BDAWG
Senior Member
Does anyone have any info on this brand of tractor. Spalding tractor has a special going on and I was wondering if this is a good tractor.
I love mine!!!! I got the 2210.....
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Here's the BIG problem. The "dealers" will tell you that these are "factory reconditioned". That is a big lie. These are grey market tractors that started out life on small farms in Japan. They were never built for export to the US. Along the way, people started buying them up cheap there and bringing them in. Buyers in the US got good, used tractors for a decent price.
Then, unscrupulous people started buying junkers and sending them to Vietnam first. The Vietnamese put together tractors from parts (sometimes mixing parts from different models), give them a nice coat of paint and a zero'd hour meter. Theyh are sold as "factory reconditioned" and some of the dealers will bald-faced lie to you and tell you Yanmar is supporting this. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
Yanmar specifically disavows any sale of these tractors. They refuse to offfer any type of official parts support or mechanical advise/service. If you buy one, you are on your own for getting replacement parts - although many parts can be cross reference to parts from models that were made for the US market.
I'm not saying they are bad or that you shouldn't buy one. I'm saying that this is something that you really need to educate yourself about completely and know what it is you are buying. Yanmars themselves are well made little machines.
One more thing. There are two Yanmar models that you really need to stay away from (known issues and no replacment parts at all). Unfortunately, I can't remember which models, but I believe both were 2 cylinder models. I did some long research on this subject when I was looking for a tractor.
Would you get the 2wd or do you need the extra pull of 4wd