This was great! I just aquired a 1985 Yanmar YM187D that I'm going through. Our tractors are basically the same, yet plenty of differences. Your Deere is in way better shape. I too have a scraper, but I'd have to take off my backhoe in order to use it!
@r.evanmiller1030 that's awesome! They are very well built and last a long time. Over the years I have grown to really like Yanmar. Unfortunately I traded this deere towards a mini excavator but I most certainly miss it. Do you have videos of that backhoe?
@@skywatcherranchswr Not any videos as of yet, but several photos. This poor thing was left out for about 24 years and only use a few times. I had several front loader lines blow, ( separately! yikes! ) that I replaced. Now all the front loader rubber lines are new. The backhoe is in better shape, yet some lines leak a bit. As i mentioned I'm slowly going through it changing fluids and filters. Totally new to tractors so it's taking time!
@r.evanmiller1030 ua-cam.com/video/FgzWVD5xMAQ/v-deo.htmlsi=_Oi-CH5JXKCxPMh1 here is a link you might like. This guy has excellent videos. Funny thing is I often see those yanmar and kubota tractors for sale that have sitting forever and they still work! Often times the hoses are always rotted and dry which is a pain but those are basically consumables anyway. They don't make tractors like those anymore!
@@skywatcherranchswr That's what I hear about the Yanmars still running after many years of neglect. Mine seems pretty strong so far and I love the ease of access to work on it. And of course, those "consumable lines!!!! Yeah, I knew there would be work to do. Cool, I'll check out the video link. (At a glance that little tractor is super cool. I'm going to watch the vid now.... )
This was great! I just aquired a 1985 Yanmar YM187D that I'm going through. Our tractors are basically the same, yet plenty of differences. Your Deere is in way better shape. I too have a scraper, but I'd have to take off my backhoe in order to use it!
@r.evanmiller1030 that's awesome! They are very well built and last a long time. Over the years I have grown to really like Yanmar. Unfortunately I traded this deere towards a mini excavator but I most certainly miss it. Do you have videos of that backhoe?
@@skywatcherranchswr Not any videos as of yet, but several photos. This poor thing was left out for about 24 years and only use a few times. I had several front loader lines blow, ( separately! yikes! ) that I replaced. Now all the front loader rubber lines are new. The backhoe is in better shape, yet some lines leak a bit. As i mentioned I'm slowly going through it changing fluids and filters. Totally new to tractors so it's taking time!
@r.evanmiller1030 ua-cam.com/video/FgzWVD5xMAQ/v-deo.htmlsi=_Oi-CH5JXKCxPMh1 here is a link you might like. This guy has excellent videos. Funny thing is I often see those yanmar and kubota tractors for sale that have sitting forever and they still work! Often times the hoses are always rotted and dry which is a pain but those are basically consumables anyway. They don't make tractors like those anymore!
@@skywatcherranchswr That's what I hear about the Yanmars still running after many years of neglect. Mine seems pretty strong so far and I love the ease of access to work on it. And of course, those "consumable lines!!!! Yeah, I knew there would be work to do.
Cool, I'll check out the video link. (At a glance that little tractor is super cool. I'm going to watch the vid now.... )