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Taishan-America
Explore 3 farm tractor models. Follow a model into its engine specifications, transmissions, dimensions, historical photographs, and available test records.
About Taishan-America
Taishan-America was the trading name used by Orange Coast Imports to introduce Chinese-built tractors to the United States in the early 1980s. Its import arrangement ended within a few years.
- Beginning
- US tractor promotion documented in 1983
- Founder / origin
- Orange Coast Imports, trading as Taishan-America
- Known for
- Early US imports of Chinese-built tractors and a self-propelled tiller
- Sale / later history
- Import agreement ended by 1985
History and legacy
Orange Coast Imports had already handled Chinese oil-drilling equipment before moving into tractors. It displayed agricultural machines at western US farm shows in 1983. The archive describes the tractor import agreement falling apart by 1985; that is an endpoint for this arrangement, not a universal closure date for Chinese tractor manufacturing.
Sources & further reading
History reviewed 2026-10-20.
Showing 3 of 3 models
T-50S
1983–1985
50 hp
Source index power
MFWD Optional
Drive
25
1983–1985
24 hp
Source index power
2WD Only
Drive
12
1983–1985
12 hp
Source index power
2WD Only
Drive
Index power values can include estimates derived from belt or PTO power. They are identified on each model card and are not interchangeable with a measured engine rating. Model years and missing values follow the source index.