New Yanmars!

[ssg510]

I wonder if the new tractors would be red and black and be basically the tractors selling under the cub cadet name now. If you look at Austrailia, the sub compact is the ea2400, the same tractor as the cub sc2400, only black, red and white wheels. Looks pretty cool. Id rather have black than yellow.

 

[955Lincoln]

Yanmar Japan Website, tractor sub-section. In English.

The T-80 crawler show there, has been sold in the US for several years.

I'm not seeing any loaders on these tractors. Can they be bought with factory loaders? Not too much info on the website.

 

[EmerichSales]

They will Remain the Same as the Cub Cadet Yanmar but Just Labeled Yanmar. Same Colors - Black and Yellow. AtLeast for Now. New Models will be comming !!

 

[rScotty]

This makes me very excited. I first learned how to drive a tractor on my fathers ym186 that he bought brand new way back when. good friend of ours still uses it every week to mow. great little tractor. If they can reproduce that quality and performance they will blow many others out of the water. especially if they come in at a deflated price to get into the market here in the states.

I'm old enough to remember when the YM186 first came out...in fact, a friend of mine was one of the original US Yanmar dealers. When Yanmar first came here there were half a dozen or more small 4wd diesel tractor companies all from Japan and all of them trying to get a foothold in the US market. At that time, Yanmar didn't even try to compete of price. They had what was clearly the highest quality and technology along great factory backing....but they also didn't mind charging the highest price for it. Their flagship at the time was the YM336D and fully outfitted it cost serious dollars.

What used to drive my Yanmar dealer friend crazy was the Yanmar sales philosophy. Yanmar was set on competing on service and technology and requiring things like dealer training, investment, and explaining just why expensive hitech tractors were better. All the while the competition - mainly Kubota - was requiring none of those things and concentrated on making their own pretty good machines available to rental companies at very low cost.

Come to think of it, there have been some new Yanmars available in the US for a while now. Four years back when I went looking for a new TLB there was a big Yanmar equipment dealer with brand new Yanmars on the lot. He was right across from the JD industrial dealer. The JDs are kind of a yellow/orange where the Yanmar is a lighter shade of yellow.I even drove a couple of their new Yanmar loaders. I think it had a frame-mounted backhoe, too. Anyway, it was medium HP, yellow with maybe some black trim...and I remember thinking they were very nicely priced but that that they were pretty basic compared to the competition. All in all they didn't remind me of the older red and cream Yanmar tractors. When I asked the dealer he didn't know about any of the 3pt farm tractors. All he had were the new industrial Yanmars.
rScotty

 

[ssg510]

Since this post came up I started looking again at the sub compact tractor market in general and the sc2400 in particular thinking I might pick up a new "yanmar" sub compact. I presently own the older 186d and 135d tractors which are unquestionably toop tier in quality. When I looked at the sc2400 I was a little disappointedd in the first impression quality. Seemed like plastic with decals put on for instructions. I hate the "rocker" foot peddle and think it is outdated. Did not get to drive one and know that it will be impressive. Maybe Im too critical but I am comparing it to my 30 year old tractor that to me is the definition of quality. I just looked at a mihindra 1816 that is a mitsubishi and it is all metal and seems pretty solid. Just my opinion. Im a huge Yanmar fan, thats why i am here.

 

[Neat 1500]

Speaking of new yanmars and mahindras, i have a mahindra dealer down the road and he regularly shuffles the lot around. about 2 weeks ago driving past i nearly crashed as i thought i saw a yanmar in the front row. i did a u turn to go have a look but it was a new mahindra( dont remember model) but it looks like a yanmar (maybe 23xx sized with FEL) with MF wheels on it. next time i pass i ill take a picture of it.

 

[ssg510]

Mahindra sub compact tractors are made by Mitsubishi. They have a 18 and 22 hp sub compact. All metal, position controll, live pto. Looks very well made. They will have a new line in Jan call the Max line, whith more hp to compete directly with kubota bx and other brands. Again, the equipment looks well made.

 

[EmerichSales]

New 2012 Yanmar SC2450 TLB

 

[Johndeere3720]

I like it! Just seeing just the Yanmar name is great! :thumbsup: Looking forward to when they transition over to the red tractors with white rims.

 

[EmerichSales]

You Never Know??? I have heard that Rumor.