New machines at used-machine money.

Two reasons, and neither is exotic. First, there's no dealer network in the middle — no showroom, no floor plan financing, no regional distributor taking a cut. Second, labour and manufacturing overhead in China are lower.

The trade: you wait eight to ten weeks and there's no dealer down the road. For a lot of buyers that's an easy call at this price difference.

Fair question, and here's what's actually behind the machine.

The manufacturer provides a three-year warranty on the main structure, with wear parts excluded. We'll walk you through the full terms on the call — what's covered, what the service intervals are, and what you need to keep records of. We'd rather you understand it before you buy than discover it afterwards.

We work directly with the factory, not through a trading company. Because we act as their sales representatives rather than reselling out of a warehouse, they support any machine that goes to you through us — parts, technical questions, and warranty claims come straight from the people who built it. Yihan deals with them in Mandarin, same day.

The practical part also helps: the engines are Kubota and Yanmar, the same engines your mechanic already works on, so filters, belts and service parts come from suppliers he already uses.

What we're still building is a US parts stock and a named service partner in Houston. Ask where that stands when you call — we'll give you the real answer.

Financing: not through us, not yet. Today this is a cash purchase, or you bring your own lender. If you qualify for a manufacturer's 0% offer on a new name-brand machine, run that math carefully before talking to us — a subsidised rate can beat a lower sticker price on the monthly payment. We'd rather you check than regret it.

Payment terms, plainly: a 30% deposit to start your build, and the balance once manufacturing is complete — before the machine ships from the factory.

That means you're paying before the machine is on US soil. It's standard for direct factory purchase, and we'd rather state it plainly up front than have it surprise you later.

What you get before you pay the balance: the original factory spec sheet, emissions documentation for your specific engine, a written quote with delivery included, and photographs and video of your actual machine at each stage of the build — not a catalog image. You watch it get made.

What we're working on: a third-party lender so you can pay monthly. Ask where that stands when you call — the answer may have moved.

Ask. The three on this page are what we lead with, but the manufacturer's catalog runs well past them — larger excavators into the heavier classes, along with skid steers and wheel loaders.

Tell us what the job has to do — the weight you're moving, the reach you need, the ground you're on — and we'll come back with what's available, what it costs delivered, and the lead time. That usually takes a couple of days, since we check specifications and emissions paperwork with the factory rather than guessing.

Same rule as everything else here: if it isn't a good fit, we'll tell you. There are machines we'd rather not put in front of you, and jobs where a different brand is the honest answer.

Less than a Kubota or a Cat of the same age. Name-brand machines hold roughly 15–20% more resale value than off-brand equivalents, and we're not going to argue with that.

Which is why this makes most sense if you plan to run the machine rather than trade it in. If your business model depends on residual value, factor that in before you decide.

The engines are configured for the US market, and we will give you the emissions certification documentation for the specific engine in your specific machine before you pay anything.

If the factory can't produce that paperwork for a machine, we won't put it in front of you. Ask for it — anyone serious should hand it over without hesitating.

The machine you're buying isn't built by us. It's built by a manufacturer with fourteen years in excavators and a long track record exporting into Europe — a market with strict emissions and machinery-safety requirements. They've been shipping equipment across oceans, through customs, and into regulated markets for over a decade. That experience is what stands behind your machine.

What we bring is the US end: a written quote with nothing hidden in it, documentation before you pay, video of your machine being built, and two people you can reach directly when you have a question. Same two, from the first call through delivery.

You've heard right — overstated tonnage and capacity are a real and common complaint in this category, and it's one of the reasons buyers get burned.

We publish operating weight, engine model and dig depth exactly as the factory documents them, and we'll send you the original factory spec sheet so you're not relying on our summary. If what arrives doesn't match what was quoted, that's a claim against the manufacturer and we'll take it to them for you — in Mandarin, directly.