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Jtullis13
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Yeah I'm not sure about the injection pump and such, but it does have smaller tires.
Buying advice Yanmar 1700d, 1720d, or 1610d.
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Jtullis13
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Clemsonfor I was wondering how well you like your 2000? If you would choose a different tractor which would it be? I like the idea of the 1700d being a little more compact and simpler to work on, just wish it was a PS, but I'm sure a gear shift will be fine. Mainly for snow removal and some loader work, occasional finish mower too I suppose. Any downfalls with your 2000 for the work you use it for?
clemsonfor
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I love my ym2000. Simplistic , easy to work on, parts are realitively cheap and availible. The only thing I wish it was was heavier, and had more power, maybe 4wd to help pull but for what I do I don't get stuck..
I say more power cause I use my uncles 6ft bushhog fth720 finish mower. It's all that tractor wants in GraSS that's anything more than like 3 week old yard grass. If I mowed it weekly it would not miss a beat bit I use it in farm house yard that I only get to a few times a year to cut and it's tall. I have to take smaller bites and it can still drag it down. I have a 4 ft and 5ft bushhog. It will sling the 4ft through the nastiest stuff at a pretty good clip. The 5fter has to be geared down about one gear lower Than the 4 to not bog out in taller grass. And if real thick I have to pinch in a foot unless I drop another gear. But for 90%of my bushhog in the old fields I just cut full width in I think 6th gear out of the 8 foward it has.
Sometimes with the box blade and constant foward and back when working like a puddle in the road or something g I can't turn around for the gears get old but for everything else it's not bad. Not having the live PTO is hard with the fth720 as it takes a lot of power to spin it up and if you drive foward and are cutting grass at the same time it's a load on it for sure. But I usually just lift the mower up until motors up to speed and then lower the finish mower into the grass. But I really have no business useing a 7ft mower behind that tractor in anything longer than golf course fairway.
I love that it sips fuel. To me it hardly uses any fuel. And really seems to have power beyond its size. I have loaded the rear tires up with windshield washer fluid for weight and have about 180 pounds of steel and lead hanging up front for when I use the weighted disk harrow or the huge springtooTh I have or even that fth720 which weighs 600 pounds.
But for normal plowing , finish mowing even with obstacles and bushhogin I don't have a bit of problem with the geared transmission.
I say more power cause I use my uncles 6ft bushhog fth720 finish mower. It's all that tractor wants in GraSS that's anything more than like 3 week old yard grass. If I mowed it weekly it would not miss a beat bit I use it in farm house yard that I only get to a few times a year to cut and it's tall. I have to take smaller bites and it can still drag it down. I have a 4 ft and 5ft bushhog. It will sling the 4ft through the nastiest stuff at a pretty good clip. The 5fter has to be geared down about one gear lower Than the 4 to not bog out in taller grass. And if real thick I have to pinch in a foot unless I drop another gear. But for 90%of my bushhog in the old fields I just cut full width in I think 6th gear out of the 8 foward it has.
Sometimes with the box blade and constant foward and back when working like a puddle in the road or something g I can't turn around for the gears get old but for everything else it's not bad. Not having the live PTO is hard with the fth720 as it takes a lot of power to spin it up and if you drive foward and are cutting grass at the same time it's a load on it for sure. But I usually just lift the mower up until motors up to speed and then lower the finish mower into the grass. But I really have no business useing a 7ft mower behind that tractor in anything longer than golf course fairway.
I love that it sips fuel. To me it hardly uses any fuel. And really seems to have power beyond its size. I have loaded the rear tires up with windshield washer fluid for weight and have about 180 pounds of steel and lead hanging up front for when I use the weighted disk harrow or the huge springtooTh I have or even that fth720 which weighs 600 pounds.
But for normal plowing , finish mowing even with obstacles and bushhogin I don't have a bit of problem with the geared transmission.
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Ditto. Well said.
I love my YM240 (YM2000). Simplicity, incredible fuel economy, enough hp for what I need. Never needs repair. I admire it for its first class elegant-made-simple design.
But because this is an orchard with low overhead clearance everywhere, and many changes of slope steepness that force a gear change every few hundred feet (photo), my smaller YM186D gets used more.
I love my YM240 (YM2000). Simplicity, incredible fuel economy, enough hp for what I need. Never needs repair. I admire it for its first class elegant-made-simple design.
But because this is an orchard with low overhead clearance everywhere, and many changes of slope steepness that force a gear change every few hundred feet (photo), my smaller YM186D gets used more.
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Jtullis13
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Thanks Clemsonfor and California. That was my thoughts too. I am really torn between the 1720d and the 1700d for the simple reason of the PS and sleeved engine. From what you two have said it sounds like the 1700d would be just fine despite a few setbacks of the geared tranny which I think I can live with.
Neat 1500
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Yeah I'm sure mines lost quite a few edges!! This ol' girl does everything for me from carting tools around the property, moving wood,slashing,moving dirt, dragging the bin around, pulling saplings out, drilling fence post holes with PTO driven auger and lots more. If I can find any excuse to use her I will. I would dearly love a 35 odd HP 4WD tractor but couldn't bear to part with the 1500. She has always punched well above her weight and never complained about it even when I put her on her side several years ago and she owes me absolutely nothing.
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Lmao Neat, I like how you said "she didn't complain even when you put her on her side". I'm sure that was a ride for you!! Good to hear that she still purrs. How tall are you and do you fit on the tractor ok? I'm 6ft and 215lbs. I fit in my 2210d just fine, and will by buying one of these smaller tractors site unseen, so just curious.
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My vote would be for the YM1610D, I do not like the YM1700 series at all, the few I have owned run pretty hot, I suggest water pump models and 3 cylinder. Good luck
clemsonfor
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I personally would want a water pump too. If all is well it should not run warm, but truth is its a 35 year old tractor, with corrosion in the system, it won't be 100% and that water pump allows you some extra insurance .
That said do what you want and can get a good deal on. I think for reasons those with PS stated , the quick shifts F to R and the fact you can spin up an implement before you move and keep it spinning with F and R shifts has a big advantage.
That said do what you want and can get a good deal on. I think for reasons those with PS stated , the quick shifts F to R and the fact you can spin up an implement before you move and keep it spinning with F and R shifts has a big advantage.
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Thanks for your input Smoody. I agree it may run hot, but if I would get the 1700d I would put a water pump on for those reasons like Clemsonfor stated. I know the PS would be a big plus, but I am kind of leaning towards the 1700d anyways for the simplicity, being able to sleeve it, and more compact. The PTO part of the PS would be nice. But I think I can live without it. 
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