I've located a 186D (US version YM1510D) that looks near as rough as my YM240. The seller says it leaks at the input to the front axle and at the pto lever (I'm not sure that one is easily fixed) so it's clearly well used. It's priced less than half of what I see pristine examples advertised for. I'm debating whether to make the all-day drive to go look at it.
From what I've been reading, people use these little things for a 5 ft tiller and 4 ft rotary mower. Probably slowly! My main use would be close-quarters mowing.
I could use a tractor tiny enough to get under my apple trees. Those are 9.5 -16 rear tires. And I sure could use the shuttle shift.
Does anyone have experience with these?
And a related question: is it reasonable to bring this home on a 4x8 utility/snowmobile trailer? Assuming the tractor's tires are loaded, it's right at the 1600 lb cargo capacity of the trailer. I'm a little gun-shy after I towed home the YM240; that was 5000 total lbs towed behind a Trooper rated to tow 2,000 lbs. I didn't have any problems (and kept far from other cars!) but after that I swore never again. This time would be 2k for 300 miles behind my Subaru (also rated to tow 2k, but it's pretty small).
From what I've been reading, people use these little things for a 5 ft tiller and 4 ft rotary mower. Probably slowly! My main use would be close-quarters mowing.
I could use a tractor tiny enough to get under my apple trees. Those are 9.5 -16 rear tires. And I sure could use the shuttle shift.
Does anyone have experience with these?
And a related question: is it reasonable to bring this home on a 4x8 utility/snowmobile trailer? Assuming the tractor's tires are loaded, it's right at the 1600 lb cargo capacity of the trailer. I'm a little gun-shy after I towed home the YM240; that was 5000 total lbs towed behind a Trooper rated to tow 2,000 lbs. I didn't have any problems (and kept far from other cars!) but after that I swore never again. This time would be 2k for 300 miles behind my Subaru (also rated to tow 2k, but it's pretty small).