undercarriage
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Hi ,glad to know and join you .I am a freshman in undercarriage field.
Hope I can learn a lot from you .
Hope I can learn a lot from you .
Go with the ITR. ITR is Korean/China and they have been the OEM for small Deere dozers for about 2 years. BERCO lost the contract.
I know that DCF (Dae Chang Forging--maybe mis-spelled) makes a significant amount of chains for multiple equipment companies. I have heard that ITR is making chains for smaller Deere machines. If you spent enough $$$ with a manufacturer you could have Randy88 stamped in each link. I believe Berco still makes all of the bigger chains for Deere. I know salesman for aftermarket manufacturers that have been to forging plants in Korea and stacks of new Cat links were on pallets. When it comes to rollers, Jinsung was once a major manufacturer of aftermarket rollers and Cat eventually bought out Jinsung. Brands like ITR and V-Track have manufacturers make rollers, idlers, and segments for them and stamp their logo on the parts when forged. A company called KTSU, its abreviated because I can't pronounce it and surely can't spell it, makes rollers and they are in either Korea or China, another company called Sajun (spelling) makes Idlers. I am not sure who makes Case undercarriage. KUT (Korean Undercarriage Track??) is a big producer of chains in Korea. There are many other forging companies overseas. Undercarriage has become a big melting pot of manufacturers around Korea and China. Berco was strictly a Italian company and now they have plants in China. Cat has u/c parts made overseas as well. I am not sure where Cats u/c components are assembled but I do some parts are made overseas.
Thanks, QuickTrax
I guess to summarize, major names are much more likely to sell consistent high quality parts, which will have consistent long life, because they hold their manufacturers to high quality standards. .