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Originally Posted by Mickey  First off, Welcome to MU ymower.
There are several reasons for Yanmar not supplying Foreign countries with manuals in the local languages for gray market models. The biggest one as I see it is a legal one. Gray market models most likely didn't/don't meet safety requirements of the country these tractors are bing imported to. For countries like the USA, offering support or even turning a blind eye to the practice opens the chance they could find themselves in court over some liability suit. The wise choice for them is to actively discourage the practice. |
i know... but in the meantime 'someone' is getting rich on 'that practice' ( look at Dougster's link here above)
at least, they(yanmar) could make a manual-pdf-link at their site , i don't see any illegal action in that....just my 2 cents.....