Anybody looking for a "museum quality" Yanmar YM336D with only 244 hours?

[Todd8665]

Re: Anybody looking for a "museum quality" Yanmar YM336D with only 244 hours?

Love to have that size tractor, but would want it at a price more like this one:

Yanmar YM336D 4x4 Tractor 33HP 474hrs Very Nice No Reserve | eBay

 

[California]

Re: Anybody looking for a "museum quality" Yanmar YM336D with only 244 hours?

Love to have that size tractor, but would want it at a price more like this one:

Yanmar YM336D 4x4 Tractor 33HP 474hrs Very Nice No Reserve | eBay

I think that's more realistic.

Ended:
Oct 11, 2015
Winning bid:
US $5,380.00
[ 57 bids ]

Markey, I wish you luck. But I'm not convinced the buyer you need is out there.

 

[MesaAZguy]

Re: Anybody looking for a "museum quality" Yanmar YM336D with only 244 hours?

I will admit that even with my tractor getting restored with rust free parts and powder coating will not fetch a dime near what I paid for it at $9200 with the loader and box blade. The tractor looks and opeates like it came from the showroom floor.
I wish you luck too and more importantly, hope you get close to what you are asking for. It will make all of our tractors have some value left in them when the need to sell arises.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Re: Anybody looking for a "museum quality" Yanmar YM336D with only 244 hours?

I just figured out what this is all about. Some old codger needed something to keep himself amused so he put his tractor up for sale at 5 times the value. He got so many people wound up, I bet he is having a grand time laughing at us all. Ed

 

[Markey]

Re: Anybody looking for a "museum quality" Yanmar YM336D with only 244 hours?

Craigslist link with more photos MUSEUM-QUALITY YANMAR YM336D TRACTOR FOR SALE 244 ORIGINAL HOURS

 

[farm boy00]

Re: Anybody looking for a "museum quality" Yanmar YM336D with only 244 hours?

Craigslist link with more photos MUSEUM-QUALITY YANMAR YM336D TRACTOR FOR SALE 244 ORIGINAL HOURS

Only thing you went wrong on the add is turning down a certain party. For that price I think you want to interest all parties that you possibly can. I know you want the tractor to go to a collector but I would sell it img a heartbeat if anybody have close to that price

 

[California]

Re: Anybody looking for a "museum quality" Yanmar YM336D with only 244 hours?

Did it ever sell?

 

[Garandman]

Re: Anybody looking for a "museum quality" Yanmar YM336D with only 244 hours?

So I gotta ask: is there such a thing as a tractor museum?

Answer: yes there is at least one, although it focuses on antique tractors. So the next question would be what is historically significant about this tractor that it belongs on display?

Apparently the first Yanmars were imported by John Deere in 1977. This model was built from 1980-91 according to TractorData.a

 

[California]

Re: Anybody looking for a "museum quality" Yanmar YM336D with only 244 hours?

what is historically significant about this tractor that it belongs on display?

Apparently the first Yanmars were imported by John Deere in 1977. This model was built from 1980-91 according to TractorData.

This model is significant, and of interest to Yanmar enthusiasts, in one sense: It represents design where they got everything right. Think of an 8N Ford which was a classic as soon as released, or the 57 Chevrolet which today is worth a lot more than it cost new. This model is comparable to those in representing perfection of the evolution of relevant technology at the time. And it is very much competitive in capability with the best tractors in its size class sold today, there's nothing obsolete about it 30 years later.

So the seller is right in calling it a classic. However ... these are so reliable that a beat up one purchased today plus a few hundred $ of renovating neglected aspects - maybe a radiator and starter for example - will perform just as well as this low-hours one. Anyone buying for capability would skip over one so high priced, and there don't seem to be any 'cult' collectors out there.

I thought Yanmar-Japan corporation established dealers here before Yanmar started building for Deere so 1977 might be just the Yanmar-built Deere starting date. I rented a small Yanmar to terrace my back yard in the mid-70's and I thought it was an established brand by then.

I'm an enthusiast like what that seller is looking for but not at the price he's asking. I thought long and hard about paying $8k for a YM187D with some original OEM implements that was flawless like this 336D, it was a perfect match for my orchard use and very much in pride-of-ownership condition. Reluctantly I passed that one up and paid $3500 for my present YM186D which lacks the gorgeous appearance of that 187D but has all the same capabilities, I bought it for work, not to pamper and maintain in museum quality.

This guy may find a buyer out there someday. We still haven't heard the rest of the story.

 

[woolyAcres]

Re: Anybody looking for a "museum quality" Yanmar YM336D with only 244 hours?

Did it ever sell?

Looks like it's still for sale but my guess is the price is still too high....MUSEUM-QUALITY YANMAR YM336D TRACTOR FOR SALE 244 ORIGINAL HOURS