Agrotk excavators: Does anyone have one? Opinions/comments/critiques?

[dfkrug]

Teeth are soft and bend in hard dirt,--hard to believe that 13.5 hp could to that!! LOL! Gotta make some decent teeth for it.

Yes, no one "should" buy one of these from an auction site without inspecting them first. But, at $3-4K, wow. Another 55 of them going up for auction locally tomorrow.

Those who read my posts know I do not like the buckets, and their crappy teeth. That is one of the first mods I did, and it was easy and very rewarding. I will never wear out my custom welded-on teeth. A quick look at the buckets on a K008 or 300.9 shows you what they should look like.

 

[D'oh]

Interesting tag differences. Besides the obvious quality of the one in the second picture two other big things I spot. Different weight 830kg vs 880kg and the serial numbers are not in the same format. The first one is simply numbered 422638911 whereas the second is L1223071502H. I am going to go out on a limb here and guess that AGT Industrial of America uses the 2nd serial number format and if you talk to them about parts for a machine lacking that type of serial number is when they will say it is not one of theirs. Parsing it to be model L12-date of July 2023 manufacture-1502 made- H series

I also note that the 2nd tag has an American Address and Purpose type to it.

The 422XXXXX VIN# is taken from the Briggs and Stratton, the other VIN# is given by AGT

 

[Sonny580]

I am waitin til they get down to 2,500,---then I will buy a couple more for parts machines. --- Cant build one for that!

 

[D'oh]

Couldn't build one for $4000.00 The B&S alone would run you $1000.00

 

[TripleS]

To me the B&S seems to be a clone or knock off. They have the little logo stamped in them but they are made awfully cheap.

 

[Sonny580]

YA!! Its the B&S clone! or fake or whatever you want to call it! chimineese built copy! --- seams to be a good motor now that I took it apart and went thru it puttin **** where it was s'posed to be and a good clean out of everything.
Cant put parts in right if your eyes are not straight! lol!
Gas in crankcase, intake valve messed up, carb rusty/gummy.
Re-ground the valves, honed the guides, lubed the stems and back together on that part. New oil in it fresh actual gas in the tank and runs like new now.
Life span??? Have NO idea! lol! We shall see!

 

[MattB4]

To me the B&S seems to be a clone or knock off. They have the little logo stamped in them but they are made awfully cheap.

B&S went bankrupt several years back and was sold to a private investor group supposedly out of NY. Likely they transferred the equipment and designs of engines to a Chinese manufacturer.

 

[MattB4]

The 422XXXXX VIN# is taken from the Briggs and Stratton, the other VIN# is given by AGT

So you have Auction machines that no serial number was given other than the engine number. Probably factory seconds or QC rejects.

 

[TimberFarm]

Everybody replaces the B&S with Harbor Freight Predator.
They all seem to like it better and it is supposedly direct swap.

 

[D'oh]

So you have Auction machines that no serial number was given other than the engine number. Probably factory seconds or QC rejects.

No, just 2022 model, none of them had actual Serial #'s, Those started showing up on 2023 Models, on little Tags that the Importer stuck on. In fact, the Tag on the 2023 QH12 I bought, fell off of the Seat Back the day I got it home.

Like I have mentioned, the QH12 (Serial # Tag) is an Exact Copy of my 2022 FF Industrial 12, (no Serial # other than the B&S Sticker) even color. So I think the Serial # is more an American Auction Thing, than a Chinese Manufacture thing.