China AATV

[mudbug3]

I talked to the president of the company who is importing the chinese made 8x8. He told me that he went to the Chinese factory that builds the 3 cyclinder motors for his 8x8, and was quite satisfied with their opperation there. He also told me that he does a lot of other test on these machines after he receives them at this shop. He said he will have all parts in stock for any warrenty work if needed.

He also told me a machine like his ,thats imported into the US, has to pass very stringent EPA requirements before it can be sold here. He said that he will send an 8x8 to California for EPA testing. As you know, this is the most stringent EPA state in the nation for this kind of test. This test will cost his company $25,000 he told me.

The California EPA will perform test on his 8x8 for about 8-10 hrs a day. This will total up to 6,200 miles! No other amphib company is faced with these kind of requirements.

These test will include: stop and start , emergency stopping, running the engine for long periods of time,in both low gear and high gear, braking from high speed and low speed , plus skid steering from side to side repeatedly.

He told me that his company would first start out with a six month warrenty, and later on hopefully, offer an optional one year or more warrenty.

He said that Amsoil has offered to sponser the engines in his 8x8,s with their own warrenty if his company makes it their factory oil.The three cyclinder ,water cooled engines, in his 8x8,s are also used in three or four other cars now made in China. These engines have been in use since the early 1980,s he told me.

This machine has disc brakes on the axles like most Argo,s and will skid steer the same way. I has an automotive " open style differential ". The lower tub is curved ,with 9 inches of ground clearance at the highest point. The upper and lower tub is made out of plastic and Kevlar fiber. The tub material is 5 milimeters thick. Later on his company plans to offer a " removable ", rubber bumber that will go around the whole upper tub. The rubber bumper will have push plugs to hold it in. The rubber bumper can then be removed ,and a duck blind attached in its place the same way.

[Scrap]

he did mention that his company goes thru the entire machine , and updates/improves it to meet his standards, it will after all have his name on it.

he also said he wants to offer the best warranty in the buisness, and further improvements must be made.

imagine having a 1yr parts and labor guarantee..

[lewis]

You can get a new Argo for less. 6x6

[Scrap]

I spoke to a gentleman who imports the bonzai 800 8x8, and apparently the big issue as to importing these atv's is they are not carb approved yet, and all piston powered equipment must meet this requirement by law.

he states his price is 13k, that is a hefty profit for being an importer. however he stated every single part will be available through him, and the engine is a suzuki clone, which is used in some chinese minivan in china.

[Scrap]

seems like a decent machine. I wonder how many are floating around the us. Id bet if I could test drive one id take it home with me

[jerseybigfoot]

YouTube - CCO 800 Marsh Testing 0001
Notice in the video how the winch is mounted on the inside of the tub , and the winch fair lead is mounted on the outside front of the tub.
These are the specifications for this 8x8 machine. Specs - Channel Cat

Must have a cheep winch. How do you release the spool? Maybe it's power in and power out only.

[coosaridgerider]

That looks like my polaris sportsman 4x4 clutch.

[mightymaxIV]

Clutching

This is a very good example of what you shouldn't have to do on a new machine and a good reason I steered away from these machines when they became available (cheaply)-you shouldn't have to do the development work for the manufacturer but this is a very good example of why Americans are so inovative. The Chinese my have built it but we can refine and fine tune it to be a much better machine.

[mudbug3]

This imformation was posted on Utube , next to this video , by the company that sells this chinese 8x8.







"Working on our Proto Type CCO 800. The clutch needs some work. We had some parts machined and added some shims and a new heavy duty belt. This set up should give us the down shifting and belt clearance we need for the durability testing on the dyno."

[mudbug3]

Notice in the video how the winch is mounted on the inside of the tub , and the winch fair lead is mounted on the outside front of the tub.






These are the specifications for this 8x8 machine. Specs - Channel Cat

[Amphiman1]

china aatv's

I have requested 3 aatv's with various accessories... Lets see what they do... The company, Then the machines...

[Amphiman1]

China AATV

Very curious,, I have a few bussiness associates over there,.I'll see if i can get a few demonstrators sent here to me....... I'll test them out first..... he he

[6X6]

Anybody ever hear of someone restoring a 20 year old Chinese ATV??

A rickshaw? With knobbie tires?

[boncrshr]

Anybody ever hear of someone restoring a 20 year old Chinese ATV??

[Duke]

oh ya and make sure if you by any chinese atv use alot of lock tight on every bolt i came back from a ride with four loose tires and the axle adjuster on the swing arm came loose and the axle sat crooked. after i went through the whole thing no loose bolts since