Yanmar - Model Cover Pages

[winston1]

I think he is referring to Rear end loader.

 

[bmaverick]

What's a REL? I don't recognize that implement.

Looking at Jay's YM1401D, you can see his REL. (Rear-End-Loader)

 

[California]

Looking at Jay's YM1401D, you can see his REF. (Rear-End-Loader)

Thanks!

 

[bmaverick]

Out of the SCUT machines, the YM1500 tends to be the most popular and known. It's the second model ending in -00. Setting a precedent that machines ending in -00 are 2-cly for now.

It started out as a tree frog.

Refreshed by Fredricks Importing UTDA

And yes, it does come in 4WD and is found globally.

 

[bmaverick]

Next up is the YM1502 3-cly. One could say it has the same engine as the YM1401, of the 3T72SB, but not really. It's the 3T72SA. Why did the SB come first vs the SA, not sure. And the SA gives 1 more pony of power. That's note worthy in the SCUT class.

Compared to the YM1500, the YM1502 has more room in the open cab.

This YM1502D has all the front Yanmar red weights. Painted green, they fit any John Deere of that era up to today.

 

[bmaverick]

Let's welcome the YM1510 to the group. This machine is very popular in the UK and EU. The unit uses the 3T72-SA like the YM1502.

Here's 5 of then at a UK dealer.

It's a no thrills machine with just simple lamps on the dash with an rpm hour meter.

The seat area is tight. What makes the machine special are the controls on each side of the seat.

The Power-Shift is handy too.

The wheel base is very tight.

Hay racking in the UK at a soccer field

 

[bmaverick]

YM1602 - As the power increases, more 3-cly engines become the norm.

Finding a good specimen for this model was a chore. People must work this model into the ground, yet they still keep going.

We now find the engine to have 75mm pistons vs. the last two at 72mm. It's not much of an increase in diameter, however just enough to jump 1 or 2Hp.

The front grill on this model is white, others have been black with a non-chrome headlamp bezel. Not sure why.

Now, many of the lever controls are at a person's ankles. This would take some getting use to. Bend down, move a lever or 2 or 3 to get what you need.

 

[bmaverick]

Now here is the YM1601. A little out of sequence. Part of the reason is this interesting point. For an SCUT, the open cab area in this class can easily seat a large and tall person. It has a bit more space and the flats on the rear fenders for access are very handy. Additionally, unlike the YM1602 with levers at the ankles and no wiggle room of space, the YM1601 with the same basic 3T75 engine is really the machine to get IF there was a choice in the matter.

The YM1601 is more closely related to the YM1610 as we will see later.

 

[bmaverick]

YM1610

One of the more popular models exported to North America and the EU countries.

Both the YM1610 and the YM1601 share many of the body panels and other components. What is hard to tell is what these two models do not share. I'll let you do the sleuthing to figure that out.

The next two images are UTDA perfect restores. It gives a person a look at how these machines would have been on a new showroom floor.

The YM1610 also had the Yanmar RED logo on the front grill between the eyes. The logo was like the days of having your own Red Rider Daisy BB rifle. In Japan, these Yanmar tractors in red are called shooting tigers.

The YM1610D also came in a Grounds and Recreation lawn care package. This was well before the US models arrived with mid-mower decks.

The YM1610 was the first to offer an OE cab, swivel seat for ease in-out, and a cab heater. Likewise this was carried to the YM1810, YM2010 and YM2310. This was the first luxury YM tractor series put out by Yanmar. Long before JD got into doing cabs.

 

[bmaverick]

Now one may ask, was the swivel seat all hype or possible? I had to search myself.

Is the upgrade possible?