Re: YS624T for sale

   They both are in excellent shape.  The one I’m selling is the better of the two but I’m keeping the TEN because of the electric start and light, both of which I don’t use.  The TEN has a sticky shifter which has been puzzling me for a long time.  The spring driven release in the tractor section does not always pop out the black cylinder that sticks out of the base.  It sticks sometimes in first for some.  Shifting from forth to first unwedges something but I can’t figure out what it is.  I’ve looked at it a few times and it’s on the list again today.  
   I’ve used a YS8hp and it was nice but as you mention the 624 is easier to move around.  I’ve had a few MTD track machines which are slick.  They have handlebar triggers for track turning.  Driving one around is fun but I’ve never had one here during snow.  I think they would do very well though.  They generally are 8hp’s.  
   The two reverse options on the Yamaha are excellent in being good speeds.  The low speed is just enough to back up comfortably and the faster speed good for greater distances but not enough to run you over.  With many snowblowers there ranges are such that if you set the travel of the friction disk for good reverse speeds first becomes no movement or too slow.  The Yamaha 4 and 2 are just right.  They could have setup 6 and 2 and made a few useless positions like most but they got it just right.
  I used a Honda 828 a few times and it’s a nice machine with great tossing distance and throughput.  The Honda beat all of the machines I tried it against in distance and could clear at a greater rate easily.  I due to having a faster impeller speed.