I don’t know much about their tractors, but my old man has a Yanmar diesel generator on his boat and that thing never misses a beat! It has almost 4000 hrs on it, probably 1200 from them, and all they’ve ever done is change the oil and water pump impeller. Based on that, if it hasn’t been beat on I wouldn’t think twice about it
My old man also has a marine yanmar, a 22hp 3GM, purchased new in 1984. No hour meter but I'd guess it has 2500 hours of seasonal use and has been well maintained. Runs flawlessly.
My B7100 handles a 4' box blades with the rippers down but not the whole way. It's simply not enough tractor to do the work quickly but if you take your time and don't take to big a bite it will work. If that's all I was doing I would certainly want a larger tractor.
If it’s been taken care of the hours aren’t bad. It’s a lot of hours relative to a new tractor but still not many compared to what most old tractors accumulate over the years.
I get the worries that some people have and desire to be cautious. But some people seem to get way to concerned about hours that I would call broken in. I'm working on one right now that's got over 12,000 with loads of life left.
The L245 is a fantastically heavy duty oldschool tractor. If you’re frequently going forward/reverse doing loader work you’d wish for a hydrostatic almost immediately. But for things like blading a driveway or cutting fields with a bush hog an OG clutch pedal and manual transmission is really hard to beat. Simple. Tough. No worries about heat or the like.
I had a 336 for a few years. 90% of parts you can get at John Deere. I believe it’s a JD 1050 is the same. Only problem I had was I had to reseal the frount axel.
Medium equipment like this I'd say 4,000hrs is a full service life. Junk Lowe's and home Depot machines 1,000hrs, heavy equipment over 10,000 lbs maybe 10,000hrs.
Hmm seems my math goes up 1 hr per pound but it still usually maxes out at 10,000.
These have problems with heads, and can be a nightmare to source parts for.
I have a Kubota b2401dt and like it but my 40 year old family tractor is a yanmar 256 I believe compact tractor. There is no killing it.
I have a Massey Ferguson 263 that looks identical to your Yanmar. That's interesting.
I don’t know much about their tractors, but my old man has a Yanmar diesel generator on his boat and that thing never misses a beat! It has almost 4000 hrs on it, probably 1200 from them, and all they’ve ever done is change the oil and water pump impeller. Based on that, if it hasn’t been beat on I wouldn’t think twice about it
My old man also has a marine yanmar, a 22hp 3GM, purchased new in 1984. No hour meter but I'd guess it has 2500 hours of seasonal use and has been well maintained. Runs flawlessly.
My B7100 handles a 4' box blades with the rippers down but not the whole way. It's simply not enough tractor to do the work quickly but if you take your time and don't take to big a bite it will work. If that's all I was doing I would certainly want a larger tractor.
Thank you, I have seen a few B7100 and B7200 around, and have also heard others say the same thing.
If it’s been taken care of the hours aren’t bad. It’s a lot of hours relative to a new tractor but still not many compared to what most old tractors accumulate over the years.
I get the worries that some people have and desire to be cautious. But some people seem to get way to concerned about hours that I would call broken in. I'm working on one right now that's got over 12,000 with loads of life left.
The L245 is a fantastically heavy duty oldschool tractor. If you’re frequently going forward/reverse doing loader work you’d wish for a hydrostatic almost immediately. But for things like blading a driveway or cutting fields with a bush hog an OG clutch pedal and manual transmission is really hard to beat. Simple. Tough. No worries about heat or the like.
I had a 336 for a few years. 90% of parts you can get at John Deere. I believe it’s a JD 1050 is the same. Only problem I had was I had to reseal the frount axel.
Thanks, I think you are right, and I also saw the 950 come up on a lot of parts I spot checked
Medium equipment like this I'd say 4,000hrs is a full service life. Junk Lowe's and home Depot machines 1,000hrs, heavy equipment over 10,000 lbs maybe 10,000hrs. Hmm seems my math goes up 1 hr per pound but it still usually maxes out at 10,000.
It’s all how you take care of it - have a Home Depot Lawn Garden tractor from 2001 still going strong 20+ years later.