Unboxing China Mini Excavator Digger First Impressions Review after importing from Alibaba Shandong

Just ignore haters in the comments and enjoy your new toy

I have an HT10 China mini Excavator. I used it to dig up a water hydrant, and it worked well. There was no way i could hand dig it, as i was dealing with clay. Only trouble I had was the mud sticking to the bucket. I have the regular grease fittings, and I added a hydraulic cylinder to the thumb. I have the post hold digger and quick attachment, and it digs holes better than they 3pt tractor post hole digger! 1.5 gallons lasted me about 4 hours of run time. Very cheap to operate!

That's a small farm dream machine. I love it!! Want one.

Good luck on getting parts

Interesting subject; somebody(s) have been importing new Chinese mini-excavators by the hundreds and they have been showing up in auction yards by the dozens. Almost all are the 1-ton size with 12~13 HP Briggs and Stratton gas engines, some have swing booms and some have thumbs. I bid on a unit in Sacramento, CA last year for $4750 and by the time I paid all the fees and my fuel to pick it up I was into it for a shade under $6K. Came with a tool kit but no manual. So far it's worked fine, controls aren't quite as nice as a name-brand unit but it gets the job done. Only problem was a loose hose under the deck that sprayed some hyd. oil around but an easy fix and prompted me to go over everything with a wrench. Nothing else was loose though. Yes they run warm, this machine came with an electric fan for the hyd. oil cooler.

Somewhere in China there's a guy at the factory wondering where he left his toolbox

I love mine. They sell them at auctions for about $4200 out the door (including ca sales tax and auction fee). Everyone should have one.

I would want to get a chunk of plate steel to use as a shield for those motors, and weld some brackets onto it to bolt into the same bolts that hold the motors on either side of the track system. It could just bolt right on and span the entire rear of the track, covering those motors. Would be worth it and potentially save you from screwing one or both of those motors up on a boulder.

The fact that they make a machine for around $10k that can do the work of 10 men per hour That you can haul with a 2010 chevy traverse is pretty cool

I gonna buy one for my kids, have them make a pond or something in the backyard, teach them something useful

Is it strong enough to dig a stump. I'd want it for yamadori collecting.

Ok I'd like to get one of these, and install a 2 stage log splitter pump, wonder if you could set the stage over enough to be able to track straight at a higher speed.... what is the pump gpm specs?

I actually really like this little beastie. As long as you use it within it's designed spec, it should be useful for quite some time. My concern about importing one is driven around the availability of spare parts a few years out from now (think the way that cubans keep American cars going from the 1950's). As long as you don't mind fabricating replacement pieces if needed, it seems like a good buy.

were gonna def need a long term review follow up a year from now

man, that little thing is cool and well worth the money I looked at the site and talked with the wife and I'm okay to buy something whoot lol thanks for the video my friend.

Right off the bat... Check every bolt!

Dude! That thing sweet brother yes TOTALLY IGNORE haters... I'd bet not one of them has ever sat in a mini x. For a home owner that thing is sweet, AND has B&S motor... Could you perhaps provide cost including shipping? Rad video!

That meter on the side actually reads C and F, wondering if thats not the hidraulic level meter, but the temperature meter.

I think that would be perfect to dig out new foundations, or maybe to bury plumbing in an unfinished garage. I could use it to travel in old buildings to knock out walls. I'd probably build a ROPS for it though.

You could built a skid plate to protect the drive motors and undercarriage.