Buying Advice ym2000BD is the price right?

[Henhouse1]

Caught your other post. For that price RUN. talk to Spalding who uses US Refurbs with UTDA ROP's. I've bought a couple Yanmars from him. The YM2500 is A yr. old this months with no problems with it that wasn't operator error and easily corrected.

Carey

+1 on Spalding. I bought a Yanmar tiller from them. Their tractors look like new. Good folks!

 

[normde2001]

IMHO there is no better tractor than a YM2000BD in good condition. That price is pretty much in the ballpark with a new or like new Koyker loader. How long ago was the VN recon? (How many hours on the hourmeter?) It may pull a 5' bush hog, but you won't like it.

 

[Survey1]

showing 900+/- on the meter but 've read that the meters on a recon tractor is usually unreliable as an actual gauge of use. I might try and haggle with him a bit but comparing this deal with several other prices i've picked up around the internet, I think you're right Normde. The big advantage with this dealer is the fact that his location is very close to me, in case of warranty work, etc. And although Spalding has a better warranty, I figure if something big doesn't break in 6 months, it probably won't anytime soon.

 

[Smoody]

most VN recons read low hours on the meter (10-30), so even if its VN but has been used 870+ hours since the recondition it may be a good buy. If something bad was going to happen it most likely would have already.

My question would be how the koyker loaded ended up on the VN recon machine, most VN's have bulldog or V2.
Maybe the original owner purchased as a recon then added the koyker loader, used the machine for years then sold, just a thought.

Did he say that particular machine was a VN?

At my first read I didnt notice you said 4wd, so I will bump my 6,000 price up to 7,000.:thumbsup:

 

[clemsonfor]

showing 900+/- on the meter but 've read that the meters on a recon tractor is usually unreliable as an actual gauge of use. I might try and haggle with him a bit but comparing this deal with several other prices i've picked up around the internet, I think you're right Normde. The big advantage with this dealer is the fact that his location is very close to me, in case of warranty work, etc. And although Spalding has a better warranty, I figure if something big doesn't break in 6 months, it probably won't anytime soon.

The VN tractors usually are reset to somewhere under 20 hours on everything i have seen when they come refurbed. No way this had 900 hours put on it after a refurb and still looks new. Maybe the 2000b models they leave the origianl hours on them now to make them harder to spot?

The strange thing is the Koyker loader. They usually use bulldog or v2 loaders on VN tractors now i know thats not a rule. A guy could import VN non-loader tractors and put koykerloaders on them to make them harder to spot, but i think the profit margin is way better on the other models. I would not be afraid of the loader, the tractor is the more suspect item of a VN pair.

 

[normde2001]

Yep, if a VN recon, in 900 hours it has proven itself, but if a koyker loader, who put it on? My YM2000B, straight out of the shipping container 10 years ago with 520 hrs now has 650hrs. With a 9999.9 hour meter it's normally reliable. If it works and looks good try to get it for best price.

 

[Survey1]

I'm actually not sure its a koyker loader. I assumed koyker since the models he had on the lot were koyker. There again I'm not sure if this one is actually a VN since he looked at several pricing sheets when he was trying to find me one. I'm going on the fact that he said all of his tractors are "Vietnam Recon". However this was said early in the conversation before I got narrowed down to this particular model. I should talk with him tommorrow about getting it over to his lot so I can inspect it properly. I was working a package deal with a trailer, but I'm not really impressed with the design of the trailer. He wants $1500 additional for it.

 

[Smoody]

That's our point, all VN reconditoners use the bulldog or the v2 loaders, but anything is possible...if so then its a first for me as well im sure the rest of this board.

If he has a lot full of yanmars with koykers that is more inline with US reconditioners. I would find out exactly before I purchased anything.

If the machine has 900 hours my guess is its not a vn recon, but who knows.

 

[Survey1]

any particular brand of loader I should stay away from?

 

[Smoody]

Not really they all do the same thing, I read the v2 and bulldogs use uncommon fittings and hoses, etc that you just couldn't replace by going to a parts store. I can't confirm that though, maybe someone else can.

we are referencing the loaders to help you spot a true VN recon as they typically will have the bulldog or v2 on them.