<font color=blue>...looking for info ... on Yanmar , Shibauro, and Hinomoto... Anyone have any info to help me decide?...</font color=blue>
What exactly do you need to "decide"?
Yanmar can be checked out with John Deere 4000 series{all engines, 790/990/4100 entire unit}...
Shibaura has been the prime manufacturer of Ford/New Holland Compact series {now TC} for almost 20 years...
Hinomoto had made a couple Massey Ferguson compacts, I believe late 80's/early 90's... but hasn't been too much of a major player with Iseki basically taken over the compact works...
On buying a grey-market, I would rank Yanmar, Shibaura,..................way way down here finally Hinomoto as far as replacement parts availability...
Remember if a tractor servicing mechanic can't get the parts or they are hard to get, most aren't quick to jump at the chance of servicing them.. because it ends up in a lot of lost man-hours of wasted time... /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
