[AT] yanmar

[charlie hill]

That's what I thought Mike.  However, those tractors were made for some 
market somewhere (Maybe Canada?) I wonder if there is any way to track down 
what market they were built for and obtain the parts that way?  Not that you 
would want to buy a tractor knowing you would  face that situation but if 
you owned one or could buy one dirt cheap it might be an option.

Charlie
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From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] yanmar


> Yanmar USA doesn't like them, of course, because of liability issues - the 
> units do no meet US OSHA and other safety/emissions requirements. But the 
> big problem will be parts: while the engines and other components may be 
> very similar to those used in John Deere and other machines, they are not 
> identical. And even when they are the same, there are no cross reference 
> books to guide you. And if the part cannot be obtained from JD or others, 
> you are going to have a hard time locating them. I used to work for a 
> franchised Yanmar dealer, and the machines we sold (tracked excavators and 
> articulated wheel loaders) were excellent machines, we would not (could 
> not) assist owners of gray market machines. Yanmar did import some 
> tractors into the US about 20 years ago, but even getting parts for the 
> legal machines was very difficult with out a parts manual (and even that 
> often didn't help).
>
> Mike
>
> charlie hill wrote:
>> Just for the sake of the conversation would someone describe the issues 
>> with a grey market unit Vs. a made for USA sale unit.  Obviously there is 
>> a warranty issue but the unit in question isn't under warranty so what 
>> would be other problems?  I take it that some parts will NOT interchange 
>> with the "USA" versions.
>>
>> Charlie
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