I put a deposit on this tractor at $16K with 1,000 hours. It was a rental that was professionally maintained. Separately, a seller is holding the B75 backhoe for me at $5.5K. It is new, but had been sitting out the past 3 years in the dealer’s yard. My wife will complete the purchases next week.
Cant beat those Yanmar engines. The backhoe is the one attachment I wish I had picked up when I got ours. I have seen used ones in the few hundred range and they are beat up bad. Good deal.
Good friend repowered a Bertram 28 Fly Bridge Sportfisher from gas to diesel years ago. He put in twin Yanmar 230 hp engines. Last I talked to him (about boats) they had over 8,000 hours on them.
From what I heard the tractor is the same as a John Deere
The smaller John Deere tractors all use a Yanmar motor. As far as the rest of the tractor I can’t say. I do know that people complain that the attachments for Deere implements are unique, which forces you to buy from Deere.
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The smaller John Deere tractors all use a Yanmar motor. As far as the rest of the tractor I can’t say. I do know that people complain that the attachments for Deere implements are unique, which forces you to buy from Deere.
That B75 backhoe is made by Woods in the USA and is used on a number of tractor brands including Kubota.
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I got an update from my friend with the Bertram 28 and the four cylinder Yanmar 230 hp engines now have 8,200 hours on them. They are work horse engines.
His Bertram 28 does not lack for speed. I think it cruises at 23 knots. Guy is an expert fisherman.The only real problem with the Yanmar in a marine application is they reduce the overall speed. Doing the math to re-prop a boat isn't that hard, it's just you have to go through a few props to get it right. Counter rotation props get spendy and when your buying several of them, it's outlandish.
What is your specific boat? Yes there are trade offs in speed going from gas to diesel, but you gain significantly in fuel consumption.
Wife sent me pics of the B75 backhoe. These are made by Woods in the USA and are used on a number of different brands of tractors including Yanmar and Kubota.
I paid for it, he’s storing it in place until I can come get. Pretty sure it’s going nowhere without the tractor
The 1992 Sea Ray 300DA in my signature. Boat is over 9000 pounds full wet. It's a fun boat when fuel prices are good. Last September we paid $6.75 at the marina. Locally it's up to $7.00 without the marine additives. I have found an inland station with fuel at $6.95 for low grade and no marine additives. With limited income, it's hard to fill that 135 gallon tank. Today we are pushing $5 a gallon for unleaded and diesel.
I have a Conch 27 for saltwater with twin Yamaha F200s on a bracket. It has twin 100 gallon fuel tanks on board. With CA fuel prices, that’s $1,000 for a complete fill. It burns about 2.5 mpg.
