eBay/Craigslist Yanmar Tractors and Ebay

1danny · Apr 9, 2006

The best parts availability is the YM3110D, I would make sure that it has power steering.

Danny

bluechip · Apr 9, 2006

I wonder if customs will start seizing containers that have the "illegal trademark"?

LMTC · Apr 9, 2006

Brents, I'm just posting off your post because this thread is getting a lot of attention......and we need some attention to get information to help us do some planning. Not supposed to link it here, so it's linked off our home page. Thanks to all who help out.

greatrandini · Apr 10, 2006

Gray market means that Yanmar won't support the tractors here. They are great tractors. I think the best compacts in the world for the date they were made! My 30 year old Yanmar with "power shift trans" out does alot of modern tractors. You have to be able to work on them. Parts are currently easy to find for most models. I think the units u mention are all good units. You can get most parts form Hoye the sponsor of this forum. You may be able to find a local mechanic to work on them but u will prob need to get parts for them online,mail order etc.. Some John Deere parts interchange if you know the part Numbers. Yanmar made most of the Deere compacts for alot of years. I think as a rule it is easier and cheaper to get parts for your Yanmar then for an old Deere compact. Some of the Deere guys get parts from the Yanmar guys for Deere products. You can get Rops for most Yanmars now. It is hard to advise someone! Ebay pulls Gray market tractors from auctions now. I bought my tractor on ebay. I always thought I would someday sell it on Ebay. It does not look like I can do that now. I love my tractor but I kinda wish I would have bought a Mahindra or similar because of Yanmar's attitude toward these units. Yanmar are not the only Gray market tractor. Mitsubishi, Hinomoto,kubota and others can be gray market units. Hope this helps some!

PILOON · Apr 10, 2006

A while back I read on another tractor site that Yanmar dealers have been ordered to not support grey Yans.
Apparantly even selling a common spare part to a grey owner puts Yan in the position of having accepted liability for a tractor that has not met USA safety spec.

I believe that officially Mutsubishi has taken that same position.

Jagmandave · Apr 10, 2006

That's the position of my local dealer, I just wanted a fuel filter and he said he didn't have any that would fit.........yeah, right.

razorback98 · Apr 10, 2006

Dealers that list their Yanmars on Ebay get away with it by advertising the tractor as a "japanese tractor". They put the model number in the description. They drop the YM from the model number. Any one that is familar with Grey's will know what is going on. I bought my 1510D on Ebay that way. The ad ran the full course. If you want to sell on Ebay you need to follow that procedure.

michigandon · Apr 10, 2006

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( That's the position of my local dealer, I just wanted a fuel filter and he said he didn't have any that would fit.........yeah, right. )</font>

I've been instructed to not even bother trying to call the Yanmar Dealer up near Fenton, MI. I guess if you give them a four-digit model number they'll just hang up on you! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif