Threw $200 at a cheap hydraulic pump for the dredge barge and it failed within a week

Picked up a no-name pump off Amazon thinking I'd save some cash, but it started losing pressure on day three and seized by day six. Had to emergency-order a proper Eaton pump for $600 plus overnight shipping from a supplier in Baton Rouge. Anyone else had luck with budget pumps on smaller jobs or is it always a gamble?

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adams.taylor7d ago

Used to think cheap parts were fine till this exact thing happened to me.

jana_lewis166d ago

Duralast alternator lasted me three years though honestly.