We Bought the Cheapest Truck from China

Please make a mini series improving this bad boy 😆

As someone who works at a freight-forwarding company, this was actually really funny at how real the process gets. Donut guys, hit me up when you need one! We're literally just around the corner from you guys! We're on Hindry!!!!

This kinds of small truck are common in rural area in China. Farmers just need a cheap machine to help them carry live animals, vegetables or other agricultural products to the farmer markets, and sell them right off the truck. Recently I see a lot of people driving motorizes scooters/bikes to shop or to work. it saves money and it is convenience.

Loved this. Always wondered what those trucks were like. Keep up the good work

In China, we call this kind of vehicles "lao tou le", which translates to "happy grandpa" or "old man's fun". As you most likely can tell from the name, they're normally driven by seniors. A common application is to pick up their grandchildren from school. Their looks usually incorporate the styles of a lot of well-known cars. For instance, the front of this one in the video comes from Hongqi, a well-known brand in China. Don't be surprised if you see one that looks like a MB G wagon or Ford Raptor lol. Typically, you can't register them and get plates, and you don't need a license either. In my opinion, there's a lot of potential in this market. However, regulations gotta catch up first, because most of them have absolutely no safety feature or build quality you would see on modern cars, and they can be found mixed in your normal traffic. Imagine how dangerous it can be, when it's mixed in normal traffic, operated by some senior with no license and carrying some very young kid lol. Be extra careful when you're driving it or driving around it😂

This is my entire job, so I just watched a video on how to import. You got me watching my job on my day off.

One of the funniest videos that I have ever seen, bar none! I laughed and laughed and laughed! This needs to go viral!

I have a soft spot in my heart for cute little cars and trucks. That is adorable! I'm sorry you got hosed on the shipping charges.

Really appreciate the honesty regarding the import process in this video, it was cool to hear about all the steps, fees, and logistics. Also seeing y'all whip around in that lil thing was hilarious!

Riding dirty with no registration was already wild but driving it on the sidewalk was next level😭😂

The CarParts pitch blew me away. That was brilliant and hilarious marketing. New sub here.

This video brought me tons of laughs, thanks

I'm working at a forwarding agency for around 15 years doing seafreight all around the world. The mistake here is, that you bought the transport from the seller in China. They "only" want USD 450 in transport costs, but the forwarder in US will rip you completelly off and there is nothing you can do about that. What you should have instead done is, get in contact with a forwarding agency in USA, in best case a big one like in EU we have Expeditor, Kühne&Nagel, Dachser, Gebrüder Weiss... They can offer you the whole transport from seller factory till your house, they will also arrange the export customs clearance from China as well as the import customs clearance to US with probably very minimal document preperation from your side and you get a fixed price from them for the transport. This whole procedure would have costs probably more than USD 450, but in the end you are not facing some additional fees of several thousand USD which you have to pay in order to receive the truck.

The worst part about not getting paperwork done in time, is if it has to sit at the dock for any period of time it racks up fees VERY quickly as you found out. You can get out of those warehouse fees if you paid the agent the money they wanted to let them push it through faster. We found this out as well as we started importing a couple of years ago.

yea i love this lil truck ❤ i would love to see how you modify it!

That is the best ad for car part stuff I've ever seen. Big Props. Reminds me of the Yugo. Laugh but a new car for a few thousand bucks is a good deal. Buddy bought a Yugo Turbo. Drink heavily before climbing into that death trap. LOL. This truck looks like a good deal to me for a farm or ranch.

This thing's called 老头乐 (actually upgraded a lot) means it ‘’makes grandpas happy”. The CAR version used in urban area are used to pick up kids back from school driven by grandpa. The TRUCK version usually used in rural area and it's a cheap replica for the motor-powered tricycle-trucks used by the Légion étrangère in Africa. Everyone knows it's a toy vehicle and hazard to urban traffic, but in rural area is another story. You simply don't need any paperwork to buy or drive one since it's not under any law. lol~

Eezy Import is great! I talked to them when I was importing some wheels from Japan and they're super nice and helped me a ton. Pro tip: depending on how small your item is, FedEx can handle port forwarding and customs clearance for you. They do a little interview with you over the phone so they can fill out the forms for you, then all you do is pay regular, domestic shipping costs. It's super easy and helpful for car parts! : )

Interestnig video, thank you. All in all not a bad price for a useful little truck, brand new. Would be an ideal tool for certain applications (grounds maintenance. small farming, gardening etc) I'm thinking. It would be good to see a follow up covering durability reliability of the truck over time of operation. Also ongoing maintenance requirements and battery life and range info. TIA

The final extortionist seriously charged enough money to just build the thing yourself.