I bought a Yanmar from RCO and had no reservations. Yeah, some guy on TBN got a bad rebuild that failed after the one year warranty but that was years ago. At that time Yanmars were coming from rebuilds being done in Vietnam and some people got machines that were not rebuilt with quality replacement parts or even some processes were skipped. I researched it good, and looked over their facility and process and confirmed that process as best I could. I think those days are over for most places selling rebuilt Yanmars but you should be aware of what your getting into when you buy a 30 year old machine. The only reason there is a market is because they are a real quality build even in todays market, no one makes a simple reliable machine similar today. RCO now has their own representative on the ground in Japan where the machines pool for auction and pick their own machines. They are shipped to USA directly, no chance of a machine coming from Vietnam. The rebuilds happen here in USA, while that sounds good to me, it doesn't guarantee you will not have issues, after all it is a thirty year old tractor. The one I bought that had almost all of the major things I would consider a point of failure replaced with new, now that's not hard to check on some items they are right out in open to see, example I can see a new radiator in place, I can see new hoses, I can see new voltage regulator, I can see a new exhaust manifold, I can see new tires, and seat. While I can't check that the crank bearing were really replaced I believe they were. I made my own decision after looking, so unless your willing to do your own rebuild and you want a reliable Yanmar places like RCO is the game. Pay your money take your chances. Don't let one guy on TBN who can't get over it and wants something after warranty influence your buy, I think RCO is as good as anyone out there remanufacturing these Yanmars from Japan. During the two months I worked with RCO to buy the Yanmar I saw allot of tractors go off that lot, he sells.
HS