OP
Yardscaper
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Oct 20, 2003
- Messages
- 93
- Location
- St. Louis, MO
- Tractor
- Polaris ASL 300, 1959 Economy Tractor
Sorry for the delayed response sound guy.
I had a Belarus 310 36hp 4x4 tractor. It looked like a great deal and heavy duty tractor for the money. I bought it complete with a Leon loader, which has been sitting in the back lot rusting away for years now. The issues that I knew about going into it but decided that I could deal with were poor turning radius and substandard electrical system. The problems encountered were as follows (Keep in mind that we had only put a total of 71 hours on this tractor): 3 separate brake failures, bent both lift arms, sheared off front drive shaft, blew hydraulic steering reservoir, electrical system failures, low range went out, PTO lever broke off twice, tilt steering wheel broke, lost loader pins continuously and had to drill out and install grade 8 bolts to hold them in, and went through 2 starters.
This is why I am glad that there are forums like this that we can ask about others experiences and make an educated decision on equipment purchases. I also believe that many of my problems were dealer created, as my dealer was nothing more than an auto repair shop, but they were factory certified. We ended up in a lawsuit with Belarus and they ended up buying it back and paying court costs. This all happened over the course of 1 year and 71 hours, although the tractor was in the shop for 8 of the 12 months that I owned it!!
I am just wondering about the feedback of a chinese tractor. Small machine, heard some good things, and I have 3 dealers close by.
I had a Belarus 310 36hp 4x4 tractor. It looked like a great deal and heavy duty tractor for the money. I bought it complete with a Leon loader, which has been sitting in the back lot rusting away for years now. The issues that I knew about going into it but decided that I could deal with were poor turning radius and substandard electrical system. The problems encountered were as follows (Keep in mind that we had only put a total of 71 hours on this tractor): 3 separate brake failures, bent both lift arms, sheared off front drive shaft, blew hydraulic steering reservoir, electrical system failures, low range went out, PTO lever broke off twice, tilt steering wheel broke, lost loader pins continuously and had to drill out and install grade 8 bolts to hold them in, and went through 2 starters.
This is why I am glad that there are forums like this that we can ask about others experiences and make an educated decision on equipment purchases. I also believe that many of my problems were dealer created, as my dealer was nothing more than an auto repair shop, but they were factory certified. We ended up in a lawsuit with Belarus and they ended up buying it back and paying court costs. This all happened over the course of 1 year and 71 hours, although the tractor was in the shop for 8 of the 12 months that I owned it!!
I am just wondering about the feedback of a chinese tractor. Small machine, heard some good things, and I have 3 dealers close by.
