Storage Space for Vintage Yanmar Literature

[winston1]

Gosh, thanks for the vote of confidence. I really wouldn't be a good one for the chore. I am right next to computer illiterate. I have been reading the jpgs and all that and am pretty much in the dark. I thank California has moderated before. Is that true California?

 

[clemsonfor]

Im out not that i want the job or would be nominated!! But i do know what a jpeg is and a pdf. But i did just learn that in the print option you can shoose pdf to make a pdf. I learned this at work!!

 

[284 International]

If nobody else has anything, I'm happy to post them at my Photobucket page, where I already have shared a lot of brochures from rScotty, California, ScottyDive, and some other sources. It may serve as an interim repository until we figure something out.

What literature is available?

If someone were able to obtain moderator status, they could make a sticky thread where no posting is allowed, that either links to or contains the literature. That seems like the best solution for the users; this section needs very little attention anyway, and with limited moderator powers it doesn't seem risky or injurious to TBN or Muhammed's system at all.

 

[California]

I'll pass this nomination along. 284 International and Car Doc would do a good job as moderator and/or documentation custodian. Several other frequent posters could also fill these roles well.

Thanks for thinking about me but I'll decline the honor. Winston yes I've served as moderator elsewhere. And I enjoy talking about my Yanmars and the gray import industry. But I'm not interested in taking on a project.

 

[clemsonfor]

I think the best solution is to just propose our idea to Muhhamad, then either start a thread with the info in it then as soon as its up have him lock it and then sticky it. If any other yahoos post on it in the meantime he can just delete them.

Or a post can be titled something like "ATTENTION! ONLY post yanmar pics liturature etc here". We can run it for a week or so then have muhhamad edit the post so that all the junk is out and just the docs stay. Then change the title to yanmar documents or something?

 

[bmaverick]

Does anyone have an idea where we should post copies of old sales brochures, specs, and repair/parts manual info for our vintage Yanmars? I don't know of any such a place here on TractorByNet, but maybe I simply haven't looked in the right place. If there's a place here that would be perfect.

Back when I started this Yanmar forum on TractorByNet (in 2001), it was because the old Yanmar forum on Yahoo - which is still at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yanmartractorownersgroup/ - was unmoderated and had become so loaded with spam that it didn't seem salvageable. At the time, it bothered me that Yahoo had space for storage available and TractorByNet did not..... But a decade past, the spam over there made conversation impossible and the site owner here was willing to welcome our group by creating a Yanmar space.

Yahoo's forums have improved since then; I haven't seen spam there in years. And the Yanmar forum is still there and active - though not nearly as active or as well set up for postings as this forum. But Yahoo still has the advantage of storage space for files and photos. I've been posting information there through the years as have many other Yanmar owners. In fact, I just posted a copy of the brochures for "Yanmar's YFL Loaders" there last week. So Yahoo has a limited space that is handy, and available....though it sure needs a librarian to upgrade the filing system. We could do that.

Any ideas?
thanks, rScotty

Was it determined WHERE the Vintage Yanmar Literature ended up ???

I have the full Yahoo Groups, Yanmar Tractor Owners Group/Club backup along with 3 or 4 other Yanmar Tractor backups of the other groups Jay Brown had started and then abandoned.

We are adding the Vintage Yanmar Literature on GroupsIO, but it's a slow process. Storage space over there is 1Gb max. And the photo section of just the YTOG/C was a mere 669-ish Mb.

Sadly, since I wasn't a mod over there, so doing the archiving, I have no ability to tie the photos to the member IDs who posted them. And with Jay gone those many years and Doug the last standing moderator who left at the end, there wasn't any ability to link them.

There is a rich history of this Yanmar Club. I came on the scene in late 2013. Well after all of the gray market peak importing and then the legal mess.
My JD850 had just died and I was looking for a Yanmar 3T80 engine. Somehow, I found Fredricks 1-1/2 hours away. Went with the YM2610 of the same engine and have been truly pleased with the machine ever since. They game me the choice of a YM2500 being the twin to the JD850, but Tom mentioned the YM2610 would be a better choice having the PowerShift and the 'live' PTO. Within 3 months, Fredricks' sent photos of my old and beat-up JD850 restored in mint condition. It looked NEW. The foldable ROPS gave it a more modern appearance too.

Still, it's a rich history and fun with our machines. I did speak with Ian Former of the Mitsubishi Satoh Beaver Club. I've been a moderator over there on Yahoo because of the gray market influence. They too have a long rich history. A connection like our family does here.

I too have a bunch of Vintage Yanmar Literature. It would be nice to have a place to retain it all and offer exposure to new comers who ask specification attributes of the machine they had recently purchased or are looking at. Who knows, it could even trigger a spark to revive the gray market once again. :thumbsup:

 

[bmaverick]

Just a heads up, much of the Yahoo Tractor Owners Group 'Vintage Yanmar Literature' is now restored on the GroupsIO site. Even more than what was originally retained on Yahoo. The Yahoo site had really odd names for things and wasn't searchable that way.

FILES, PHOTOS, DOCUMENTS and RESOURCES on the following:

YANMAR BROCHURES

YANMAR SALES COVERS

YANMAR MEMBER PHOTOS

YANMAR SPECIFICATIONS

YANMAR ROPS DRAWINGS - US and Gray Market versions

YANMAR MANUALS

And in the works YANMAR TILLERS

 

[bennyhill]

I would think if we could get someone with "moderator" privleges we could make it work. Basically it would start as a post and then we could have things added to the "pinned" thread, but to others it would be locked so you cant get the, "i just bought a yanmar 1500 what oil filter do i need" questions! Do we even have a yanmar forum Mod?

One thing I need to say.
I'm not the young kid anymore, but I still get all happy inside when a new toy shows up!
Right after signing up to TBN I wondered if I should look threw all the threads. I didn't want to, I just wanted to ask my question and get answers.. This computer stuff is Still new to me and hard to Not do something wrong..
GOD bless

 

[bmaverick]

One thing I need to say.
I'm not the young kid anymore, but I still get all happy inside when a new toy shows up!
Right after signing up to TBN I wondered if I should look threw all the threads. I didn't want to, I just wanted to ask my question and get answers.. This computer stuff is Still new to me and hard to Not do something wrong..
GOD bless

Benny, Glad you joined us on GroupsIO too. Over there, we have a files section. In it, there are ARCHIVED message threads going back some 30+ years. It contains GeoCities and Yahoo group Yanmar info that can not be located anywhere else. Additionally, TBN here has a vast history of Yanmar goodies to.