The chaos in the second-hand excavator market: countless customers have been deceived
Antigua construction company contact sourcingYuan to help with protect rights
Customer ask for a SANY60C used excavator. On 4th,March we team visit to see and sign contract with the owner
The second-hand excavator market in China is very complex – low-quality refurbished excavators can be seen everywhere, and people who buy second-hand excavators in China cannot distinguish whether they are original excavator or not. The chaos in the second-hand excavator market lies in the fact that second-hand excavator suppliers will adjust machines from 4000 hours to 2000 hours, replace nameplates, and replace machines using hour from 2008 with those from 2023- this shameful behavior has occurred many times in the second-hand excavator market. Even some suppliers attract foreign customers with low prices, and after the customer pays the deposit, they do not ship the goods to deceive the customer’s deposit.
Hard to distinguish refurbish excavator
Used excavator is not easy to tell if it is an original excavator or a refurbish kind
Some supplier change using hours
some used excavator seller change using hour from 4000 to 500
Hard to tell if supplier Change nameplate
It is very easy to change nameplate. Someone change nameplate of used excavator. It is not good at all.
How SourcingYuan team do quality check of used excavator
Check details of track, galss, starting the used excavator to make sure origial
Ralph Corporation is located in Antigua and Barbuda and is a service provider specializing in providing high-quality second-hand construction machinery and industrial machinery equipment to customers around the world. He has been engaged in this industry for 10 years.
Through us, he successfully purchased two high-quality second-hand excavators: Sany 55U and Sany 75C, and our staff had professional skills and went to the site to inspect the quality of the machines for him.
After a collaboration, he purchased two second-hand excavators from us again in May: two Komatsu 78s. And this time our employee Leo went to the site in Shanghai to conduct a quality inspection of the excavator for him.
The inspection of excavators is a heavy task, and we need to distinguish whether the quality of the excavator is up to standard. This is a technically difficult task: is it the original paint? Is it a high imitation or the original version? Is it refurbished or a genuine year? All of this requires us to inspect them one by one.
Happy client-a very nice 2024 year used excavator
A 2024 used excavator only 400 hours. Client love this one.
In March 2025, the customer wanted to purchase the recently matured Sany 60C, and we found the seller of Sany 60C within two days. The seller purchased this machine in 2024 and planned to sell it due to insufficient cash flow.
The year of the machine is November 2024, which is equivalent to a new machine. After our quality inspection, the quality of the machine is very good, and the customer is also very satisfied.
We have established connections with engineering companies from various regions: this means that if someone wants to sell their excavator, we can know immediately.
Supplier verification: This is an important step. We not only need to verify the supplier, but also conduct a complete quality inspection of the machine to assist customers in starting work as soon as possible. It is also our responsibility.
Buying a second-hand excavator is a job that requires caution, as this market is full of crises: fraud and inferior machines. And our responsibility is to provide you with high-quality second-hand construction machinery while avoiding any scams in this market.
