Comparison Yanmar lawsuit.

[knotweed]

The lawsuit also requests that all dealers "buy back" what they sold and destroy the units.

 

[knotweed]

The safety issues (as I see it) are the hand throttle direction, seat belt, seat kill switch and roll bar. Anything else?

 

[Car Doc]

The safety issues (as I see it) are the hand throttle direction, seat belt, seat kill switch and roll bar. Anything else?

PTO overrun clutch and English decals is all I can think of.

The seat kill switch isn't a requirement as far as I know on a 30 yo tractor maybe a mower or a brand new machine having an electric PTO may need that elifino?

 

[Car Doc]

The lawsuit also requests that all dealers "buy back" what they sold and destroy the units.

See I told you guys! Now I am waiting for my offer it better be good.

 

[California]

The lawsuit also requests that all dealers "buy back" what they sold and destroy the units.

Can you point us to a reference for this?

 

[clemsonfor]

It all boils down to two issues. Yanmar does not want the liability and wants a piece of the action. If they can shut down the dealers here, then Yanmar can import these units, upgrade them to USA safety requirements and tack on thousands as used Yanmars.

NO one would buy them then! Look at the prices of some of the units in the 30 HP range. Take for example CarDoc, he points out that he could have bought a much newer and more powerfull tractor from one of the big three for what he paid for his yanmar. If they get much more expensive you can just about buy a similar new tractor from one of the other 3.

 

[Car Doc]

It all boils down to two issues. Yanmar does not want the liability and wants a piece of the action. If they can shut down the dealers here, then Yanmar can import these units, upgrade them to USA safety requirements and tack on thousands as used Yanmars.

You know that is getting a bit deep for me to swallow and dont take offense I realize you are repeating (I hope) something you read or was told whether true or not I would love to see it in writing.

With that said they could have done that 25 years ago when the gettin was good and there were premium tractors available in Japan. We have a member here that lives there and he gave the run down that the tractors still available are sparse in Japan.

The fact they are re-launching their US line again would make that a near zero possibility they would sell used refurb grays along with new I just cant buy it sorry. Now like I had mentioned I envisioned them buying them if they wanted all the gray Yanmars out of the US but them destroying them not re-selling them.

We all believe they will have a big piece of the big 3 market these tractors have a good reputation going already all they need to do is compete price wise with the others.

 

[clemsonfor]

How's this all gonna work with Yanmar supplying the engines for the CUT JD tractors will they still do that? Are they going to include the JD 850 950 855 etc yanmar made JD tracotors?

 

[kenmac]

The lawsuit also requests that all dealers "buy back" what they sold and destroy the units.

These dealers would go out of business b-4 they would buy back these tractors

 

[clemsonfor]

Yea buy back hundreds of thousands of tractors and cut them into scrap to make pennies on the invested dollar, all for nothing?