Recent content by Leaferfly

Hey all, I purchased a used grey market tractor from a dealer in Nevada, and unfortunately got entirely hosed. The dealer sold me a Yanmar FX24D with only 329 hours on it for $12,500. It worked great for about 10 hours then stalled mid-operation and would not start again. At first I thought I...

I will hit them up, thank you for the suggestion.

I have some email threads and text messages that detail the sale, but the fact is a suit would get me nowhere but hefty attorney fees. There are no lemon laws applied to farm equipment sales in California. The best I can (and will) do is work with my techy friends and create a website that...

Hey all, I purchased a used grey market tractor from a dealer in Nevada, and got entirely hosed. The dealer sold me a Yanmar FX24D with only 329 hours on it for $12,500. It worked great for about 10 hours then stalled mid-operation and would not start again. At first I thought I had ran it out...

I’m in California in the northeastern Sierra Nevadas pretty close to the Nevada border.

That all makes plenty of sense. Not sure why my dealer would say the Yanmar didn't need a subframe, guess he just wanted to make the sale. But if the weight and leverage of a backhoe attachment could break through the bell housing, wouldn't it also be a concern for breaking the subframe itself...

No worries, thanks for taking a look, I appreciate it. I'll keep plugging away and researching. I'm thinking I better not risk it without a subframe. If I cant find one pre-fab, I'll have to create it myself. With time and will, one can do nearly anything.

Where did you find your subframe? Or did you make it yourself? All of my efforts of finding a pre-fab subframe for my fx 24d have come up empty

Thanks for your input. It adds one more vote to the group of folks who say I can do it without a subframe. But that’s the answer I want to hear. Is it the right answer? I still am hearing from people who caution me heavily against it. The problem is I don’t know how much personal experience they...

Hi, I'm a new member and new to tractors in general. I inherited a property of 5 acres recently and am beginning a small family (non-commercial) farm. I have a Yanmar FX 24D in very good shape with only 340 hours on it. I'm having trouble finding specs on this grey market tractor...