Tree on Yanmar

Tractors4u · Mar 12, 2002

As a new member, due to the Yanmar group moving over here, I though I would show you some pictures of my Yanmar YM2620D after a sweetgum tree fell on it last summer. A short thunderstorm blew it over on the tractor. I went out to get on the tractor to move a neighbors tree that had blown over and this is what I found. The fiberglass top was shattered and one mounting point was slightly bent on the roll cage. The weight of the tree was so great that the back tire closest to the tree was compressed flat. The tire popped back up when we got the tree off. Fortunately the damage was limited to the cage and top. I thought sure that there would be damaged bearings or seal in the rear end, but I found none.

Brent

BobT · Mar 12, 2002

Quite a testimonial to Yanmar ruggedness. Thanks for the excellent photo.

MikePA · Mar 12, 2002

Wow /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif! That really attests to the strength of the roll cage. I'd hate to think what the results would have been if all you had was a ROPS.

Thomas · Mar 12, 2002

/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif I would have had a sick feeling in my stomach when I saw the tree across the tractor at first!!Thats one <font color=red>tough<font color=red><font color=black> roll cage.

MarkV · Mar 12, 2002

That has to make for a bad day./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

MarkV

AndyR · Mar 12, 2002

FOPS are our friends/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

jasonf · Mar 12, 2002

Boy their not kidding, Yanmars are tough.... Man, that must of been some feeling when you went to go use the tractor......... Some days you bite the bear, some days it bites you.......

Golfgar4 · Mar 12, 2002

Kinda makes the sun shades on some of the tractors seem a little pathetic, doesn't it /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif??

Tractors4u · Mar 12, 2002

I did think for a minute that I was going to get sick at my stomach. Even after we got the tree off of it I kept thinking about having to tear into the rear end to replace an axle or best case a shattered bearing. I am just glad it hit the cage. Falling over the rear end allowed the tires to absorb most of the weight. Had it fell across the mid section she would have been a goner. I sell Yanmars as a sideline and the pictures have been a selling point a couple of times.

Brent

Mark_in_NH · Mar 12, 2002

wow !! Now thats a tree. I was picturing a 3,4 or 5 inch tree and then when you said it compressed a rear tire, I was thinking it had to bigger then even 5 inch's. That thing is huge. It definately shows you the differance between a ROPS and a FOPS. Sure am glad your damage wasn't more serious.