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Innovative Iron Awards 2016: YT3 Series Yanmar Compact Tractors with High-Tech Transmissions

Innovative Iron Awards 2016: YT3 Series Yanmar Compact Tractors with High-Tech Transmissions

By Keith Gribbins December 19, 2016 View Profile

The bad news: Future growth in construction and landscaping will require increased skills and productivity to stay competitive. The good news: Manufacturers from Cat to Yanmar are creating cutting-edge equipment to help machine owners reach that ever-increasing goal for more efficiency. With a serious shortage of skilled workers, contractors are specifically searching for the most innovative machinery (the toughest skid steers, most productive excavators, safest wheel loaders, most versatile tractors) to help offset workforce woes and increase production and performance. Well, search no more. To expedite the process, we just went ahead and gathered together that list for you, highlighting the most inventive off-highway equipment, diesel engines, hand tools and OEM services and systems released to the market in 2016. We were challenged with picking the best of the best, but that just makes the honor of inclusion that much more impressive.

The YT3 Series Yanmar Compact Tractors with New i-HMT Transmissions

To the best of our knowledge, Yanmar America’s Integrated HydroMechanical Transmission (i-HMT) technology now offered on the YT3 Series compact utility tractors is unmatched by almost any transmission and operator control technologies offered on the American market. By offering this technology on compact tractors, Yanmar is the first in the industry to deliver a level of operator-ease-of-use, labor-saving and productivity-increasing technology previously only available on larger, more expensive tractors and agricultural equipment.

YT tractor owners will benefit from the fuel-conserving efficiency of the i-HMT, and its durability has been demonstrated in years of i-HMT use before Yanmar brought it to the North American market. But the real game-changing aspect of the i-HMT transmission is how it allows new ease-of-use and increased operator productivity features that set a new industry standard for compact tractors. The standard-equipment operator control features on i-HMT tractors provide simplicity and precise control that every member of the family can benefit from. If you have ever wished that your tractor drove more like your automatic transmission truck or car, you will love an i-HMT tractor.