty". I bought it as buyer beware and fiddled...
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    The Chinese toy excavator thread.

    Exactly my plan. My hope is some non mechanical homeowner types run ethanol gas through their gas powered ones and end up scrapping them for a no start condition by next spring. First auction I was at this spring I saw over 50 gas ones get sold, buddy of mine said he saw over a hundred at the...
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    The Chinese toy excavator thread.

    Started some more fiddling this morning and switched the control pattern from SAE to ISO as that's what I'm more comfortable with. Discovered the Chinese just haphazardly sent some tri lobe self tappers in until they stripped in a couple places on the floor pan so I'll be drilling those out...
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    The Chinese toy excavator thread.

    It definitely feels half as heavy as the tb016s I have rented. Digging force is low and it feels tippy like it needs a lot more counterweight. I have a lot of lead bars and plan on welding up a rack to go under the sheet metal that's shaped like a counterweight, (lol no seriously it's sheet...
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    The Chinese toy excavator thread.

    1. That seems common, mine tracks straight while swinging but you can hear it working harder. 2. There are lots of complaints I have read from gas and diesel 2 ton owners that their machines were shipped with not actual hydraulic fluid just some kind of transport fluid. I think it is probably...
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    The Chinese toy excavator thread.

    Let's clear the room first. Obviously these are not logical well thought out decent quality brand name machines and they perform tasks compared to such machines pretty much worse in every manner except upfront cost. The crux: still better than a shovel. Still debatably better than a high...
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    Struggling With Sourcing Equipment – Seeking Advice from Fellow Dealers

    I'm not a bot!
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    Struggling With Sourcing Equipment – Seeking Advice from Fellow Dealers

    Ask yourself what you bring to the table vs someone like me going to the auction or estate sale or private listing by myself and buying or bidding. You need to risk something that brings more than just the machine to make your service/markup worth more than doing what anyone else can already...
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