Compact sub compact?

[jjeff]

No yanmar tractor dealers around me hard to beat the cash price I received on a 21 hp RK with deck and loader. Pretty familiar maintaining and working on the yanmar 3 gm 24- 30f auxiliary sail boat engines. Still have a 15 yr old repair manual for them lol. I can say from my experiences with smaller yanmar marine diesel engines they work good, fairly easy to work on and are very reliable. I'd take a yanmar over a universal or other small marine diesel. Pretty confident a yanmar for a tractor engine will be similar. Which is in smaller tym and subsequently rk. Pics to follow on this thread with short unbiased initial review once I pick it up in a few weeks.

 

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No yanmar tractor dealers around me hard to beat the cash price I received on a 21 hp RK with deck and loader. Pretty familiar maintaining and working on the yanmar 3 gm 24- 30f auxiliary sail boat engines. Still have a 15 yr old repair manual for them lol. I can say from my experiences with smaller yanmar marine diesel engines they work good, fairly easy to work on and are very reliable. I'd take a yanmar over a universal or other small marine diesel. Pretty confident a yanmar for a tractor engine will be similar. Which is in smaller tym and subsequently rk. Pics to follow on this thread with short unbiased initial review once I pick it up in a few weeks.

Yanmar is the father of the small diesel engine.
They’ve been building them since 1937.
Most other Japanese small diesels such as Yamaha, Mitsubishi and Kawasaki to name a few, use that design as their blueprint.

 

[WinterDeere]

I've had three Yanmar engines, and in fact one of my JD tractors was made entirely by Yanmar. All of the engines have been completely trouble-free, never had to do anything beyond regular fluid changes... knock on wood!

 

[gtunney]

No yanmar tractor dealers around me hard to beat the cash price I received on a 21 hp RK with deck and loader. Pretty familiar maintaining and working on the yanmar 3 gm 24- 30f auxiliary sail boat engines. Still have a 15 yr old repair manual for them lol. I can say from my experiences with smaller yanmar marine diesel engines they work good, fairly easy to work on and are very reliable. I'd take a yanmar over a universal or other small marine diesel. Pretty confident a yanmar for a tractor engine will be similar. Which is in smaller tym and subsequently rk. Pics to follow on this thread with short unbiased initial review once I pick it up in a few weeks.

Congrats. Look forward to seeing your new rig.

 

[tacticalturnip]

I look forward to photos, and more importantly, your thoughts on the little RK.

 

[jjeff]

I've had three Yanmar engines, and in fact one of my JD tractors was made entirely by Yanmar. All of the engines have been completely trouble-free, never had to do anything beyond regular fluid changes... knock on wood!

If you worked on boats or sail yourself some folks that classify themselves as sailors might be inc lined to splurge on a new full batten sobstad main or jenny (Genoa) but gawd forbid they bother to change fuel filters or even check the dipstick on there auxillary propulsion. Lol , yanmars in my experiences and opinion will and have taken a beating mostly due to owner neglect and occasionally to my surprise, still start and run decently. Snow drift.

 

[WinterDeere]

If you worked on boats or sail yourself some folks that classify themselves as sailors might be inc lined to splurge on a new full batten sobstad main or jenny (Genoa) but gawd forbid they bother to change fuel filters or even check the dipstick on there auxillary propulsion.

I am a sailor, but racing dinghies only, these days. No marine motors, anymore.

 

[jjeff]

I am a sailor, but racing dinghies only, these days. No marine motors, anymore.

Small sail boats especially cats of the hobie variety are really fun.

 

[jjeff]

Lol as I settled down I became a fairweather sailor mostly pleasure boater at best of the tri and pontoon variety. Found its probably the safest way to get young kids on the water.

 

[WinterDeere]

I bought an RS Zest to teach my kids to sail. Daughter loves it, but doesn't have time for it anymore, due to other activities. Son never really took to it.

 

[AnotherBueller]

Kubota BX’s and JD 1 series are very common used and are solid tractors.

I'm very happy with my BX2370-1 with 60" belly mower and SSQA FEL as modified for my hills,woods and driveway grading. Mods are 2" wheel spacers on the rear (really helps with side hills) full length skid plate, 3 chain hooks welded on bucket and soon a DIY grapple and wheel weights made from bar bell weights.

 

[jjeff]

Rk 21 going up to its new home up north a week or so actual review how it handles hills mowing and snow removal up there be it a manual angle qa plow or small xb tph snow blower to follow. Tiny rear r14
tires filled with rim guard. My old truck and trailer is a bit of an overkill kill . I'm also really surprised how much I like the hydrostatic drive so far. Also there is no aluminum on rear axle or any other parts of the drivetrain. All steel, however it doesn't have a oil cooler for trans fluid.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Hate to tell you, but the right rear strap has fallen off.

That can easily happen with the open hook style.

 

[jjeff]

Hate to tell you, but the right rear strap has fallen off.

That can easily happen with the open hook style.

Lol it' wasn't on yet, even though that tractors all steel, used 3 ratcheting straps instead of chain and binders also put that bucket against the front steel rail on trailer.

 

[jjeff]

4k ratcheting straps lol

 

[jjeff]

Here's something I learned over the years if straps or chain and binders are still tight after initial 5 miles chances are they will stay tight unless they break. Keeping the strap ends tied up and out of the way is another story though.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

You should be nice to the little thing and let it ride in the cab.

 

[jjeff]

You should be nice to the little thing and let it ride in the cab.

Or in the bed of truck.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Yeah, you'd have to lift it either way, and tossing it into the bed might be easier.

I just can't get over how huge those fender blinkers look, and I'm sure they're standard size.

 

[jjeff]

Yeah, you'd have to lift it either way, and tossing it into the bed might be easier.

I just can't get over how huge those fender blinkers look, and I'm sure they're standard size.

That "tractor" if some might call it one is definitely a compact sub compact. And it's the power and size footprint I wanted up north for my usage. Figure after getting quotes from quite a few tractor manufacturers it was almost half the price of comparable models in the green or orange brands.