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I went to China to buy equipment and it's not a slam dunk in terms of buying equipment for resale. Main issue throughout China and I can speak about Shanghai, Shandong province and HeFei, is that just about all the CAT equipment as well as other brands is the vin tags are altered. the year model they are selling is not accurate and the EPA tags are fake! For example, I looked at a large 2021 CAT 966H Wheel Loader. Called CAT and gave them the vin tag and they said that model was only manufactured from 2006 - 2011. Parts of the wheel loader didn't match. A CAT 305.5E2 had a fake EPA tag. if it gets inspected at the US port they will confiscate your equipment! At the end of the day I bought a 20 ton excavator that I should be able to make a nice profit. Buyer beware and DO NOT TRUST ANYTHING THEY TELL YOU! Don't believe anything you are seeing. Investigate! Dig into the VIN tag and match year model. One guy got frustrated because I was about to buy 4 pieces of equipment and showed up the following day unannounced and they were changing the vin tag and grinding down the vin number off the frame on the wheel loader. I asked what they are doing and they said "you said you didn't like the year 2021 so we are changing it. What year do you want it to be?". I cancelled my order!
Please help,Im buying a used cat 966h in china,is the Chinese one bad I mean it's still labelled As CAT but wanna know if it's an imitation of cat or just their original version of CAT please reply
Thank you for your message. It is not a CAT machine. You get what you pay for. If you need help with an inspection in Shanghai area we can assist. If you have any questions you can contact us via our page www.mevas.net
We could provide you the CTS book as download. Price would be 30 Euro (33 US$) with paypal. For the ultrasonic measuring device, it is best to simply look via the google search where there to find a good offer (sometimes also from Chinese manufacturers).
We had 14 of the Hough H400 A and C models. The A models with the Detroit 12v71 diesel engines were much more reliable. The Cummins VT1710 in that loader sounds good but are very unreliable, and don't like constant speed changes.
Used as we did to crush 1000 ton per hour , that's 17 ton/minute out of raw undisturbed earth or better put 11 tons per litre of fuel . This is a production machine, not some polished gem to sit and look pretty. And now calculate labour costs with smaller and more units, then its not about the fuel but efficiency.
The engine looks to be a Cummins VTA1710, therefore this 1710 cu. in (28 Ltr.) '12 banger' would be thirsty. So, 90 Ltrs is ~ 23.8 US gals in an hour, I cannot comment, it seems like a lot but it's working a lot too. One cannot really assign a realistic MPG value to this machine due to the gearing and it's duty as a wheel front end loader and how it's operated.
Good point Peter, but if you compare a CAT C27 engine from these days which runs in a 990 for example. It uses 48L/h but got a lot higher boost pressure than the old Cummins engine. Unfortunately we have no total fuel consumption values for a 3412C engine - the fuel rate might be much higher.
@@Equipmentinspector Thanks for the reply. For whatever it's worth mentioning, the new CAT 3412C engine is a newer generation engine variant and will come with higher fuel injection pressures in the "in-line " pump (Bosch) design, principally, which would be more of an emissions driven feature than anything else, and secondarily, would also use a little less fuel, too, as a "bonus" as the fuel is more finely atomized, with more O2 coming into the mix, thus a cleaner burn & less fuel. This is just my unqualified opinion. Take care.
@@petermalanchuk8210 The dieselengine is far from the only thing that decides fuelconsumption. Both transmissions and hydraulic systems of today needs a lot less power from the engine to do the same job then a 50 year old system did too. However fuel consumpiton for 1 hour is not important. Whats important is how many tons you can move for every liter of fuel you use.
Buen día amigo.. te saludo Elio de Perú.. quisiera contactarme contigo pronto estaré por Europa... y traer maquinarias de segundo uso... saludos a la distancia
Excelente equipo soy operador de una de esa misma pero, ahora estoy en una igualmente pero electrónica me gustaría encontrar un mecanico oh un instructor que me ayude con la presión de los cabezales
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I never buy at auctions. I will check out auctions to establish market values, but never buy, unless dirt cheap like a couple of thousand dollars (never happens cos as soon as a buyer for a machine with few bids on it does emerge, the auctioneer starts to run you up). I will buy sight unseen if someone I trust has inspected the machine close up. For the 345 shown, a big red flag is hoses painted over. I don't worry about body dents so much as they're easily sorted but all linkages, hydraulics, and engine should be sweet (oil tests are useful) and the cabin should be in good condition. I also want to know what environment the machine has been working in, if wet with a little surface rust, that's good as water acts as a coolant and lubricant, machines from wet sites are generally better. If from a dry and dusty environment, then track gear had better be good, and show evidence of a lot of grease to all nipples as dust is the enemy of machinery.
