Seller: "Take that, stupid tractor!"
Buyer: "I'll spend $500 to get everything back to spec then have a $4,000 tractor for $1,500."
Just a newbie's:2cents: Just The YM155d I just bought could have been part of a package deal with a YM2200 for $5k. My tractor came with a tiller, woods finish mower, and spring tooth harrow for $3500. The YM2200 came with a very nice disc, a rotary mower (generic 5'), an auger, and another tiller -- so in this case the YM2200 and everything with it would have been a mere $1500. It needed a new rear tire (really both), battery, and a typical fluid service.
Due to so many other expenses I didn't really have that $1500, let alone the tire $$$, but I knew that I could turn around and sell it all for a lot more than I'd pay. But in the end I realized that it was just going to take too much of my time, and especially with a new baby, the time was worth more than the money. So unless you really needed the YM3000, chances are you're better off
PS California, that tractor's probably still over in Woodland and I have the guy's #
Oh man I wish I had time to play at fixing and selling tractors! This orchard plus this falling-apart old farmhouse (not my primary home) demand more time than I have. I'm still cleaning up after felling some eucalyptus trees that were volunteers in my last orchard rows and were beginning to shade the trees they were growing among. I hadn't noticed they were a problem, thought they were harmless, until now it took some engineering (cables and pulleys) to fell them straight down the orchard terraces and not smash a row of bearing apple trees. Everywhere I look there's something like that that demands my attention. This place was supposed to be a retirement hobby not endless responsibilities.PS California, that tractor's probably still over in Woodland and I have the guy's #
I finally understand why every time I came to visit Dad here I had to work my tail off for him all weekend. The two Yanmars now are exactly what I need, a third would be a PIA.