How do I get a Loader for my 336d?

777funk · Jul 1, 2019

How do I find on that will bolt on? Is there such a unit?

winston1 · Jul 1, 2019

https://www.manta.com/c/mm8vygb/coldwater-tractors-inc

4get gto · Jul 1, 2019

Maybe check with some " used"- " salvage " tractor yards in your area.?
CL, Facebook Market Place...? They do pop up every once in a while.

4get gto · Jul 1, 2019

Of course not knowing where you're located...

Brand New (I believe) Yanmar FEL - Attachments - GTtalk

fried1765 · Jul 1, 2019

777funk said:
How do I find on that will bolt on? Is there such a unit?

Probably would be a good idea to tell us where you are, by adding location to your profile.

lightsison · Jul 1, 2019

I second Coldwater tractors. I am very happy with my loader on my 1810d. Easy to work with and quick to respond to questions.
Coldwater Tractors, Inc. tractorimporter@yahoo.com

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/381789-coldwater-tractor-front-end-loader.html

HoyeTractor · Jul 1, 2019

If you are looking for a project we have a Yanmar original YFL1500 loader for sale. It needs some TLC but the frame is all nice and straight. The hoses are all shot.

YM336D Parts Tractor Just Arrived - Factory YFL15 Loader & ROPS - Yanmar Tractor Support Message Board

careyo63 · Jul 1, 2019

I really like the setup of this loader. If I was looking for one I would go with this. What I like is for and for my use is being able to make a Quick connect Bucket. Easy It looks like. A Frontier would be the same. BIG+ for my use...................

rScotty · Jul 1, 2019

Here's are some picture of a completely stock YM336D showing the OEM loader.... and an old loader brochure from when the YM336D was new. Even some prices....
I'm not sure who made the loader for Yanmar, but don't believe it was Yanmar-made. One person who seemed familiar with loaders said that the Yanmar loaders were made by ALO in Canada. Someone here might have more into.
But it would be hard to beat these original loaders - they were top quality all the way through. Might be worth trying to track one down through used parts or maybe even in the area where they were manufactured.
I believe there were two loaders made for the YM336D - the YL1500 and the YL1575. Not sure of the differences .... if any.
rScotty

rScotty · Jul 2, 2019

HoyeTractor said:
If you are looking for a project we have a Yanmar original YFL1500 loader for sale. It needs some TLC but the frame is all nice and straight. The hoses are all shot.

YM336D Parts Tractor Just Arrived - Factory YFL15 Loader & ROPS - Yanmar Tractor Support Message Board

Anyone with a 336, I'd sure be trying to grab that loader from Aaron. OEM is a real nice loader...

4get gto · Jul 2, 2019

rScotty said:
Anyone with a 336, I'd sure be trying to grab that loader from Aaron. OEM is a real nice loader...

rScotty..Never knew that the loaders used a "kick stand" to hold the loaders up when you disconnect until I looked at those brochures. Never had mine off. Often wondered about that pipe that's welded in the middle with the hole in it.....I'm missing the stand.
Learned something new today I did...

California · Jul 2, 2019

The kickstand is stored in the tubular crossmember between the arms. Look there.

rScotty's brochure, page 1, shows the kickstand's square foot secured to a pin on the side of the arm.

4get gto · Jul 2, 2019

California said:
The kickstand is stored in the tubular crossmember between the arms. Look there.

rScotty's brochure, page 1, shows the kickstand's square foot secured to a pin on the side of the arm.

My first thought was " tell me that thing was there all along".

No such luck....have to make one some day....

rScotty · Jul 2, 2019

4get gto said:
rScotty..Never knew that the loaders used a "kick stand" to hold the loaders up when you disconnect until I looked at those brochures. Never had mine off. Often wondered about that pipe that's welded in the middle with the hole in it.....I'm missing the stand.
Learned something new today I did...

Frankly I never took our loader off the tractor either. I had forgotten about that kick stand - had to go back and look at my own old photos to see if mine ever had one stored in the cross beam. Apparently not. Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen one of the OEM loaders that still had the kickstand.
Maybe there's a pile of them somewhere....

What do you keep stored in the crossbar? I kept a hoe and a shovel there.
rScittt

California · Jul 3, 2019

Mine's still there!

The second YM186D just after I bought it, with YFL 650 loader as listed in rScotty's brochure.

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4get gto · Jul 3, 2019

rScotty said:
What do you keep stored in the crossbar? I kept a hoe and a shovel there.
rScittt

That's exactly what I use it for. Though I do remember bending a shovel head one time because of it sticking out that I had forgot about it...!

4get gto · Jul 3, 2019

I'll add a picture of the baby of the Yanmar family.
The YFL 575.

California · Jul 6, 2019

rScotty said:
... I'm not sure who made the loader for Yanmar, but don't believe it was Yanmar-made. One person who seemed familiar with loaders said that the Yanmar loaders were made by ALO in Canada. Someone here might have more into. But it would be hard to beat these original loaders - they were top quality all the way through.

One possibility is Yanmar contracted to ARPS (later Amerequip) to build the loaders. I'm pretty sure ARPS built the Yanmar backhoe around 1980, as well as the identical backhoe also sold as Kubota.

ARPS was also building for Deere at the time. The only place I found a replacement 'Yanmar' backhoe tooth was as a Deere part, and that tooth had no other known application.

ARPS History

777funk · Jul 9, 2019

Ended up selling the Yanmar 336d. Excellent tractor, but figured I'd be better off buying a tractor with a loader already there vs buying within my (low) budget and trying to fab something.

rScotty · Jul 10, 2019

777funk said:
Ended up selling the Yanmar 336d. Excellent tractor, but figured I'd be better off buying a tractor with a loader already there vs buying within my (low) budget and trying to fab something.

Yes, the YM336D is an excellent tractor. In fact, it just might be one of the best utility size tractors ever built, at least I haven't seen a better utility size tractor on the market even today.
In decent condition, you should have no problem selling it for enough to buy a smaller tractor with a loader.

And I can understand your reasoning for doing so because we did the same. During our first 20 years clearing land and building a house my wife and I needed a loader badly enough that we didn't really care what tractor it was attached to. For a long, long time we wrestled with a variety of oddball machines. That's where we would still be tractorwise if one day she hadn't turned to me and said, "This is crazy; lets go down and buy a decent tractor..." So we did.

It's all good, rScotty