Tiebaobei Machinery Scraper — Used Construction Equipment from China

Extract used construction machinery listings from Tiebaobei (Iron Armour / int.tiebaobei.com), China's largest used heavy equipment marketplace with 8,500+ active listings. Tiebaobei Machinery Scraper returns structured data — brand, model, price in CNY or USD, operating hours, location, photos, and more — ready to export as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

🚀 Try it free — click Start with default settings to scrape 10 sample listings in seconds. No API key required.

📌 What is Tiebaobei Machinery Scraper?

Tiebaobei Machinery Scraper is an unofficial Tiebaobei API that extracts structured equipment data from int.tiebaobei.com (also known as Iron Armour or cehome.com). The site has no public API for bulk data access — this scraper fills that gap.

Use Tiebaobei Machinery Scraper to:

• 🔍 Monitor Chinese equipment prices — track price movements across excavators, loaders, cranes, pump trucks, and mixer trucks
• 📊 Build competitive intelligence — compare Chinese used machinery pricing against Western marketplaces (Mascus, MachineryTrader, MachineryZone)
• 🏗️ Source equipment from China — find specific brands and models with operating hours, inspection status, and seller location
• 🔄 Automate recurring monitoring — use incremental mode to capture only new or updated listings since the last run

The scraper uses a hybrid strategy for maximum efficiency: a fast public API for inventory data, plus optional SSR page enrichment for detailed pricing, tonnage, photos, and seller information — all without a browser, keeping compute costs minimal.

📋 What data does Tiebaobei Machinery Scraper extract?

Tiebaobei Machinery Scraper returns structured data with the following fields:

🔗 Title and detail URL	🏗️ Category (excavator, loader…)
🏭 Brand (EN + CN)	📝 Model (EN + CN)
💰 Price in CNY or USD	⏱️ Operating hours
📅 Year of manufacture	📍 Province and city
📸 Photo count + URLs	✅ Inspection / quality flags
🎥 Video available	🔄 Sold status
⚖️ Tonnage (full mode)	👤 Seller info (full mode)

Full field reference

Field	Type	Description
eqId	integer	Unique equipment ID on the platform
title	string	Listing title (Chinese)
brandEn / brandCn	string	Brand name in English and Chinese
modelEn / modelCn	string	Model in English and Chinese
categoryEn	string	Category: Excavators, Loaders, Cranes, Pump trucks, Mixer trucks
priceCny	integer	Price in Chinese Yuan (approximate in inventory mode, exact in full mode)
priceUsd	number	Price in USD using live exchange rate (when currency=USD)
hours	integer	Operating hours reported by the seller
year	integer	Year of manufacture
province / city	string	Equipment location in China
photoCount	integer	Number of listing photos
tonnage	number	Equipment weight in tonnes (full mode only)
isSold	boolean	Whether the listing is marked as sold
hasInspection	boolean	Whether it has an Iron Armour inspection report
hasVideo	boolean	Whether the listing includes a video
detailUrl	string	Direct URL to the listing page
scrapedAt	string	UTC timestamp of extraction

💡 Fields like tonnage, photos, and sellerName are only available in full mode, which fetches each listing's detail page.

🚀 How to use Tiebaobei Machinery Scraper

Extracting Chinese used machinery data takes under two minutes:

1. Create a free Apify account at apify.com — your first $5 is free
2. Open Tiebaobei Machinery Scraper in Apify Console or click Try for free on this page
3. Choose a scraping mode:
   • Inventory (default) — fast API-only scan, ~1 HTTP request per 100 listings
   • Full — enriches each listing with price, tonnage, photos, and seller data from the detail page
   • Incremental — returns only listings updated since the last run (ideal for daily monitoring)
4. Set filters (optional) — filter by keyword, category, or limit the number of results
5. Click Start and wait a few seconds
6. Download your results in JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML — or access them via the Apify API

⚙️ Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
mode	string	❌	"inventory"	Scraping mode: inventory, full, or incremental
keyword	string	❌	—	Search keyword (e.g. caterpillar, komatsu 320)
categories	array	❌	all	Equipment categories to scrape (multiselect)
maxItems	integer	❌	100	Maximum listings to extract. Use 5–10 for testing.
includePhotos	boolean	❌	true	Include photo URLs in output (full mode only)
includeSeller	boolean	❌	false	Include seller name and ID (full mode only)
currency	string	❌	"CNY"	Price currency: CNY or USD (live exchange rate)
maxConcurrency	integer	❌	3	Parallel requests for detail pages (full mode)
requestDelay	integer	❌	1000	Base delay between requests in ms (±50% jitter)

Example input (quick test):

{
  "mode": "inventory",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "keyword": "caterpillar"
}

Example input (full extraction with USD prices):

{
  "mode": "full",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "categories": ["wajueji"],
  "currency": "USD",
  "includePhotos": true,
  "includeSeller": true
}

📦 Output example

Each result is a structured JSON object. Here's a sample from a real run:

