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Buying a digger in from china?

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  • #2
    OrangeBadger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 235 ✭✭OrangeBadger


    Don't do it



  • #3
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,465 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Even common brands use different spec components so spare parts cold leave you idle allot of the time... And then theres a chance you get some unbranded thing dickied up as something familliar...



  • #4
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,275 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    Check youtube there are some interesting stories about importing similar.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Cheaper to buy in ireland anyway?



  • #6
    yosemitesam1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,148 ✭✭✭yosemitesam1


    You would need a customs agent but don't do it



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  • #7
    The Continental Op
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121667044#Comment_121667044

    No way even with import duties it would be a lot cheaper to buy from China. But spares are an obvious issue and you can hardly get them to pick it up to sort out a warranty issue :-)

    Wake me up when it's all over.



  • #8
    CelticRambler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,467 ✭✭✭CelticRambler


    See other thread on this topic in the Farming and Forestry forum, and specifically my contributions starting here: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121128081/#Comment_121128081

    As for spares: funnily enough, they're all available from AliExpress and dirt cheap.



  • #9
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 44,680 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    As for spares: funnily enough, they're all available from AliExpress and dirt cheap.

    So presumably you will get what you pay for!

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  • #10
    OrangeBadger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 235 ✭✭OrangeBadger


    One previous owner.....62 previous operators



  • #11
    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,369 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    It will be grand till the war kicks off. At that point it will start playing communist music, Jinping's mug will appear on the display and it will roll out the gate before embarking on a spree of destruction all by itself till the fuel runs out



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  • #12
    Oops!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭Oops!


    I remember servicing a forklift many moons ago, it basically was a chinese copy of a Toyota FD25, or so we thought........

    The job we had to get an oil filter for it was unreal, threads and housing were different to a Toyota and it took alot of phone calls and store searching to find a match.



  • #13
    CelticRambler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,467 ✭✭✭CelticRambler


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121667357#Comment_121667357

    Yep - received last week my latest order of filters and a spare set of keys. Over the course of two years or so, my Ali supplers have been a heck of a lot more reliable than AutoDoc or any of the other European suppliers I've been using for the equivalent spares for the car or camper.



  • #14
    memorystick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,833 ✭✭✭memorystick


    Unless it’s from SmythsToys leave it where it is



  • #15
    emaherx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,703 ✭✭✭emaherx


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123737866#Comment_123737866

    It was a year and a half ago, it's probably ready for delivery soon.



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