Chinese skidsteers???

[dumper]

How many people on this professional forum have bought one? is the question I would ask, I have seen one less than a week old dump 20 litres of hydraulic oil on a relatively new drive the cost savings disappeared in minutes 

[waterbuoy]

Is that incident related to your user name perchance?!

[dumper]

Fortunately not, it comes from 20 years landscaping some of the most contaminated land in the uk

It happened while on holiday in the USA just about everybody has a skid steer over there

[doobin]

22 hours ago, dumper said:

How many people on this professional forum have bought one? is the question I would ask, I have seen one less than a week old dump 20 litres of hydraulic oil on a relatively new drive the cost savings disappeared in minutes 

I’ve seen multiple brand name excavators do the same, one of them mine right next to a stream. 
 

I wouldn’t look twice at a Chinese micro, but these loaders I would if I were in the market. 

[dumper]

1 hour ago, doobin said:

I’ve seen multiple brand name excavators do the same, one of them mine right next to a stream. 
 

I wouldn’t look twice at a Chinese micro, but these loaders I would if I were in the market. 

But would you buy? They are built in the same industrial complex as the diggers by the same workforce to the same quality specs 

you make your living using diggers but won’t buy Chinese branded mini the profit to be had by paying much less must be attractive?

I’ve just learned caterpillars are Chinese would you consider ?

[Whoppa Choppa]

If one has any principals, you wouldn't willingly purchase from and therefore support the CCP. Really easy decision to make. Guess that makes me far right 🤣.

[dumper]

35 minutes ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

If one has any principals, you wouldn't willingly purchase from and therefore support the CCP. Really easy decision to make. Guess that makes me far right 🤣.

No just right!

[openspaceman]

42 minutes ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

If one has any principals, you wouldn't willingly purchase from and therefore support the CCP. Really easy decision to make. Guess that makes me far right 🤣.

I don't know about diggers, I haven't owned one for 35 years, but while I agree in principle most of the Chinese made stuff I buy is only available from there. Our business owners sold out and gave them a real monopoly.

[parkertrees]

1 hour ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

If one has any principals, you wouldn't willingly purchase from and therefore support the CCP. Really easy decision to make. Guess that makes me far right 🤣.

Tbh mate, China these days could be more accurately be described as a Fascist state (the true dictionary definition of fascism not the blue haired progressive definition), so it shouldn't really make you far right! 

 

Chinese cars, machinery and tech is taking over the world, mainly because we outsourced so much of our production there and then act shocked when they start beating our own companies. Look at the BYD factory they are building, I think its going to be like 10x the size of Tesla's Giga-Texas plant.

 

We gave China an opportunity to be the worlds factory, and they took it and ran with it, and now whether we like it or not, they're going to dominate global markets with construction machinery, cars, phones, laptops and theres very little we can do to turn the tide.

 

go watch some videos from the recent Shanghai auto show.... mind blowing

[paddyvero]

I have an AGT KTT23. The options over here in BC are somewhat limited. No Sherpa, Skidster or similar. There is a Cast dealer, or its Vermeer.

 

The machine was $5k cad. Next option would be a Workyquad 11hp at $26k. 

 

For me it was a low cost way to see how much I will actually use a machine, if it proves usefull I will upgrade.

 

The machine has the 23hp Rato motor. Its a honda clone, but its pretty crap. I see myself putting a genuine honda in it at some point.

 

So far its doing what it needs to, but you need to be a little handy with the spanners.

 

Alot of metal for the money!