How many Zennoh's are out there??

[neucam]

I have a Zennoh ZL1501DT same as Kubota L185DT or L1501DT Kubota for practical purposes. I have had mine for 4 years, and did not know they might be illegal in the US until after I bought it, it has been troublefree, but know nothing about it's import history. Right now it just works well for me. Does anyone know how many people have the Zennoh models in America, an outfit in Texas still imports Zennoh's models, but some are Yanmar's. I don't know how they can still import them. Anyway I did some some research, but would like more info, if anyone has any. Thanks

 

[prb51]

Howdy,
Zennoh is not a brand but a farming conglomerate in Japan that buys numerous brands of tractors and puts their communal name on them. I have a Yanmar 2000D that is marked Zennoh YM2000D. It's simply a Japanese market YM.
They are not illegal in the States but many makers will not support privately imported used tractors over their own factory imported made for USA models (Yanmar included) they say it's for safety etc. as many do not have rops/pto covers etc. but primarily it's because we get ours cheaper and it's a competition/money thing.
You may get a dealer to work on your tractor depending upon his personality but they are so simple any competant diesel/hydraulic mech can do the work.
Many gray market sellers also provide mechanic support too. Check around the internet.