Model Advice

[clemsonfor]

I think the 2210 fits perfect then. But you can almost always bush hog something? I mean I don't ever need on at my one acre property I live on but at my rural 130 acre property I use one all the time. Probably 110 acres are wooded sobi don't use a bush hog there. The few acres of yard field edge and fields I bush hog regular. I do get your point though. To show how productive you are with these tractors and a bush hog I can mow around an acre an hour with the bush hog. How tall or short thick effects this time and productivity.

 

[nova3930]

And mowing uphill, like this photo?

Nova here's an old thread (with photos) comparing mowing with Yanmar 18 hp that has Powershift, vs 24 hp MT. Same 4 ft rotary mower with both.

That works. I'm really thinking, pending a test drive and lookover, that the 2210 is the leader, probably with 4wd just on case. Most of the pictures I see I could probably make parts and mods between my Mills and lathe they're so simple.

 

[CoyPatton]

As I stated before, I have a YM2002D and run a 54” tiller. I can pulverize ground by making multiple passes and changing directions usually going 90 degrees. With the 22hp at the PTO you can easily handle that or a slightly larger tiller.
A cultivator in loose soul should be no issue either.
I agree that ZTR is the thing for a regularly maintained lawn, and having mowed with both in a maintained lawn, the only way a finish mower will out mow a properly setup ZTR is in stuff that has bern allowed to go wild and needs to be bush hogged prior to mowed. Yes the tractor may travel faster, but in turning around and maneuvering around things, the ZTR will more than make up the difference in speed.
Yanmars unfortunately just do not have the guts yo do the hard ground engaging of implements like bottom plows. The only implement I regularly overload my tractor with is my middle buster/subsoiler plow. I bought it for 2 purposes 1) to dig trenches and 2) to improve drainage in spots that stand in water. It is the implement for both as I have both types of blades, but this implement will bog down the tractor faster than the 5’ brush cutter in heavy material.
A 2wd YM2210 will in my opinion make a great garden tractor on a large scale tractor.
My experience is the 2wd models pull much better than trying to run a 4wd model in 2 wd mode. If a bottom plow is not a need (and it is not for gardening purposes in my experience) then you will be well pleased with a Yanmar tractor.

 

[kenmac]

I would have liked to have been able to given you a deal on the 3110D I sold a few months ago for $7500.00. Loader, factory PS, bucket grapple, almost new tires. I guess I really gave it away

 

[clemsonfor]

I would have liked to have been able to given you a deal on the 3110D I sold a few months ago for $7500.00. Loader, factory PS, bucket grapple, almost new tires. I guess I really gave it away

Yep that was a steal!!

 

[California]

My experience is the 2wd models pull much better than trying to run a 4wd model in 2 wd mode.

Aside from the obvious, keeping moving in mud, an advantage I've noticed for 4wd is its easier to bring the nose around in a tight turn on rough ground. With a lot of weight on the 3point the YM240 (2wd) needs use of the steering brakes to turn as tight as it would with 4wd. This may not matter if operation is on mostly open ground. But its noticeable in my orchard where I'm forever dodging obstacles, and also where I have limited space to turn around at the end of rows. For that 2210, 4wd might not be very important depending on the application.

 

[nova3930]

I think the 2210 fits perfect then. But you can almost always bush hog something? I mean I don't ever need on at my one acre property I live on but at my rural 130 acre property I use one all the time. Probably 110 acres are wooded sobi don't use a bush hog there. The few acres of yard field edge and fields I bush hog regular. I do get your point though. To show how productive you are with these tractors and a bush hog I can mow around an acre an hour with the bush hog. How tall or short thick effects this time and productivity.

I got you. I hope to get more property at some point but I want something more wooded for rec purposes. Something I can cut ATV trails and hunt/fish on. I don't like cutting grass if I can avoid it so I don't intend to add any more lol

 

[nova3930]

I would have liked to have been able to given you a deal on the 3110D I sold a few months ago for $7500.00. Loader, factory PS, bucket grapple, almost new tires. I guess I really gave it away

I wish I'd needed a tractor back then too sounds like

I agree that ZTR is the thing for a regularly maintained lawn, and having mowed with both in a maintained lawn, the only way a finish mower will out mow a properly setup ZTR is in stuff that has bern allowed to go wild and needs to be bush hogged prior to mowed. Yes the tractor may travel faster, but in turning around and maneuvering around things, the ZTR will more than make up the difference in speed.

That's my experience. I lost a lot of engaged cutting time with the tractor maneuvering. The Gravely I fly down a side, stop on a dime, turn 90 and fly down the next side. the 31HP kawasaki will drink some gasoline but lately I've got more $ than time.

Aside from the obvious, keeping moving in mud, an advantage I've noticed for 4wd is its easier to bring the nose around in a tight turn on rough ground. With a lot of weight on the 3point the YM240 (2wd) needs use of the steering brakes to turn as tight as it would with 4wd. This may not matter if operation is on mostly open ground. But its noticeable in my orchard where I'm forever dodging obstacles, and also where I have limited space to turn around at the end of rows. For that 2210, 4wd might not be very important depending on the application.

I keep flip flopping on whether it would be more beneficial to get the 4wd or spend the $ on more HP/size. The same $1300 would either add 4WD to the 2110 or step up to a 2420....

Course the other aspect is you go up too much and price and it might make more sense to go whole hog and buy a new tractor, even if I had to finance.

 

[kenmac]

Just my personal opinion. I wouldn't own anything that wasn't 4wd. We all know what they say about opinions though.

 

[clemsonfor]

I wish I'd needed a tractor back then too sounds like



That's my experience. I lost a lot of engaged cutting time with the tractor maneuvering. The Gravely I fly down a side, stop on a dime, turn 90 and fly down the next side. the 31HP kawasaki will drink some gasoline but lately I've got more $ than time.



I keep flip flopping on whether it would be more beneficial to get the 4wd or spend the $ on more HP/size. The same $1300 would either add 4WD to the 2110 or step up to a 2420....

Course the other aspect is you go up too much and price and it might make more sense to go whole hog and buy a new tractor, even if I had to finance.

If your set on spending that money to upgrade...which for your stated purposes I don't think is necessary, but if I were to choose one of those upgrades I would to 4wd over just an added 3hp and 2wd. BUT that would depend on the weight increase from the two, but I don't think it's that much that you could not ballast up to and still have 4wd