YanmarFever
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- Mar 10, 2002
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- 3,347
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- Eating a melon..
- Tractor
- Mahindra 5010C- Branson 4520r- 5520C- Yanmar FX235-D - Bad Boy rogue mower
Yanmars wasnt all we had..
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tacticalturnip
Elite Member
How did you end up with so many Branson's?
YanmarFever
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- Joined
- Mar 10, 2002
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- Eating a melon..
- Tractor
- Mahindra 5010C- Branson 4520r- 5520C- Yanmar FX235-D - Bad Boy rogue mower
We ran with Branson tractors Mahindra, Yanmars, Mitsubishis, Shibaura, Howse, Koyker ect...
We retired with a Mahindra, 2 Bransons and a Yanmar.
When we closed, we had every tractor sold, it was eerie not seeing any tractors here anymore
Im still a farmer.
We retired with a Mahindra, 2 Bransons and a Yanmar.
When we closed, we had every tractor sold, it was eerie not seeing any tractors here anymore
Im still a farmer.
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tacticalturnip
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I never knew you were a dealer. Very cool. You've got some history under your belt for sure.
YanmarFever
Elite Member
- Joined
- Mar 10, 2002
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- 3,347
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- Eating a melon..
- Tractor
- Mahindra 5010C- Branson 4520r- 5520C- Yanmar FX235-D - Bad Boy rogue mower
Retired the business in Nov 2011 and moved under the palm trees..
bmaverick
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- Yanmar YM2610 ■YANMAR GURU■ EXTRAORDINAIRE
History. It's all still there. Take a walk back in time when life was easier and happier.
Used Yanmar tractors, New Mahindra tractors, New Branson Tractors from Ernie's Imports inc
Used Yanmar tractors, New Mahindra tractors, and New Branson tractors at an exception price from Ernie's Imports inc dealership. We are a direct importer from Japan for our used tractors.
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tacticalturnip
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bmaverick
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They are all out there, Hoye, RCO, LMTC, Big-Little Tractors, Coldwater, EFC, Jim Tractors, LCI, Malary, NCW, South Circle, UTDA, VDO-MX, Tractor-Co, Tractor Joe, etc. You only need hints to find their sites from long ago.Thank you for sharing that, I'm about to do some browsing.
California
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- An hour north of San Francisco
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- Yanmar YM240 Yanmar YM186D
For anyone new to these classic Yanmars: The basic history here is that Japan tax law strongly supports trading in farm equipment that is still suitable for continued use.
The US industry of clean Japan imports and VN refurb factories grew. A flood of Yanmars appeared on Ebay etc. But Yanmar's US branch sold only US-version Yanmars and never acknowledged these imports as legitimate.
Then the widow of an American who rolled his import, and died, sued Yanmar-USA. Yanmar-USA then sued all the importers and shut them down. (One importer had a prior arrangement and remains in business).
Then Yanmar left the US for years, but continued to build John Deere's under 50 hp tractors. Later Yanmar returned to the US but the modern dealers are selling modern tractors, they tend to ignore the prior models.
There's lots more detail but that's the general outline.
The US industry of clean Japan imports and VN refurb factories grew. A flood of Yanmars appeared on Ebay etc. But Yanmar's US branch sold only US-version Yanmars and never acknowledged these imports as legitimate.
Then the widow of an American who rolled his import, and died, sued Yanmar-USA. Yanmar-USA then sued all the importers and shut them down. (One importer had a prior arrangement and remains in business).
Then Yanmar left the US for years, but continued to build John Deere's under 50 hp tractors. Later Yanmar returned to the US but the modern dealers are selling modern tractors, they tend to ignore the prior models.
There's lots more detail but that's the general outline.