3-Point Hitch Yanmar YM2500 Implements

Travis_R · Nov 7, 2024

I’m buying a reconditioned YM2500 from Fredricks Equipment in Alabama, and was wondering if I should go with a 4’ or 5’ bush hog, 4’ or 5’ grader box, or a 4’ or 5’ tiller. What are your recommendations?
Thanks!

mrdrill · Nov 7, 2024

5’ bush hog & box blade. My 2620 can easily handle a 5’ tiller…..

bmaverick · Nov 7, 2024

Travis_R said:
I’m buying a reconditioned YM2500 from Fredricks Equipment in Alabama, and was wondering if I should go with a 4’ or 5’ bush hog, 4’ or 5’ grader box, or a 4’ or 5’ tiller. What are your recommendations?
Thanks!

5 foot on all of them. The YM2500 is like my YM2610 overall, minus the PowerShift.

If Fredricks has a YM2610, you would be better off. This gives you a LIVE PTO vs not-live PTO due to gear shifting. And you will be doing lots of that.

careyo63 · Nov 8, 2024

Ym2500 refurbished from Fredricks. Purchased it at Spalding Tractor in Ga. Retired Catholic Fathers new Home and Property! It will easily handle any 5' implement. I recommended a Yanmar. I did the Maint. with my YM2000 on the old Hm. So they knew how well it worked! I Physically couldn't do it anymore. SMDH now!!. It was nice and used it several times. Same Eng. as a JD.850 is what was told to me. The only difference was the PTO gears. The JD. only has 1@ 540 rpms. and the YM2500 has 4 gears. The high gears was insanely fast. Rice Patty use was my Guess. Which wasn't a problem when I explained it to them. Basically, shifted like a 4 speed manual car which they was all old enough and used one before. My 63 Ford has a Live 2 stage clutch also. Big plus when I purchased it which I had it split and replace.
Over the Yrs. the only problem I can recall was a small Hyd. leak at the Hyd. pump. Pressure side hose connection that I just had to tighten up. O-ring! The Hyd. lift lock was turned on and tried to lift the BH.. Heard the squeal and then noticed a leak on the Garage floor days later. Steve told me what he thought it was and asked to go take care of it. Which that was the problem. Did he cut them a deal on it

Travis_R · Nov 9, 2024

bmaverick said:
5 foot on all of them. The YM2500 is like my YM2610 overall, minus the PowerShift.

If Fredricks has a YM2610, you would be better off. This gives you a LIVE PTO vs not-live PTO due to gear shifting. And you will be doing lots of that.

The grey market Yanmar tractors do not have live PTO. That’s one reason you have to add an over running coupler (aka over running clutch). They do, however, have live hydraulics. This means the 3 pt. hitch will function regardless if the clutch pedal is depressed or not.

Travis_R · Nov 9, 2024

careyo63 said:
Ym2500 refurbished from Fredricks. Purchased it at Spalding Tractor in Ga. Retired Catholic Fathers new Home and Property! It will easily handle any 5' implement. I recommended a Yanmar. I did the Maint. with my YM2000 on the old Hm. So they knew how well it worked! I Physically couldn't do it anymore. SMDH now!!. It was nice and used it several times. Same Eng. as a JD.850 is what was told to me. The only difference was the PTO gears. The JD. only has 1@ 540 rpms. and the YM2500 has 4 gears. The high gears was insanely fast. Rice Patty use was my Guess. Which wasn't a problem when I explained it to them. Basically, shifted like a 4 speed manual car which they was all old enough and used one before. My 63 Ford has a Live 2 stage clutch also. Big plus when I purchased it which I had it split and replace.
Over the Yrs. the only problem I can recall was a small Hyd. leak at the Hyd. pump. Pressure side hose connection that I just had to tighten up. O-ring! The Hyd. lift lock was turned on and tried to lift the BH.. Heard the squeal and then noticed a leak on the Garage floor days later. Steve told me what he thought it was and asked to go take care of it. Which that was the problem. Did he cut them a deal on it

This will be my 2nd YM2500. I didn’t keep the first YM2500 long because I upgraded to a bigger tractor. After 17 years, I sold my big tractor and now buying another YM2500. I also had a YM2000 many years ago. You can’t beat those little Yanmar tractors, especially if they were reconditioned at Fredricks!
I’m still undecided on what size implements I should get. Either a Bush Hog brand BH114 (4’) or a Bush Hog BH115 (5’). I won’t need a Bush Hog until next year (2025) though. The main thing I need now is a box blade. DONT know if I should get a 4’ or 5’. Would like to find a good used one locally, on Facebook marketplace.

careyo63 · Nov 9, 2024

I found this 63 Ford 2000 on CL. I reconditioned. 4 Cyl. Gas @ 48Hp.. It has a old Internatinal BH. 4Ft' on it. Actually A little wider than 4'. No power steering so the weight offsets the FEL. and helps Tremendously. It sets just inside the rear wheel width so it helps not to get the BH. caught on things. IMHO. It's Brutal. They don't make them like that anymore. My YM2000 is mainly used with a FM. and what I actually bought it for.
The YM2500 was nice. No doubt about that! Steve @ Spalding put a 6' BH. on it. Fredricks model new. Worked really well. A Howse I believe. Basically all it was used for is a Large open lot
The Int. BH. lifted the Front wheels easily on the YM2000. Hit a good bump and the front wheels has lifted off the ground! Rode a good wheelie a few times. Knew it was most likely going to do it.

Both the Yanmar tractors came from Spalding. The 2000 is all Org. and still is! New seat and muffler is about it. I asked when I seen it were he got it but he didn't want to elaborate.

I was shopping so I left him a Chk. until I got back with a trailer. A pic. from when I bought it early 2008.

bmaverick · Nov 9, 2024

Travis_R said:
This will be my 2nd YM2500. I didn’t keep the first YM2500 long because I upgraded to a bigger tractor. After 17 years, I sold my big tractor and now buying another YM2500. I also had a YM2000 many years ago. You can’t beat those little Yanmar tractors, especially if they were reconditioned at Fredricks!
I’m still undecided on what size implements I should get. Either a Bush Hog brand BH114 (4’) or a Bush Hog BH115 (5’). I won’t need a Bush Hog until next year (2025) though. The main thing I need now is a box blade. DONT know if I should get a 4’ or 5’. Would like to find a good used one locally, on Facebook marketplace.

I recently sold my 4ft LMC box blade I bought with my YM2610 at Fredricks.

Again, the YM2500 would do fine with all 5FT wide attachments.

If it was a YM2000, then 4FT attachments.

bmaverick · Nov 9, 2024

Travis_R said:
The grey market Yanmar tractors do not have live PTO. That’s one reason you have to add an over running coupler (aka over running clutch). They do, however, have live hydraulics. This means the 3 pt. hitch will function regardless if the clutch pedal is depressed or not.

All the Yanmar Gray Market tractors with PowerShift have LIVE PTO. Not only that, but multi-speed selector PTO as well. Same goes for the Gray Market machines with ShuttleShift too.

Yet, all need the PTO over-run-clutch.