The yard

Inside the yard in Hefei

The yard is the part of the business a buyer cannot see from a listing. Machines are held in rows by class and brand, each with a unit record and a stock number, and each photographed before it is offered for sale.

How the stock is organised

Rows follow working class, then brand. That is not cosmetic: it decides how quickly a machine can be found when a buyer asks for a specific model, and whether the photos and video sent are of the machine actually being offered.

Each unit carries a stock number. The stock number is the key that ties the listing, the photos, the cold-start video and the quotation together. If the stock number does not match, the offer is wrong, regardless of how good the machine looks.

What is recorded before a unit is listed

• Model, model year and serial or plate number.
• Working hours as shown on the dashboard, with the reading photographed.
• Operating weight, condition and attachments included.
• Photos: four sides, undercarriage, engine bay, cab.
• Cold-start video recorded on the same unit.

What a buyer can ask for

Beyond the listing: a video call walking the machine, close-ups of a specific area, undercarriage measurements, and a third-party inspection scheduled in the yard. Buyers are also welcome to visit by appointment, so the machine and the person who knows it are both available.

What the yard does not prove

A clean row and good photos are not a warranty. They tell you the machine exists, that the record matches the unit, and that the condition has been looked at. They do not promise how it will run in two years, and we do not present them as if they did.

Common questions