Who make a Diesel Garden Tractor?

Bob_Skurka · May 29, 2006

( What do you think of Yanmar diesel engines? I have friend that was telling me that Yanmar diesels are made in China and are junk. Is this true? Dixon sells only a diesel with a Yanmar engine.

Thanks, John )

Yanmar is Japanese, they make some of the most respected tractor engines and are used by John Deere. They also make some of the most respected marine engines for offshore sailboats. I think your friend might not be well informed.

Bob_Skurka · May 29, 2006

( What do you think of Yanmar diesel engines? I have friend that was telling me that Yanmar diesels are made in China and are junk. Is this true? Dixon sells only a diesel with a Yanmar engine.

Thanks, John )

Yanmar is Japanese, they make some of the most respected tractor engines and are used by John Deere. They also make some of the most respected marine engines for offshore sailboats. I think your friend might not be well informed.

JohnBoy45 · May 29, 2006

This friend works for Kubota dealer here and just didn't know that Yanmar is made in Japan. He's one of many people that think Kubota is only product that is excellent and no one else can be just as good or better.

Thanks, John

JohnBoy45 · May 29, 2006

This friend works for Kubota dealer here and just didn't know that Yanmar is made in Japan. He's one of many people that think Kubota is only product that is excellent and no one else can be just as good or better.

Thanks, John

jeffinsgf · May 30, 2006

Both my tractors have Yanmar diesel engines. The 455 I have owned since late last summer and my 4410 for about 18 months. I mow an acre with the 455, spread seed and fertilizer with it, and roll with a 5 foot wide 3 foot diameter water filled roller. Its most recent achievement went beyond my expectations.

I really want my yard to look like a golf course. That has been my obsession for the last 2 years. At the beginning of last summer I spent every day on my 4410 raking out rocks, contouring, and installing irrigation. But, my soil is painfully poor. The zoysia seed germinated and is trying to grow, but it just doesn't have much to work with. In researching what to do, I decided that top dressing with organic compost offered the best chance to amend the soil and give the grass a fighting chance. I bought a used golf course top dressing machine (Turfco Mete-R-Matic) off eBay. I stripped it completely apart, sanded it, painted it JD green and put it back together.

But, here's the problem. If I pull it with my 4410, I have to stop, unhook, fill the hopper, hook back up and go back to spreading. The hopper holds two heaping tractor scoops, and if I am spreading 1/4 inch thick, it last about 10 minutes. I didn't relish the idea of that much hooking and unhooking, so I decided to try to pull the spreader with the 455 -- even though, fully loaded, the spreader weighs about 2800 pounds. To my amazement, not only did my little 455 handle the spreader, it handled it without ever bogging down or struggling to either pull the spreader or stop it.

I could tell equally impressive stories about my 4410 and how it has proven time and again that it has all the power I need or want.

Anyone that expresses a negative opinion about Yanmar engines is either uninformed or trying to mislead.

Oh, one more thing. Mowing at least weekly from early March till the end of November, plus seeding, fertilizing rolling and topdressing, I just filled the 455 for the second time. I think it makes fuel while it sits in the barn. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

jeffinsgf · May 30, 2006

Both my tractors have Yanmar diesel engines. The 455 I have owned since late last summer and my 4410 for about 18 months. I mow an acre with the 455, spread seed and fertilizer with it, and roll with a 5 foot wide 3 foot diameter water filled roller. Its most recent achievement went beyond my expectations.

I really want my yard to look like a golf course. That has been my obsession for the last 2 years. At the beginning of last summer I spent every day on my 4410 raking out rocks, contouring, and installing irrigation. But, my soil is painfully poor. The zoysia seed germinated and is trying to grow, but it just doesn't have much to work with. In researching what to do, I decided that top dressing with organic compost offered the best chance to amend the soil and give the grass a fighting chance. I bought a used golf course top dressing machine (Turfco Mete-R-Matic) off eBay. I stripped it completely apart, sanded it, painted it JD green and put it back together.

But, here's the problem. If I pull it with my 4410, I have to stop, unhook, fill the hopper, hook back up and go back to spreading. The hopper holds two heaping tractor scoops, and if I am spreading 1/4 inch thick, it last about 10 minutes. I didn't relish the idea of that much hooking and unhooking, so I decided to try to pull the spreader with the 455 -- even though, fully loaded, the spreader weighs about 2800 pounds. To my amazement, not only did my little 455 handle the spreader, it handled it without ever bogging down or struggling to either pull the spreader or stop it.

I could tell equally impressive stories about my 4410 and how it has proven time and again that it has all the power I need or want.

Anyone that expresses a negative opinion about Yanmar engines is either uninformed or trying to mislead.

Oh, one more thing. Mowing at least weekly from early March till the end of November, plus seeding, fertilizing rolling and topdressing, I just filled the 455 for the second time. I think it makes fuel while it sits in the barn. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

fgross335_2210 · May 30, 2006

I have a JD355D which has a 2cyl yanmar diesel rated at 18HP. It has significantly more power and uses 1/2 the fuel as the 335 it replaced, which had a 20HP kawasaki twin.

fgross335_2210 · May 30, 2006

I have a JD355D which has a 2cyl yanmar diesel rated at 18HP. It has significantly more power and uses 1/2 the fuel as the 335 it replaced, which had a 20HP kawasaki twin.

Garrabo · May 31, 2006

I like Kubota diesels just fine but Yanmar is top quality in there diesel engines. You cant go wrong with a yanny. I would recommend a yanny just as quick as I would a Bota.

Garrabo · May 31, 2006

I like Kubota diesels just fine but Yanmar is top quality in there diesel engines. You cant go wrong with a yanny. I would recommend a yanny just as quick as I would a Bota.