Buying Advice How to identify a vietnam refurb?

[winston1]

LCI at Wills Point Texas has gone under, closed the doors.

 

[clemsonfor]

Was LCI just an importer or a Refurber as well? I heard one of the big ones went under i guess it was them? I think mine may be a LCI. They used bulldog loaders right? That was what the guy i bought from had on his tractors. I think the other one uses Vtek loaders and their stickers for model number have a black background. I also have LCI hoses on mine.

I can see they went under our economy went south and these were mostly cash purchases by the masses with money to spend to play.

 

[winston1]

I believe you are right. I think the Bulldog loaders were probably used on only LCI sold tractors.

 

[Car Doc]

Low hours like in the double digits and white wheels and V-Tech or Bulldog loaders is my "VN profile" But on the other hand that doesn't make them bad just an observation of mine.

A fluid and filter change alone could cost hundreds of dollars depending on where it was done and by whom just saying.

 

[California]

A fluid and filter change alone could cost hundreds of dollars depending on where it was done and by whom

At the other end of the scale - LCI averages two man-months of labor into each tractor: Lucky Co - About us

Company Data

Company Name


LUCKY Co., Ltd.

Director


VAN LE

Established


JUNE 2000

Address


No. 2 street, TAN DONG HIEP B Industrial Park, DI AN district, BINH DUONG province, VIET NAM

Main Business


Reconditioned Japanese tractors,Forklift, Excavator,Truck,Agricultural Equipment , Front End Loaders, Backhoes, Rotary Cutters, Box Blade , Granders , Posthole Diggers

Employees


300

Number of Car Sales


2,000 Units Per Year

Gross Sales


4.0 Million USD

Phone


(+84) 650 627 1203 / (+84) 650 627 1205

Facsimile


(+84) 650 627 1206

E-Mail


info@lciproduct.com; lcitractor@viettel.vn

Web Site


Lucky Co

... and averages $2,000 revenue per tractor. They must be buying their input *real* inexpensive.

 

[Car Doc]

At the other end of the scale - LCI averages two man-months of labor into each tractor:
... and averages $2,000 revenue per tractor. They must be buying their input *real* inexpensive.

Wow interesting reading thanks yup everything must be real cheap Id hate to work for them I am glad to be a capitalist pig.

I bookmarked their web site for future reference. Have you bought parts from them looks like its possible? I didn't add anything to a cart to see but just curious?

 

[clemsonfor]

i saw that too, but looks really hard and kind of cryptic. I was thinking that the prices did not look any better than Hoye either? I know Winston said he bought from the store (brick and motor) i think?

 

[winston1]

LCI is where I bought my tractor and have bought parts there and have had warranty work done there, blah, blah, blah. Last time I passed by there the doors were closed and the lot empty. I called the old gentleman I went through and he told me they had gone under. If you google there number you will find it is a non working number.

I am unsure of the Lucky Company. I know they are showing a foreign number.

 

[California]

I have a cousin presently traveling as a tourist in Vietnam. I asked him to keep an eye out for VN refurb shops. He sent me several photos but said the shops he saw serve the local market, not likely the export market.

In North Vietnam around Hanoi, there was little in the way of mechanization, at least in the areas we travelled. I didn't see any tractor rebuild shops, just the occasional welding outfit that fixed everything.

The economic engine in Vietnam is Saigon (locals don't use the name Ho Chi Minh City). Our tour schedule did not allow any spare time to lookup and seek out tractor refurbishing companies. However our trip to the Mekong Delta took us through Ben Luc, an industrial area southwest of Saigon. Here I spotted several tractor shops, so we stopped to investigate.

These outfits look like tractor graveyards that are piled high the tractor pieces, implements and attachments. These scrap piles are the inventory for replacement parts. The refurbished tractors are on display and consists of American, Japanese, and Chinese brands. I left out Italian although I did spot a Fiat 540 Special, but I don't think it was operational.

The refurbished items looked just like that, refurbished but not remanufactured. Parts had mismatched colors (some were crudely painted with a spray can), welds were very poor, some fasteners looked cross-threaded or loose, electrical wiring was scary, etc. This level of quality is typical in SEA, where most machinery is just barely operational, but somehow they keep them running. It appeared that these tractors were for locals, not for export.

Nobody at these shops spoke English and our guide said they were all "workers who didn't know anything", so we couldn't inquire about their operations or prices. I think the guide just wanted to get out of there - this stop was just too "far off the beaten track" for him. Of course these outfits are probably not [the ones who provide export tractors].

 

[clemsonfor]

Neat pics california. One of those pics the guy looks like, "what are you looking at". Love all the old tiny Jap tractors over there in that yard. Did not expect to see and old JD 10 series tractor or whateer model that was there. With so many good japanese brands there wonder why a JD even made it over there. There is what, at least 5 japanese brand tractors? Mitsu, yanmar, kubota, Iseki, Shirabu (or is that indian?)...