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Read articles →This isn't a walkaround or spec review but a personal decision-explainer: a new owner, eight hours in, on why he chose a new Yanmar SA325 over a used skid steer. He covers financing hurdles on older equipment, maintenance risk on unknown-history machines, fuel consumption comparisons, towing weight, and warranty terms. No demo of loader or PTO work here, useful mainly for buyers weighing new-small-tractor versus used-skid-steer tradeoffs.
An individual property owner sharing his own purchase reasoning and early ownership impressions, not a dealer or professional reviewer.
He did not trust maintenance history or hour meters on older skid steers, wanted financing he could actually get approved for, and liked lower fuel use and a strong warranty.
It has a 10-year, 3,000-hour powertrain warranty and a two-year, 2,000-hour full warranty, which he jokingly calls bumper to bumper.
After eight hours of use he had burned about half a tank, which he expects is much less than a larger skid steer would use.
Yes, he says the tractor weighs about 1,800 pounds and he can tow it with his half-ton pickup.
