Just a few pics

[mx1alex]

Just wanted to share a few pics of my Yanmar 1401D.

 

[winston1]

Looks like a workhorse. Wondering why the front wheels are reversed in a couple of pictures. Are those snow pictures current?

 

[mx1alex]

None of the pics are current. Wheels were in their wide stance when I first bought it. I switched em over to make it easier to steer.

 

[Thomas]

No doubt about it there working mules.

 

[Gunny]

Good looking tractor and a very cute operator in the last pic! You may have to add some blocks to the pedals so her legs can reach.

 

[clemsonfor]

also front wheels at widest stance is hard on the bearing since it changes the way the load is distributed and its in a way that it was not designed for.

 

[normde2001]

Yup, was wondering that same thing.

 

[bmaverick]

How well does the YM1401D manage the blue tiller? Do you need to make more than one or two passes?

Nice to have a straight blade. I've been pushing 4 to 6 inches of snow today with a box blade. It takes more work and time. It's been an unusual winter down here this winter with a just over 12 inches this season. Normally it's one or two dustings that melt by noon.

BTW, since you do snow and tilling, it would be wise to have a ROPS on the YM1401D. For less than $1,000, it's the best insurance for your life and those who love you to having you around rather than a tractor accident. Hoye, Fredricks and other places have these. The Hoye and Fredricks version is foldable with the seatbelts too. As a plus, you can mount tractor lighting and/or tool boxes and/or SMV sign easily.

http://www.fredricksimporting.com/safety

Click on the link box called ROPS Manuals after reading the article.

 

[mx1alex]

As long as I've killed whatever vegetation is there before I till it handle the tiller just fine and work the soil in one pass. Won't be breaking any speed records while doing it but it has the power to do it.

 

[bmaverick]

As long as I've killed whatever vegetation is there before I till it handle the tiller just fine and work the soil in one pass. Won't be breaking any speed records while doing it but it has the power to do it.

Nice. I've been looking into tillers too. Is yours a Yanmar or another brand?

Have you looked into the ROPS?

 

[mx1alex]

It's a yanmar and I've been told those tillers came with that tractor when bought new 35 years ago. Used for farming in rice paddys.

 

[jerrybob]

Nice pics....thanks for sharing. Those little Yanmars just keep on going and plugging away.....great tractors!!

 

[California]

What width of tiller is that?

I'm running a RS1400 (53" cut) that was originally sold with YM2000, on my YM186D (YM15010D). This is a little larger than the tractor wants. I installed the rear 'training wheels' to limit the depth of cut and prevent occasionally stalling. Does yours need this?

Also, I don't clear the grass before tilling. How much difference does that make?

Great photos!

 

[mx1alex]

What width of tiller is that? I'm running a RS1400 (53" cut) that was originally sold with YM2000, on my YM186D (YM15010D). This is a little larger than the tractor wants. I installed the rear 'training wheels' to limit the depth of cut and prevent occasionally stalling. Does yours need this? Also, I don't clear the grass before tilling. How much difference does that make? Great photos!

Pretty sure mine is a RS1400 as well. I don't have the gauge wheels on mine and do alright.

Killing the existing makes a huge difference in performance. At least in my neck of the woods. The fescue around here creates a real thick thatch sod layer that can really bind thinks up. I usually try and spray with glyphosate a couple of times before I work the ground.

 

[bmaverick]

I usually try and spray with glyphosate a couple of times before I work the ground.

Have you read the latest health dangers about glyphosate? Farmers are abandoning that chemical like the plague. In some parts of the country it's been band in certain counties.

I too understand about the thatch sod. We have the dreaded Bermuda grass that takes over everything. It's great on the golf course, but not really anywhere else.

 

[mx1alex]

Have you read the latest health dangers about glyphosate? Farmers are abandoning that chemical like the plague. In some parts of the country it's been band in certain counties.

I probably know more about glyphosate than anyone on this forum and work closely with the EPA in the regulation and safety of pesticides. I can assure that glyphosate should be the least of your worries when it comes to your health. Equal doses of table salt is more harmful to you than glyphosate is.

I don't know of any county wide band of glyphosate either. There has been a lot of mis information spread the last few months because glyphosate is going through its scheduled re-registration period and part of that process is an open public comment period. Many of the Monsanto haters have been spreading false info trying to get more people to comment against glyphosate.

 

[bmaverick]

I probably know more about glyphosate than anyone on this forum and work closely with the EPA in the regulation and safety of pesticides.

Then we work in the same bio-engineering realm. Interesting.

 

[clemsonfor]

so how would you reccomend someone to kill weeds in a garden?

Is there a point to not use it when all the corn and beans and many other things are grown in fields prepped with it and or sprayed over while growing?

 

[California]

Both you guys - can you cite sources? I would like to know more about glyphosate issues.

 

[mx1alex]

I'm not saying agronomically there aren't concerns with using glyphosate but health wise it's about as safe an option there is outside of a hoe. There have been tons of studies on glyphosate and information can be found all over the web. Just make sure what you're reading is from a reputable source.

Glyphosate Technical Fact Sheet