Yanmar SA324 MMM Question

[swhay]

I am very interested in buying a Yanmar SA324. I talked with a dealer in my area, and I had asked about a drive over mid mount mower. He said Yanmar does not offer it. I looked on Yanmar's site,

Sub-Compact & Compact Tractors | Yanmar Tractor

and under the SA series tractor

SA324 Compact Tractor with 24 HP | Yanmar Tractor

under Built together to work together heading

it lists a

60-inch, mid-mount, drive-over mower

Can anyone verify the 60" deck is drive over?

Thanks,
Stephen

 

[Geosankie]

My 60" Yanmar MMM is definitely a "drive over".

 

[thunderbirl]

The mower deck model M60SA that came with my SA424 last year has nothing in the manual about being drive over. There are instructions for rotating the rear wheels of the deck by 90 degrees and rolling it in or out from between the wheels. I don't believe that the polyethylene covers over the outboard pulleys would provide much protection for the spindles from the front tires.

I think that there would need to be some substantial changes needed to make the mower deck model M60SA into a drive-over deck.

This was also a sales question for me as well, but I decided to go ahead with it. As it turns out, the deck is easily locked up out of the way under the belly and you retain full usage of the 3PH and PTO. Maybe the extra height form the bigger wheels on the 424 provides an unexpected bonus in this regard. I've rototilled my garden plot without even removing the mower - no issues.

 

[swhay]

So, it sounds like maybe Yanmar started selling these with a non drive over deck and the later updated the deck to a drive over. I will probably end up emailing Yanmar and find out if this is the case, and if so, what year/month that was done.

 

[blueredboy]

Yanmar is going to retrofit the 60" mid mount mower that is drive over off of the YT235 for the 324/424. I have yet to see it but I can say the YT235 deck is a heavy fabricated deck that has drive over capability.

 

[swhay]

Sounds promising. I e-mailed Yanmar USA this morning about it. It will be interesting what they say.

 

[DieselMachine]

Not to derail the thread but are there any other MMM's that will fit the SA series? Thanks!

 

[swhay]

I just got a response back from Yanmar from another local dealer. charles d stahl sales and service, has informed me that a drive over mid mount mower is available for the SA324 and SA424 but not the SA221 at this time. he said that "they are just starting to be shipped to dealers so that's why you probably didn't see one on the floor".

So for anyone interested, yes a fabricated drive over MMM deck is available.

 

[VeRV77]

Yanmar seems to be updating attachments and the spec books/dealer knowledge is lagging behind. I ordered an SA424 TLB and it arrived with a different backhoe from the one on the dealer lot--it had a BETTER backhoe! They were previously sourcing the backhoe from Ameriquip, just like the John Deere compacts. Yanmar switched to Woods Equipment, and the bucket cylinder force went from 2000 pounds to 2800, but I don't think it was updated on the website. They might still be flushing out the Ameriquip stock.

 

[oifla]

Yanmar seems to be updating attachments and the spec books/dealer knowledge is lagging behind. I ordered an SA424 TLB and it arrived with a different backhoe from the one on the dealer lot--it had a BETTER backhoe! They were previously sourcing the backhoe from Ameriquip, just like the John Deere compacts. Yanmar switched to Woods Equipment, and the bucket cylinder force went from 2000 pounds to 2800, but I don't think it was updated on the website. They might still be flushing out the Ameriquip stock.

how much did you pay for your TLB?