JTKub
Veteran Member
I'm hoping some other owners chime in with their thoughts and/or experiences and maybe others interested in TYM in general can gain some info.
I've only put about 4hrs on it at this point and have owned the machine for 9 days. My use included mowing and light material handling with the loader. Everything works great. I have taken the loader off and on to see how it goes and just today removed the 54" deck, possibly for the season. The process for both was pretty easy for a 55yr/old shaped like a bratwurst.
I think all the hard parts on the machine are very good. In typical Asian import fashion, the soft rubber bits and plastics are questionable. I had mentioned in my first thread that my machine had spent ~1.5yrs on display, mostly outside. It's a new leftover 2024 model year. The dealer had to replace the rubber floor mat because it was completely sun dried and cracked. They would have happily sold it to me this way had I not mentioned it. They ordered one and swapped it no problem. The seatbelt was rusted so bad, they replaced that as well (again, only after I mentioned it). Some of the dark grey plastic around the dash has light sun fading as well, but the integrity seems OK.
Having crawled all over and under the machine, I found some questionable cable and hose routing under the machine that could lead to problems down the road and I will address those as I can. I also found the rubber boot on the F-R pedal dampener to have some dry cracks on it already as well. I have some products that I use to protect and preserve rubber products, so I'm not too worried about these things. In many spots, bundles of hoses or wires are just bunched up and zip tied without being secured to anything.
I removed the lower dash cover to get a look at the battery, some of the "electronics" and the fuel/water separator. That pops off fairly easy after removing three 10mm bolts. To my surprise, it has an Interstate group 51 battery in it. I was expecting some no-name special. Maybe it had been changed, but it didn't appear to have been.
Something that is a major flaw is in the brake lamps. I believe "Tony's Tractor Adventure" channel had mentioned this issue. Because of the design of the brake lamps and the intensity of the incandescent bulbs in them, they get scorching hot. If you leave the tractor running with the parking brake set, the brake lights stay on and the housings/red lenses will surely melt if they stay lit for any length of time.
Anyway, I hope some of this helps and we can add to this as time goes on.
I've only put about 4hrs on it at this point and have owned the machine for 9 days. My use included mowing and light material handling with the loader. Everything works great. I have taken the loader off and on to see how it goes and just today removed the 54" deck, possibly for the season. The process for both was pretty easy for a 55yr/old shaped like a bratwurst.
I think all the hard parts on the machine are very good. In typical Asian import fashion, the soft rubber bits and plastics are questionable. I had mentioned in my first thread that my machine had spent ~1.5yrs on display, mostly outside. It's a new leftover 2024 model year. The dealer had to replace the rubber floor mat because it was completely sun dried and cracked. They would have happily sold it to me this way had I not mentioned it. They ordered one and swapped it no problem. The seatbelt was rusted so bad, they replaced that as well (again, only after I mentioned it). Some of the dark grey plastic around the dash has light sun fading as well, but the integrity seems OK.
Having crawled all over and under the machine, I found some questionable cable and hose routing under the machine that could lead to problems down the road and I will address those as I can. I also found the rubber boot on the F-R pedal dampener to have some dry cracks on it already as well. I have some products that I use to protect and preserve rubber products, so I'm not too worried about these things. In many spots, bundles of hoses or wires are just bunched up and zip tied without being secured to anything.
I removed the lower dash cover to get a look at the battery, some of the "electronics" and the fuel/water separator. That pops off fairly easy after removing three 10mm bolts. To my surprise, it has an Interstate group 51 battery in it. I was expecting some no-name special. Maybe it had been changed, but it didn't appear to have been.
Something that is a major flaw is in the brake lamps. I believe "Tony's Tractor Adventure" channel had mentioned this issue. Because of the design of the brake lamps and the intensity of the incandescent bulbs in them, they get scorching hot. If you leave the tractor running with the parking brake set, the brake lights stay on and the housings/red lenses will surely melt if they stay lit for any length of time.
Anyway, I hope some of this helps and we can add to this as time goes on.
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