Green Yanmar

pugetsails · Jan 23, 2004

I have an FX18D that came from north of the border. It was painted green over the original red (everything is green , even the hoses and wires). I have put 200 hours on it in the last two years without so much as a hiccup. The only problem is that the red shows through where ever the green paint is chipped or abraided - but what the heck - it's a tractor and I love it!

California · Jan 23, 2004

What kind of money does the YM 240 command in your area? 

Dunno what it should have cost. I bought it at beat-up used tractor price from a short term second owner who bailed after he spent several hundred $ on a starter.

This is agribusiness country (Northern California) and nearly all small tractors advertised here are 1 year harvest rental returns for $10-14k, or 4x4 landscaper units thrashed to death for $6k and up. Almost no private party CUT's advertised, so the dealer prices you see on Ebay are the norm.

I had expected to buy a gray market YM2000. The local seller of imported Yanmars said his equivalent of my unit would be a nicely painted YM2000 with new Koyker loader for about $7,500.

physically the same size as the YM2610D?

Dunno, specs are in the brochure. That said it should weigh 1696 lbs plus a little for the HD adjustable width front axle and the Wide Tire option. (actually has even larger tires, 12.4x24) I thought the loader would add 700 lbs. Actual truck scale weight was over 3000 lbs, with no ballast. I don't know the specs for a YM2610D.

Can't open the jpeg info, for some reason?

It works now. Might be a little slow to load.

Comment re. 'Green Yanmar': In the photo in my signature, there really is a lime-green tractor under that faded loader!

DavesTractor · Jan 23, 2004

( Hmm... I wonder if you were the other caller? "YM240 with loader"? )

California,

I surely wasn't the other caller. I'm too busy to buy less than a truckload at a time, although I probably miss some good deals sometime because of that.

Best of luck with your rig. What part of Northern California are you in?

California · Jan 23, 2004

Dave,

I'm a couple of hours south of you. Hope to do business with you some time!

Tractors4u · Jan 23, 2004

Here is an example of a green grey market Yanmar YM1700.

jimstractors · Jan 24, 2004

" I bought it at beat-up used tractor price from a short term second owner who bailed after he spent several hundred $ on a starter." 

If the starter goes out again, just take it in and have it rebuilt. Saves you a ton of money.

Tractors4u · Jan 24, 2004

Jim is right. If you ever have starter problems with these little tractors do not buy another starter. First take it to an auto electric repair shop. There is a guy up the road from me that rebuilt my last starter for an Iseki for $30.

California · Jan 28, 2004

Here's another Green Yanmar, a YM135D.

It's listed on Ebay. See:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2591948603
(I have nothing to do with that auction, just an interested observer!)

The auction unit has the model # on a round medallion. This indicates a year model a little later than my YM240 (1979~80) which had the model number in the hood stripe.

I saw a note somewhere on tractorbynet or another board that the USA Yanmars were painted red starting 1982. Can anyone confirm this?

greg_g · Jan 29, 2004

Mine is a 2nd owner YM240/Mod3, also with green wires and hoses. Where the paint has chipped, I can see black under green on the rear axle, but can't tell the original color anywhere else. The original owner had a case of wishful thinking I guess - putting that D on the cowl.

//greg//

fivestring · Jan 29, 2004

"Can anyone tell me what that means?" 

Is this a trick question? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Uh, it means you are considering buying a green 4x4 Yanmar? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif