Yanmar 336D!!

[couchsachraga]

Greetings...

Well, it's dark and cold out, but I'm still smiling For the past while I've been playing with my new tractor-the Yanmar 336D! See the attachment for a (rather dark) image. Hopefully I'll have some "action shots" moving logs, etc... this weekend {smile}.
Along with the tractor came an operators manual, a manual for the Yanmar 1500 loader, and even some of the original advertising literature! I also found out I'm the third owner.

Keep the Cheer,
Couchsachraga

 

[roger_scotty]

Congratulations! Be sure to check the pitman arm and I'd sure like to see some closeups of that loader from other angles..

 

[BrettFF205D]

Nice tractor, it is a big one! I wonder how many people you could pick up with that loader? bw

 

[Thomas]

Looks like your all set for winter..nice Yanmar,cab,snow bucket.
Hope your mud season shall be alot dryer than ours over here.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Adam...

Congrats on your new 336... /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

They hold their value very well in my neck of the woods...

I'd be interested in a copy of some of your advertisement material if you have a color scanner... /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[roger_scotty]

Does it have power steering? Was the dealer right or not on that?? If not, it would be a most unusual 336D

There are a number of us with 336s with the loader....almost enough to begin to a booklet of 336-specific information. I almost said that they hold their value well in the Rocky Mountains, but that wouldn't be true because the original new purchase price was so high. What is true is that they are still expensive tractors. I've never seen a decent 336D w/loader for under 10.5K locally, and only one at that price.

 

[couchsachraga]

Greetings...

I'll see about the scanning tonight, and maybe some loader pictures...any particular angles you'd like roger_scotty?

Couchsachraga

 

[couchsachraga]

Power Steering

It does in fact appear to have power-steering (more like a power-assist steering, I think-when you're moving (at all, even creeping) the wheel turns very easily. If you're stopped that's not quite the case...).

Tractor with FEL, cab, 1861 hours went for 8500 + tax...it's got a little rust here and there, and the tires aren't new (but should still last a few years), but other than that in good shape-the guy delivering it even new it's history-first purchased by a local Catheter plant to plow there parking lot and mow the property, then sold to their neighbor who used it for much of the same on his personal property. He traded it in for a new Deere, and I'm the third owner /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif .

With the tractor can an operators manual for the tractor and YL1500 as well as the Curtis Canopy (it's not a full cab), ROPS, and original Yanmar 336D advertising literature. Nice surprise!

Thanks again for all your support,
Couchsachraga

 

[couchsachraga]

Another picture of the 336D...after I took it out for a tour of the property

Couchsachraga

 

[couchsachraga]

Re: Yanmar 1500 Loader

An image for roger_scotty of the YFL 1500....

Couchsachraga

 

[Tractors4u]

Nice looking tractor. The FEL looks beefy too. Seems that I recall that Woods built those loaders. Am I right? Maybe Roger knows. One thing you might want to do is flip those front wheels back around. It looks as though they have been reversed to a wider stance. That isn't very healthy for the axle knuckles. Makes for more stability at the cost of durability.

Brent

 

[roger_scotty]

Tractors4U, I was noticing the same thing about the wheels. Thanks for mentioning it. I thought a lot about reversing wheels and went so far as to examine the bearings and shafts and do some calculations. The result was that I did not reverse mine. Yanmar has it exactly right for minimum stress on the bearings and seals. Still, I figure that my neck is worh the possibility of replacing a certain amount bearings and seals. What I finally did was to put on some wheels with an additional one inch of offset to the rim on each side.
Frankly, I would recommend that he leave the wheels like they are. My motivation is entirely selfish!! The reason being that I have always been curious if the bearings would "take it" with the wheels in the reversed position. I would sure be carefulabout big loader loads, though.
Another thought is that his is an older 336, and that particular bearing and seal area did not entirely please Yanmar either since they redesigned the outer bearing and wheel seal a couple of times during the model run until they felt like it was up to absolutely bulletproof standards. The good news is that the redesigned parts will work with the older tractors, though some support pieces have to be replaced as well.
I should emphasize that even with the original old design front bearings and seals I've not heard of any structural problem in any kind of normal use. Which I'm sure does mean with the wheels in the standard position - not reversed. The factory was just being typical Yanmar when they redesigned: making them better and less leaky and stronger all at once.