California
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- Joined
- Jan 22, 2004
- Messages
- 14,590
- Location
- An hour north of San Francisco
- Tractor
- Yanmar YM240 Yanmar YM186D
Actually their capabilities are pretty similar on my sloped ground.
YM240 (YM2000) obviously has a lot more torque, but the YM186D (YM1510D) can shift down when the grade gets too steep.
I have had the 240 since 2003. It does everything well except it is too big to fit under my orchard trees. I bought the little YM186D last summer to get right under the trees. It's great for that.
And shifting down as the grade steepens is something I really need.
Here's an old photo mowing my neighbor's open field. The YM240 was working hard but moving pretty fast, 7th gear downhill and needed to stop and shift to 6th for uphill sometimes. I expect the YM186D would be working real hard, and slowly, in wet grass as heavy as this. This is the same mower as the first two pictures.
In summary - assuming open ground they both do about the same job. For my specialty application, mowing under semi-dwarf orchard trees and a lot of slowing to work around obstacles, the YM186D is the only one small enough to fit in there.
YM240 (YM2000) obviously has a lot more torque, but the YM186D (YM1510D) can shift down when the grade gets too steep.
I have had the 240 since 2003. It does everything well except it is too big to fit under my orchard trees. I bought the little YM186D last summer to get right under the trees. It's great for that.
And shifting down as the grade steepens is something I really need.
Here's an old photo mowing my neighbor's open field. The YM240 was working hard but moving pretty fast, 7th gear downhill and needed to stop and shift to 6th for uphill sometimes. I expect the YM186D would be working real hard, and slowly, in wet grass as heavy as this. This is the same mower as the first two pictures.
In summary - assuming open ground they both do about the same job. For my specialty application, mowing under semi-dwarf orchard trees and a lot of slowing to work around obstacles, the YM186D is the only one small enough to fit in there.