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Old 08-30-2014, 04:18 PM
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I was at Cub Cadet dealer/Yanmar the other day . I was talking to the parts guy. He was saying if buy a Yanmar Tractor, make sure you don't buy what they call a grey market .They can't sell you parts for them.
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black market tractors have been around a while. they are pretty much cheap knock off copies of various brand name tractors. kind of like buying a Honda clone motor and expecting Honda to supply parts
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Old 08-30-2014, 09:08 PM
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Grey market machines are machines that were intended for overseas sales only. They ARE different than machines for the US market.
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they can't sell parts at all for them
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Old 08-30-2014, 11:08 PM
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I can only speak regarding grey market kubotas, but the answer to the question is not that they cant sell parts, it is that they dont have access to the overseas model parts book. A lot of the maintinance parts are available for the grey market tractors, but you need to have a motivated parts guy to help you find what the corresponding US model parts numbers are. Grey market is not the same as black market. Black market items are more likely to be counterfeit, or otherwise illegal to sell. Grey market is just not marketed here in the US. US products have to meet specific criteria, like safety interlocks (seat sensor anyone?), ROPS, shielding, particular options are available/not available in the US, etc. Grey market equipment is completely legal to own.
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I was pretty much running already at the name "Yanmar."
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We are a Yanmar construction dealer here in Wisconsin, I would do anything but run from these things. We sell mini excavators and skid steers and we rent them, we've had very good luck with them, the motors are bullet proof, the skid steer is a gehl with a Yanmar motor. I can't speak for the small tractors but there construction equipment is awesome!
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I was pretty much running already at the name "Yanmar."
yanmar engines can hold their own against any kubota engine. if i had a choice between the two engines itd be a tough decision.
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yanmar engines can hold their own against any kubota engine. if i had a choice between the two engines itd be a tough decision.
I've worked on as many Yanmars as I have Kubotas. I agree, they are almost identical in design. So are the Mitsubishi's FWIW. Yanmar's are as good of a machine as anything. Deere uses the Yanmar diesel in their small tractors/lawn tractors. Nothing to be scared of here. There are gray market machines with every brand. IH even had machines just for the European markets.
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