Torx
Bronze Member
Me and a friend drove 180 miles into the recently snowed upon Ozarks in North Arkansas today to check out a YM226 I found on Craigs List. The tractor was ice cold to the touch, and hadn't been started in several days. I turned the glow plug on which is new to me since I live in the usually balmy South. About 5 turns of the starter and my new to me tractor was running and I was off to the races testing out the PowerShift [I think Powershift is the correct term for the YM226's transmission} There was ice, snow and mud to test the tractor out in.
Needless to say, I am more than happy with this easy to shift and much roomier tractor as compared to my YM1500. My YM1500 is a powerful and great tractor, especially since I just rebuilt the engine. But I am in awe of how much a 3 cylinder with large turf tires and shift on the fly without losing speed or rotation of your implements has made me smile. It's an early Christmas for me. I did some trading and cash payments and I got this tractor for $2400.00 give or take a few bucks. The asking price was $3000 so I feel good about it. I took my friend who is a diesel engine and equipment repair and rebuild specialist. He gave it the once over and other than a leaking fuel return line that he fixed on the spot, he gave it his thumbs up.
I also got the original operation manual and a 3" thick original factory service manual. I was about to have to spring for the turf rims and tires for my YM1500 as I was really cleating up the ground on my property and with the past 3 wet summers I was going to be digging holes unless I dropped the $1500 for new rims and tires I have seen out there.This YM226 has turf tires in good shape so I can breathe easier as summer approaches. The overall condition of this tractor is good to excellent and after I do some general maintenance, I think I have a keeper. It's not a 4 wheel drive model but I live on hilly ground and nothing steep or muddy to contend with.
I have had a back injury and the overall size and room to get onto and off of, as well as just driving the 226 around amazes me. Instead of doing a move similar to mounting a horse, both on and off my YM1500, I can now climb up and actually have room for my boots to fit in place.
If anyone has any ready information about how expensive and difficult/simple obtaining a decent FEL for a YM226 would be, I would really appreciate it. And any good ideas or things to be wary of as I transition to the YM226 from the YM1500 would be appreciated as well.
Also, thanks to everyone who replied to my post last week asking about getting a YM226 vs. my now secondary tractor YM1500.
I must find out more about the PTO generators. I could really use one now, and I think it would be a great thing to have around in case of power outages, which I have seen 3 of in the past couple of weeks.
Thanks for reading my gloating post about my new to me tractor and I would appreciate any feedback on the price I paid and on the YM226 in general.
I will post some pics tomorrow after I clean this baby up some. Lots of mud in the area this last few weeks.
Peace,
Torx
Needless to say, I am more than happy with this easy to shift and much roomier tractor as compared to my YM1500. My YM1500 is a powerful and great tractor, especially since I just rebuilt the engine. But I am in awe of how much a 3 cylinder with large turf tires and shift on the fly without losing speed or rotation of your implements has made me smile. It's an early Christmas for me. I did some trading and cash payments and I got this tractor for $2400.00 give or take a few bucks. The asking price was $3000 so I feel good about it. I took my friend who is a diesel engine and equipment repair and rebuild specialist. He gave it the once over and other than a leaking fuel return line that he fixed on the spot, he gave it his thumbs up.
I also got the original operation manual and a 3" thick original factory service manual. I was about to have to spring for the turf rims and tires for my YM1500 as I was really cleating up the ground on my property and with the past 3 wet summers I was going to be digging holes unless I dropped the $1500 for new rims and tires I have seen out there.This YM226 has turf tires in good shape so I can breathe easier as summer approaches. The overall condition of this tractor is good to excellent and after I do some general maintenance, I think I have a keeper. It's not a 4 wheel drive model but I live on hilly ground and nothing steep or muddy to contend with.
I have had a back injury and the overall size and room to get onto and off of, as well as just driving the 226 around amazes me. Instead of doing a move similar to mounting a horse, both on and off my YM1500, I can now climb up and actually have room for my boots to fit in place.
If anyone has any ready information about how expensive and difficult/simple obtaining a decent FEL for a YM226 would be, I would really appreciate it. And any good ideas or things to be wary of as I transition to the YM226 from the YM1500 would be appreciated as well.
Also, thanks to everyone who replied to my post last week asking about getting a YM226 vs. my now secondary tractor YM1500.
I must find out more about the PTO generators. I could really use one now, and I think it would be a great thing to have around in case of power outages, which I have seen 3 of in the past couple of weeks.
Thanks for reading my gloating post about my new to me tractor and I would appreciate any feedback on the price I paid and on the YM226 in general.
I will post some pics tomorrow after I clean this baby up some. Lots of mud in the area this last few weeks.
Peace,
Torx
