new 273 owner today!

[Tom59]

I notice a few changes the lights on the ROP and the ROP itself looks more forward leaning. I like the silver wheels vs cream colored. I keep debating pulling mine off and having them powder coated...

Be cool with a -five spoke- coated in there.

Be careful what you tell the wife play vs work. She could get jealous if it's play , tell her its work , hard work.

I just did some stumps for a neighbor he was impressed. Huge oak stumps took some extra time but with enough playing around, oops I meant work , they came out.

 

[Gregster613]

Tom59...Yes the lights are now located up high on the ROP -- (which does lean quite a bit forwards) and (leading me to wonder what type of canopy will ever fit it if I should desire to mount one?) -- as I am well aware of now that I've managed to get just "close" enough to a stout branch to mangle each side of the right-hand lense. I managed to accomplish that feat on the very first day I operated the Lil Beast. I've never had any experience with ROP cages until now. The Minneapolis Molines that my father was so very fond of and that we kids learned on -- 30 - 40 years ago, had no such instruments to interfere with any types of operation. I learn very fast however, it'll never happen again! I never noticed the diference in wheel color until you mentioned it, but yes they are silver now. My Lil Beast purrs like a kitten and even eats far less. I'm just pleased as punch thus far. Gregster613

 

[Tom59]

Tom59...Yes the lights are now located up high on the ROP -- (which does lean quite a bit forwards) and (leading me to wonder what type of canopy will ever fit it if I should desire to mount one?) -- as I am well aware of now that I've managed to get just "close" enough to a stout branch to mangle each side of the right-hand lense. I managed to accomplish that feat on the very first day I operated the Lil Beast. I've never had any experience with ROP cages until now. The Minneapolis Molines that my father was so very fond of and that we kids learned on -- 30 - 40 years ago, had no such instruments to interfere with any types of operation. I learn very fast however, it'll never happen again! I never noticed the diference in wheel color until you mentioned it, but yes they are silver now. My Lil Beast purrs like a kitten and even eats far less. I'm just pleased as punch thus far. Gregster613

Home Click here go to TYM....

I made a really simple bracket for mine that allows me to take it off in seconds. If you buy this type lmk , I'll show you how to make the brackets. Makes it nice to travel with'em or work in the trees.

 

[Mailman17]

There is not a TYM dealer close to me . I would like to see one in person . Good luck and enjoy !!!

 

[VroomVroom]

Is that a 3pt mounted backhoe or frame mounted? A dealer sent me some pics of this tractor today without the backhoe on it. What would I expect for price with a backhoe and a fel? I would rather if the backhoe was mounted on the frame instead of a 3pt mount.

 

[myyaz33]

the BT200 backhoe for the K2 series is frame mounted one. Is is "kinda" quick attach.

 

[VroomVroom]

ahh, thanks myazz. So its a sturdy set up. I live in eastern canada. Whats the price of a 273 with the frame mounted backhoe and fel? Nice tractor.

 

[myyaz33]

ahh, thanks myazz. So its a sturdy set up. I live in eastern canada. Whats the price of a 273 with the frame mounted backhoe and fel? Nice tractor.

Not sure of current pricing but my guesstimate would be $16,000-$17,500

 

[Gregster613]

Hi all, Don't seem to see much traffic on this board and I'm hoping it's because most everyone with a TYM is like me so far - haven't had many problems worth reporting about! Knock on wood. I have a few observations I'd deem worthy of mention tho.

1. My hood had popped open unexpectedly quite a few times when I first got/began using my tractor.
A. Got an idea from this site to build up the latch mechanism somewhat. It has worked well so far, yet I still get that pop open occasionally. Seems to happen more-so whenever I'm using the loader and carrying a full bucket of earth across uneven terrain! It must be the flexing caused by the added weight to bucket and loader/frame shifting.
An annoyance surely! Further repair by myself deemed likely.

2. My fuel consumption is quite tolerable. She seems to only sip at the diesel. Unless I use my PTO. Whenever I have my Woods BB60 bushhog mounted then she drinks diesel - like I drink beer - after I'm done in a dusty field! Again, tolerable. Turning the PTO must really work the horses out of it.

3. Shifting out of 4-wheel drive, it's sometimes hard to get the lever to move? I often have to jiggle tractor backwards/forwards via pedals to get into that "sweet" spot. An annoyance, but tolerable.

4. Tractor creeping. I've adjusted the pedals several times and it's now "almost" totally stopped creeping, but I still never trust it. I always shift into neutral (& drop the 3PH/loader to ground) whenever I need to jump off machine for something. Maybe with enough time the pedals will loosen up and get looser? I've gotten 90 hrs on clock so far. I just adjust to situation at hand. Tolerable.

5. Can't talk about my BH experiences cause I don't have one as of yet. It's sure up there on my wish list/dream sheet tho!
As is a SSQA set of pallet forks for the loader - those I will get before the BH! If anyone else already has a set of them - where/whom did you get yours from? How well liked? How expensive were they? 42" or 48" forks?

Can't think of anything else that's been troublesome as of yet. I hope to have many, many more hours of operation before I notice anything worth mentioning. I just wanted to get on and say how satisfied I've been thus far in my union with TYM tractors. I hope everyone else is as satisfied as I am!
Happy tractoring & have a great weekend. Greg

 

[rgold1963]

I picked up my 293hst a couple of weeks ago. Finally had some time to put it to work the last couple of days. So far, everything has been perfect. I have been pulling logs up a pretty steep creek bank and I am amazed at how easy they are coming up. The BPA came through and cut a bunch of trees last year that were on the edge of the easement and just left them down in the creek. One of my first reasons for needing the new tractor!
I have also mowed the sides of the road and loaded a sprayer into the bucket to spray blackberries and thistle. I need to blade the whole thing next. I live at the end of a mile long, very steep private gravel road and for some reason, all the neighbors seem to think I am responsible for all the upkeep. I think I need to send them all a bill for the labor and materials.

Anyone here know how difficult it would be to add a set of rear remotes and hydraulic top link? Is it possible to add a side link as well for angling a blade? Is it something I can do myself or does it need to go to the dealer? Thanks for any info.

Ron