Brand New Tractor at Half the Price!

[Taiga]

Went to another yard last year, guy had a brand new Chinese mini loader that he was proud of. It looked good. He went to unload me, well under what the thing was claimed to be rated far, and it literally broke in half at the articulation. We all laughed, the joke being that it was all held together with the paint. The cast metal was just garbage, probably all kinds of recycled non compatible metals melted together to form the shapes.

[farmaholic]

Seacan containers full of Chinese made mini hoes made it into the auction facilities in Sask. How many of them should someone buy to ensure you can keep one running. And pressure washers, and, and, and....

Oddly they all seem to bring about the same price.

I detest crap quality

[Tucker]

Ok. You tell my why the last bearings I got from Pattison John Deere said made in Vietnam. I joked that even China bearings were getting too rich for Deere. Ha. That would have been far funnier if it wasn't ****1ng true! Keep your head in the sand and discount anything coming out of China as being inferior. Protectionism is the only thing keeping these north american companies alive.

[Tucker]

If you want a container of knock off Hotsy pressure washers for $100 each they'll sell you that. As an auction company, put them on your auction and fund your next lake house. If you want some of the best machine tools in the world pay a lot more but still half of a Haas and they will sell you that too. Heard a story of a trade show in China. 5 coffee cups ranging from 10 cents to a dollar. All identical. 10 cent one the handle will probably come off the third time you pick it up. Dollar one will survive a nuclear war. Which one do you want to order a container of? Deere likely chooses the one worth about 20 cents and sells it to you for $100.

[Tucker]

Is this true? I've always said I'll change to an EV when it's better than a gas engine. I have a CP 1/2" air impact that was my main gun in my shop until I bought an M18 Fuel impact. No air hose. Almost runs forever on a charge. More power. Better. I'm not saving the environment by ditching the air hose. It's just better. Is that going to happen with cars now? 710 kms on a charge is no joke. [url]https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KhoRJQUA6dA[/url]

[blackpowder]

P.S.A.
The Chinese loader my apprentice bought.
Looks like I have to change out the air cleaner as the company with 6 'dealers' in Canada now has defunct phone numbers and the filters have no numbers and can't even find replacements based on size.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

P.S.A.
The Chinese loader my apprentice bought.
Looks like I have to change out the air cleaner as the company with 6 'dealers' in Canada now has defunct phone numbers and the filters have no numbers and can't even find replacements based on size.

If it Outlasted the first air filter, that's a promising sign

[Taiga]

Amazon or alibaba should have a Chinese filter for it