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Anonymous Poster · May 24, 2003

still looking at yanmar. check out this and see if good deal .
www.flippentractors.com and click on gentlemen farmer

pruntyc · May 24, 2003

Not sure about the YM1600, as for parts, I think you need to have a dealer tell you about that. But the price don't seem bad at all with trailer, bush hog, and Box blade, not a scraper blade as it says. It would have 16 hp at the PTO and about 19 or 20 at the drawbar. I have a YM 1700, and it is up to about any job, you could ask it to do.

professor · May 24, 2003

The 1600 is not that plentiful where I live. In TN this is a break down on the units sale price.
YM 1600 $ 2400.00
Rotary cutter $ 475.00
Box blade $ 275.00
traile $ 845.00 w/o brakes brakes add $200.00

mah · May 25, 2003

The 1600 is an older model.

Anonymous Poster · May 26, 2003

I have a similar trailer from triple crown WITHOUT the gate. I use ramps to load my YM 1500 which weighs approximately 1700 pounds with the bush hog. Make sure that gate/ramp is up to the task.

Also, the tounge weight is too much as shown. backing the tractor onto the trailer puts most of the weight over the axles and gives adequate tounge weight with bush hog attached. It's also MUCH safer to back onto the trailer. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif