Yanmar Tractors

Yander · Oct 8, 2022

Paystar said:
That's because JD people are die hard JD people. They won't buy anything that isn't green and yellow and says JD on it.
Look at even the antique tractor auctions. The JD's always sell double the price of all other colours, even when the other brands have better models in a specific category.

Yes, it starts as a child, my grandson already things that JD tractors are the best at 4 and a half. I'll work on him, we'll see may be hope for him yet.

Williy · Oct 8, 2022

My dealer in Lubbock, Tx said that Yanmar is now telling
the small dealers that they have plenty of tractors and will
have plenty of tractors and parts for the small businesses
and I talked to him yesterday.

willy

Cahaba Valley Farm · Oct 9, 2022

Williy said:
My dealer in Lubbock, Tx said that Yanmar is now telling
the small dealers that they have plenty of tractors and will
have plenty of tractors and parts for the small businesses
and I talked to him yesterday.

willy

If Yanmar can get their act together I am willing to take another look at them. I personally think they are over priced for a brand that has such a tiny slice of the market and a very dismal dealer network but they do back all of their tractors with a 10 year warranty which the other ones do not. With that being said, Yanmar's engines are the best in the business if you ask me. You never hear of any problems with them. Those engines run as smooth as butter.

Yander · Oct 9, 2022

The thing that I'm shocked by with my Yanmar is how quick it starts. I haven't started it in real cold weather yet since I bought it this summer but the manual tells you to glow it 2 seconds in warm weather and 4 seconds in cold weather.... Huh! I've never had a tractor that you only glow for 4 seconds in cold weather. Anxious to see how quick it starts at 10 degrees. My Massey GC2400 (Iseki) was a cold natured one, glowed it 3 times for 10 seconds each time if it were real cold, but ran like dream once it started.

beenthere · Oct 10, 2022

Look at how they hold up there value in the used market.. then decide if you still want to invest in a Yanmar.

beenthere · Oct 10, 2022

Yander said:
The thing that I'm shocked by with my Yanmar is how quick it starts. I haven't started it in real cold weather yet since I bought it this summer but the manual tells you to glow it 2 seconds in warm weather and 4 seconds in cold weather.... Huh! I've never had a tractor that you only glow for 4 seconds in cold weather. Anxious to see how quick it starts at 10 degrees. My Massey GC2400 (Iseki) was a cold natured one, glowed it 3 times for 10 seconds each time if it were real cold, but ran like dream once it started.

My Yanmar diesel engine in my JD 4300 fires off right away too. And has for the last 24 years without any hesitation. The engines are the best.

Cahaba Valley Farm · Oct 10, 2022

Yander said:
The thing that I'm shocked by with my Yanmar is how quick it starts. I haven't started it in real cold weather yet since I bought it this summer but the manual tells you to glow it 2 seconds in warm weather and 4 seconds in cold weather.... Huh! I've never had a tractor that you only glow for 4 seconds in cold weather. Anxious to see how quick it starts at 10 degrees. My Massey GC2400 (Iseki) was a cold natured one, glowed it 3 times for 10 seconds each time if it were real cold, but ran like dream once it started.

And you most likely won't even need to glow it to start up. I have always appreciated an engine that fires right up on the first turn of the key. My old Ford 3000 does it.

Lastkidpicked · Oct 10, 2022

Tractorable said:
All three, Kubota, Yanmar, and Iseki are excellent Japanese manufacturers and I wouldn’t hesitate to buy any of them.

scootr said:
I've owned 3 different makes of tractors over 25 yrs and I've yet to have a bad one. GL with the Yanmar, I'm sure they make a good one too.

It goes to show that today's tractors are like today's trucks. They ALL use much better manufacturing processes than ever before. Unless you happen to get a one-off lemon, I don't think you can buy a new tractor that won't give you good service for many years.

Cahaba Valley Farm said:
I personally think they are over priced for a brand that has such a tiny slice of the market and a very dismal dealer network but they do back all of their tractors with a 10 year warranty which the other ones do not.

This may be their ace in the hole. When I was on the car dealership side, Hyundai and Kia were the cheap imports and nobody gave them a look. They were never any competition to us.

Then they announced the 5 year 100,000 mile warranty, which was unheard of at the time. There was nothing we could do to keep our customers from heading over to Hyundai. When we would talk about their history of poor quality, the answer was, "If they offer a 100,000 mile warranty, and yours is 3 years 36,000 miles then who is making the better car?

This may sway people to look at Yanmar.

Williy · Oct 10, 2022

I didn't have any problem starting in cold weather
and hot weather just turn the key starts right up.
In fact it starts faster then my 03 Dodge diesel

willy

Yander · Oct 10, 2022

beenthere said:
Look at how they hold up there value in the used market.. then decide if you still want to invest in a Yanmar.

I don't think I have ever bought anything with the concern for the resale value. Anything that you buy for the excellent resale value, you usually have to pay premium to get it to begin with.

I could probably sell a JD or Kubota easier but I probably paid more to get it too. I plan to hand it down to my grandkids, they can worry about the resale value.

scootr · Oct 10, 2022

I firmly believe my Kubota will significantly outlast me.
But I got a lot of things that will probably do the same.
Heck I got a razor that gonna out live me since Covid rewrote the dress code.

mrgreenjeanstx · Oct 11, 2022

Just noticed our JD dealer has fewer JD's and is now carrying Yanmar tractors. Based on what all are saying this may be a good move for them.

Yander · Oct 11, 2022

Wow, that is interesting, I wonder how that is going to work out and if it is just that dealer or something we would see at other JD dealers in the future?

Cahaba Valley Farm · Oct 11, 2022

mrgreenjeanstx said:
Just noticed our JD dealer has fewer JD's and is now carrying Yanmar tractors. Based on what all are saying this may be a good move for them.

Who's your JD dealer?

mrgreenjeanstx · Oct 12, 2022

Dealer is in Denton Texas. Lawn Land. The JD sign came down this week. Not sure if they are modifying for JD and Yanmar or replacing JD. This dealer is not carrying the heavy duty field tractors so much as the 75 and under HP tractors. It is a good store and purchased many items, sthil from them in the past.

Bentrim · Oct 12, 2022

Yander said:
That's not surprising, I read that Yanmar was pushing their own brand harder in the U.S. I think that they are worthy competitors to Kubota, JD and Massey.

I'm a little surprised that more JD guys aren't flipping to Yanmar since Yanmar builds some of their tractors and most of their SCUT/CUT engines anyways. The savings and performance differences in an apples to apples comparison is pretty significant.

I get it that the dealer network is a bit scarce so hopefully Yanmar can change that in the coming years.

I'm a little surprised that more JD guys aren't flipping to Yanmar since Yanmar builds some of their tractors and most of their SCUT/CUT engines anyways. The savings and performance differences in an apples to apples comparison is pretty significant.

That green paint is pretty sticky and has a mystical power to it.

Tractorable · Oct 12, 2022

mrgreenjeanstx said:
Dealer is in Denton Texas. Lawn Land. The JD sign came down this week. Not sure if they are modifying for JD and Yanmar or replacing JD. This dealer is not carrying the heavy duty field tractors so much as the 75 and under HP tractors. It is a good store and purchased many items, sthil from them in the past.

A JD/Yanmar dealership would be an interesting marriage since they share the same engines in the compact tractor segment. Of course, Yanmar’s iHMT is a much more advanced transmission than anything that JD offers so folks might gravitate towards the Yanmar’s due to the lower price and better transmission in the YT series.