Fair price for YM186D w no loader?

[careyo63]

Better Buff up the BS. 4.G. not going to happen in Ga. maybe in Ca.
3.800 with a FM and Turf Tires.
YM186 Yanmar Tractor

 

[normde2001]

It runs like new. I wish the early owners hadn't left it outdoors for years and dinged up every panel.

The only thing I can think of to 'lipstick' it, is to photograph it wet and sparkly right after washing it. I've seen this done effectively in CL ads.

Minor detailing like you do on a car isn't going to help. Any use of paint (short of repainting) is going to compound the mismatched mess it already shows.

And of course I should photograph it in a gorgeous setting as you and rmully advised. I had overlooked that aspect.

There ya go. Try some Armor-All on that paint, and yes photograph wet. I found great rattle-can touch up paint for my wheels many years ago. Works great. you could have been finished while you were reading and typing.

"Knock-knock". "Who's there?" "Emerson". Emerson who?" "Emerson ugly suitcase weights".

 

[California]

Its funny, I look at this from what must be a pure function point of view. Suitcase weights are hard to find at reasonable price and the 260 lbs shown in the photo are, in my mind, some $100~175 value included with the tractor.

But the universal advice here is take them off to improve appearance. Ok, will do. I'm learning that I'm standing too close to understand this from an aesthetics point of view. Maybe I can sell them separately to the buyer.

One reason I haven't taken the weights off is that this will raise the question of why the ends of the bumper are missing. With the weights in place, which in my opinion are essential to use this tractor, the bumper issue is irrelevant. (I already removed the watering wand and its brackets).

I can't find anything here for a backdrop that doesn't look like dusty commercial orchard, or else blackberry jungle.

Maybe a model on it would help. Photo: a guest last summer.

 

[winston1]

I sure agree suitcase weights are expensive and should add value, not take away.

 

[284 International]

...Maybe a model on it would help...

This is completely unrelated, and not meant to be a critique or advisement: I don't know why, but the perspective here (Or perhaps she is just especially petite) makes that tractor look much larger than I know it to be! The first photo looks makes the tractor look exactly the size I imagine it in my head. This photo gives me the impression that is rather bigger, especially if ignoring the trailer wheels for a frame of reference. It seems comparable to this 2310 in size at first glance:




I merely found it interesting. I hope you're able to sell it for a reasonable price. They are very capable tractors, and I use mine a lot.

 

[California]

Finally ... sold the YM186D today, the one without a loader. I offered it with only front ballast, no implements.

Last year when I started this thread I offered it on CL at $3300 then 3000. No reasonable responses.

So I put it back in service, up through harvest season this year. I listed it a month ago at $2900 and got the something-for-nothing and nonsense offers that I mentioned recently in another thread - swap vinyl siding, a 'coveted bicycle' etc plus some 30 inquiries that asked questions that were answered right in my CL listing. "I see you listed 4x4 but does it have four wheel drive? Please answer quickly!" :grumpy: ... Only one real offer but lowball at $2k, repeated several times over 2 days. No sense of compromise. This was my last reply to him.

Finally I decided that getting my workshop space back was more important than squeezing the last dollar out of it. I relisted at $2500 and immediately got 3 serious offers, people who know this model and wanted it. And not a single nonsense offer or inquiry this time. One of the three stretched my offer of local delivery a little, he wanted to meet halfway at a point 150 miles from here. Thanks, no. The second day a local offer, then one from 120 miles south of me. I sold to the local and delivered it today. I'm pretty sure #2 would have come to get it if I hadn't sold it to the local.

So ... looks to me that $2500 is the price that attracted people who understood the tractor and wanted it. Asking more only brought me the nonsense from know-nothings that Craigslist is notorious for.

I wonder if the active market for these '70's and '80's Yanmars is slowly fading away as their era disappears into the past. The tractors still have the quality we bought them for but I wonder if there is anybody left out there, who appreciates them and doesn't have one yet.

Now I'm down to just two Yanmars. If I could ever find a tiny backhoe for the remaining YM186D (the one with a loader) I might get by with just that.

 

[Todd8665]

I wonder if the active market for these '70's and '80's Yanmars is slowly fading away as their era disappears into the past. The tractors still have the quality we bought them for but I wonder if there is anybody left out there, who appreciates them and doesn't have one yet.

Glad you got it gone:thumbsup:...hope you're wrong about the era....

 

[woolyAcres]

@California-

I'm glad you were able to get something for it. I'm surprised and sorry it took wading through so much nonsense. You may be right that the market for these isn't as strong. I've been watching my local craigslist for months and there are still many of the same Yanmar's on there today that were on there 3 months ago. I'm sure those sellers are dealing with the same hassles you did. Many of them are asking >$4000 for a variety of machines - YM1500 2 and 4WD, YM186 with mower for $4500, YM240 (2WD) for $3000. I think these guys may be stuck in the past a bit thinking their 20-30 year old tractors are worth more than they really are. Having said that, I believe your YM186 was fairly priced at $2900. It clearly depends who's shopping.

One serious buyer is all it takes. Any cool projects scheduled for your workshop space?

 

[ramnaYrotcarT]

@California-

I'm glad you were able to get something for it. I'm surprised and sorry it took wading through so much nonsense. You may be right that the market for these isn't as strong. I've been watching my local craigslist for months and there are still many of the same Yanmar's on there today that were on there 3 months ago. I'm sure those sellers are dealing with the same hassles you did. Many of them are asking >$4000 for a variety of machines - YM1500 2 and 4WD, YM186 with mower for $4500, YM240 (2WD) for $3000. I think these guys may be stuck in the past a bit thinking their 20-30 year old tractors are worth more than they really are. Having said that, I believe your YM186 was fairly priced at $2900. It clearly depends who's shopping.

One serious buyer is all it takes. Any cool projects scheduled for your workshop space?

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It has ended up being a really great little tractor. California was the best!

 

[California]

Welcome Neighbor!!

I loved that little Yanmar. If it had had a loader I would have kept it forever.

Your work has made it look brand new. It's gorgeous!