[AT] -now foreign parts-Chinese Tractors

[John Hall]

I look at it this way--everything is going to break eventually. Now ask 
yourself where are you going to get parts/service when it does. I've seen 
really cheap tractors at the traveling Taiwan tool sales. Its easy to throw 
a $30 vise that broke in the trash but not so easy to do with a $10,000 
tractor.  I have been seeing LOTS of  no-name ATV's the past few years. That 
is just so wrong I don't even know where to start.

On the flip side, try getting a US car dealer to look up parts for anything 
over 20 years old. They don't have parts books in some cases.

On the sad side, dad needed some parts for a Cub and ordered them from the 
IH dealer. He got something not even remotely related to what he ordered.

Next time you order parts and the parts guy has a clue, express your 
gratitude, they will most certainly appreciate it.

John Hall


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Ernst" <shop at cccomm.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] -now foreign parts-Chinese Tractors


> The Northern Tool & Equipment catalogue lists a Chinese made NorTrac 
> Tractor
> model NT824 for the fabulous discount price of $27,999. Perkins engine 
> too.
> There happens to be one of these beauties sitting in the local John Deere
> shop split in two with the mighty Perkins engine apart on the bench. The
> fresh air intake hose to the turbo missed the quality contorl department 
> and
> was split halfway in to allowing infusion of a lot of really abrasive 
> dust.
> The engine and turbo are horribly damaged. That was the easy part.
> Now, the Chinese can name anything they want, including calling an engine
> Perkins.
> That tractor has sat in that shop for the last 8 months waiting on parts
> that supposedly are on a slow boat from China. It's really amazing how
> standard parts from a Perkins dealer don't seem to fit.............
> Dave
>
>