{
  "eqId": 1852990,
  "title": "龙工LG6075挖掘机",
  "categorySlug": "wajueji",
  "categoryEn": "Excavators",
  "categoryCn": "挖掘机",
  "brandEn": "Lonking",
  "brandCn": "龙工",
  "modelEn": "LG6075",
  "modelCn": "LG6075",
  "hours": 3362,
  "year": 2021,
  "outDate": "2021",
  "province": "安徽",
  "city": "亳州市",
  "photoCount": 32,
  "isSold": false,
  "hasInspection": false,
  "hasVideo": true,
  "priceCny": 95000,
  "priceDisplay": "9.5万",
  "detailUrl": "https://int.tiebaobei.com/ue/wajueji/lonking_lg6075_1852990.html",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-03T22:00:34.979313+00:00"
}

Download results in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML from the Output tab, or pull them programmatically using the Apify API (see the API tab for ready-to-use code snippets in Python, Node.js, and cURL).

💰 How much does it cost to scrape Tiebaobei?

Tiebaobei Machinery Scraper runs on Apify's standard Compute Unit (CU) pricing. It is extremely lightweight — no browser is needed.

Mode	Typical run	CU cost	Approx. price
Inventory (8,500 listings)	~87 API requests, ~30s	~0.01 CU	< $0.01
Full (100 listings)	100 detail pages + API, ~3 min	~0.05 CU	~$0.03
Full (8,500 listings)	~8,600 requests, ~45 min	~0.5 CU	~$0.25

💡 Tip: Run a quick inventory test with maxItems: 10 first — it costs virtually nothing and finishes in seconds.

Is scraping Tiebaobei free? Your first $5 of usage is covered by Apify's free trial credit — enough for hundreds of full inventory runs at no cost.

🔗 Related Rastriq Actors

Explore the full Rastriq intelligence portfolio on Apify Store — specialized scrapers for the global heavy equipment market:

Actor	Description
MachineryTrader Scraper	Extract listings from MachineryTrader.com — North America's largest equipment marketplace
MachineryZone Scraper	Scrape MachineryZone for European used machinery listings
Rock & Dirt Scraper	Extract heavy equipment from Rock & Dirt via Algolia
Euro Auctions Scraper	Scrape auction lots from Euro Auctions

Tiebaobei Machinery Scraper completes the picture by adding Chinese market data — combine it with Western marketplace scrapers for true global competitive intelligence.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Is scraping Tiebaobei legal?

Tiebaobei Machinery Scraper only accesses publicly available data on int.tiebaobei.com — information visible to any visitor without logging in. The scraper respects reasonable rate limiting with configurable delays and jitter to avoid overloading servers.

As with any data collection activity, you are responsible for ensuring your use case complies with applicable laws and the site's Terms of Service. For guidance, see Apify's blog on the legality of web scraping.

Does Tiebaobei Machinery Scraper require a Tiebaobei account or API key?

No. It works entirely with public data — no account, login, or API credentials needed.

How many listings can I extract?

The full Tiebaobei catalog has ~8,500 active listings. In inventory mode, the scraper can extract the entire catalog in under a minute with ~87 API requests. In full mode, each listing requires an additional detail page request.

What's the difference between inventory and full mode?

Inventory mode uses only the public search API — it's fast and cheap, returning core fields (brand, model, year, hours, location, approximate price). Full mode additionally fetches each listing's detail page to extract the exact numeric price, tonnage, annotated photos, seller information, and inspection report flags.

What proxy configuration should I use?

No proxy is required for most runs. The site does not currently employ aggressive anti-bot measures. If you experience rate limiting, increase the requestDelay parameter.

How do I set up daily monitoring?

Use incremental mode with Apify Schedules:

1. Save your input configuration as a Task in Apify Console
2. Go to Schedules and set a daily cron (e.g., 0 8 * * * for 8 AM UTC)
3. The incremental mode uses a KV store to track which listings have changed since the last run

I found a bug or my run failed. Where do I report it?

Please open an issue in the Issues tab on this page. Include your input configuration and the run ID so we can investigate quickly.

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🇪🇸 Versión en español

Esta sección es un resumen en español del README anterior.

¿Qué es Tiebaobei Machinery Scraper?

Tiebaobei Machinery Scraper extrae datos estructurados de maquinaria de construcción usada desde int.tiebaobei.com (Iron Armour / cehome.com), el mayor marketplace de equipos usados de China con más de 8.500 anuncios activos.

¿Qué datos extrae?

Marca, modelo, precio en CNY o USD, horas de operación, año de fabricación, ubicación (provincia y ciudad), fotos, estado de inspección, tonelaje y datos del vendedor. Campos disponibles en inglés y chino.

¿Cómo usarlo?

1. Crea una cuenta gratuita en apify.com
2. Abre Tiebaobei Machinery Scraper y haz clic en Start con la configuración por defecto
3. Descarga los resultados en JSON, CSV o Excel

¿Cuánto cuesta?

El actor es extremadamente eficiente — un inventario completo de 8.500 máquinas cuesta menos de $0.01 en modo inventario. El crédito gratuito de $5 de Apify cubre cientos de ejecuciones.