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ianjoub

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Ok you can laugh now or give me crap later :D

I just wired off money to China. Alibaba score!

I purchased one 1.8t mini ex and a mini skid steer. Skid steer is tracked and 25 hp Kubota diesel. I was told about 45 days to Port of Tampa. I got 6 additional attachments between the 2, in addition to the standard buckets. When (if) they arrive, I will give updates as they go. About $32k total including shipping and import duties.

https://www.alibaba.com/product-det...932.html?spm=a2700.details.0.0.7db2788esY01Gq

https://www.alibaba.com/product-det...781.html?spm=a2700.details.0.0.3fb8528bHXQz1t
 

ianjoub

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Ok, I only got 20+ responses into that thread. I paid for CIF not FOB. I paid the vendor for shipping to the Port of Tampa. It was quite reasonable. I don't know if I will get hit with costs or duties when I go pick it up. If I do, I will suck it up and learn from it. The mini skid steer was $11,400. The same size Vermeer is $48,000.
 

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Good day
Cover your backside, insist workshop manuals - circuit schematics & parts book. You may need those later.
Kind regards
Uffex
 

CM1995

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I've been to China twice - you are much, much more trusting than me to wire them $32K for equipment you can't put your hands on...

Good luck?
 

ianjoub

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2 weeks later...


David,
This is going on 3 months since my deposit was sent. Are the 2 machines built yet? Have you arranged the shipping?
Ian




Dear
The mini excavator already.
The mini skid steers loader just waiting for kubota engine factory testing.
After their test.
We will send it to the port.
Within 7 days




Thank you for the update.
 

92U 3406

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Hard to gauge how big the skid steer is in the pictures without something to compare it to lol. I thought it was a lot larger.
 
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