[AT] -now foreign parts-Chinese Tractors

[John Hall]

I'll keep them in mind should another Cub project come up. We seem to have 
worked on quite a few of them over the last few years.

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DBigdog" <DBigdog at columbus.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] -now foreign parts-Chinese Tractors


> John - may I suggest you try T.M. Tractor for your cub parts.
> www.tmtractor.com  He has a great variety of quality mostly American made
> parts and super fast shipping.  They are located in New York and anything 
> I
> order is generally here within 2 days in central Ohio.  They are great 
> folks
> to deal with and their custom service cannot be beat!
>
> BD
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: John Hall
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 5:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] -now foreign parts-Chinese Tractors
>
>
> 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
>>
>>
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