oldrustysteel
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I said I have concerns with auction machines.
Agrotk excavators: Does anyone have one? Opinions/comments/critiques?
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I have a H12 agrotk 2024 version and it seems an ok machine so far works well. I am working on some mods for it like the hydraulic cooler and filter and additional cooling fans. Fortunately its a fairly simple machine and I should be able to fix any issues that come up. I did get it from the chicago site. The only problem I had so far was with the shipment which they did and was free. Apparently they fail to check to make sure all the bolts and such are actually tightened before shipping.
Mine lost a few hydraulic hose brackets on the boom and so far they have refused to replace them. This makes me figure the warranty is probably worthless. Anyway I been arguing with them for a while about the brackets but as I can't find anywhere to order replacements guess I fab something up.
The Rato I think are honda clones similar to the preditor engines at harbor freight.
Mine lost a few hydraulic hose brackets on the boom and so far they have refused to replace them. This makes me figure the warranty is probably worthless. Anyway I been arguing with them for a while about the brackets but as I can't find anywhere to order replacements guess I fab something up.
The Rato I think are honda clones similar to the preditor engines at harbor freight.
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Yeah, the Chongqing Rato engines seem to be one of the better Chonda engines out there. They are one of the makers of the Predators from HarborFreight. I have purchased several of them, and they compare favorably to other Chinese makers.
Actually I was here before but lost my login and can't find what email I used so I made a new one.
agrotk still claims that it does not have brackets in that location on the boom. It does have unpainted threaded holes for them and the pictures of the same excavator on their web site shows brackets at that location. Oh well. I have ordered some wrap for the hydraulic lines and I make or maybe buy a bracket big enough to accommodate the wraps thickness.
They have caused themselves a lot of bad publicity and ill will over probably less than 5 bucks of brackets.
I think they be hard to deal with on any warranty issues but hopefully I don't have to find out.
They have caused themselves a lot of bad publicity and ill will over probably less than 5 bucks of brackets.
I think they be hard to deal with on any warranty issues but hopefully I don't have to find out.
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On my Typhon it has a couple of dual hose plastic blocks with a bolt in the center. They gave me 2 spares in the Tools box. You might have a set also though it will not have the metal cap like the ones you picture for your machine.
Nah no spares with these guys. No extra anything. I just got back getting some bolts to replace missing ones.
I add something to the center for the hydraulic hoses. Many cause it looks funny without them and I need to fill those two threaded holes with something or they get dirt and water in them and rust.
Topzide
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You can find those hose brackets at Surplus Center. May need to change bolt do to I'm sure a metric hole.
All I saw at that site were the weld on ones that everyone has. If they have bolt through ones, I couldn't find them.
If you have a link to such please post it.
