Selling Cheap! Chinese Mini Excavator and Mini Skid Auction

The clown cars are headed for Chicago in August for the convention….

Hello Morgan family. I enjoyed the auction walkabout Mike. I am curious about one thing, have you ever operated one of the "micro" excavators? Three years ago I purchased an Agro Tek 1.2 it came with A Kubota engine (yes way) it has a Kubota D722. Purrs like a kitten. The excavator has been a real asset. We have put 650+/- hrs on it and the only real repair was to replace a drive motor. Parts are not a problem they have them in Chicago or Dallas. You are correct they are great for replacing a shovel. Right now mine is under a house digging out for a 800 sqft wine cellar. Super handy. My unit has the expanding tracks that adjust from 38" wide to 46" wide that helps stabilize the machine. Thanks for all the great videos, it is great to see what other like minded people are doing all over this great country of ours.God Bless America and God bless the Morgan family.

Forklift sparked your interest I see, Matt from Diesel Creek channel bought a few at auction for resale. He is in same state as you are. Perfect for the building and moving lumber around indoors

Mike those remote mowers are for areas that are not conducive to sending an operator on. Steep slopes or maybe even wet area is where they would shine.

I appreciate going to the auction on video and with your observations and commentary. Thank you.

Mike those trailer mover adapters are for skid steers and mini skids the inner holes on the attachment plate are for the mini skid the outer holes are for the Kubota you have they make them that if you have both pieces of equipment you can use the same adapter plate

Hi Mike, One thing your Vermeer will have that those other mini skids won't is after sale service.

The mini / micro - equipment really shines a light on the power that hydraulic’s truly have. Far from old cable equipment.

I seen lots of people put a hole in a fork for a hitch ball with a pin so it’s easily removed and you don’t need a dedicated attachment for moving trailers

Pepperidge farm remembers when things were made in the USA.

Tiippy micro excavator , ask Tom with the Hauses!!!

Always love a good auction

Good info Mike!👍

I look at a person needing a engine for a old truck, a large truck is what I refer to and see a gen set for that price. The copper gen set portion would bring enough for scrap to pay shipping and the fellow buying a engine thats repairable is a good deal. I did used to go to auctions many years ago when the navy put up auctions and did very well. I bought a container without looking inside as it was locked up. I got that container for a very very good price and it did meet my needs. Inside of this container was a huge surprise as it was full of a couple different home furniture. The people who are relocated of the base and went somewhere else most likely bought all this new furniture on a payment plan but once it is on military base, the seller lost everything and it did furnish a couple rentals I had with very high quality furniture that was a huge bonus for me. I was in the army and knew how things worked. I went on one auction where boxes of stuff marked tools and got three for almost cheaper than scrap price. At that time was not a lot of money. Inside was all snap on tools but the military number system marks. Snap on still honored their tools if broken or unusable.

Good morning y'all !!! Hope you have a great day, and hello from British Columbia.

I believe those trailer hitch adaptors would work on your mini skid also. We have Bobcat S650 and a MT85 and we can use the trailer adaptor on both. As long as that top lip goes all the way across and there’s a 2nd set of holes on the bottom, it should work 22:52

Key Quote you made ~ 'You Get What You Pay For'

Quick search, I see shipping from China to US at less than $5000 per container. Plus whatever it costs you to get them from port to final destination. On Alibaba those mini skidsteers could be under $2,500 in quantities of 50 or more. As I'm writing this, there's another of these auctions running other side of the state from you in Clifford Township. My guess is someone's worked out a deal in China, keeping a couple of these factories busy for a few months at a time, got the initial cost way down, and packed those containers tight. They probably work it out to break even when they move 1/3 to 1/2 of the goods. More risk than I'd care to take but good margins if you don't mind selling junk to unsuspecting buyers.

Thank you for information

Michael, they don’t want to make money, they want to hurt the other manufacturers. It’s one of their forms of warfare.