Rare ATV Mower: 1988 Yamaha Terrapro Moto-4

Sometimes you just have to be different. Life is too short to do whatever everyone else does, or to mow your lawn like everyone else does. This super-rare 1988 Yamaha Terrapro Moto-4 ATV with a factory Yamaha mower attachment is listed here on Facebook Marketplace in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and they’re asking $2,500. Here is the original listing. I couldn’t pass up this one when I saw it listed. Hopefully, it’s interesting to a few Barn Finds fans.

Last July, we saw one other example of Yamaha’s rare Terrapro ATV “tractor”-type lawn and garden care vehicles here on Barn Finds.  Some of the comments weren’t glowing, but they weren’t negative either. That’s all any of us here can hope for! The last one was similar, but maybe in a bit nicer cosmetic condition.

I’ve mentioned YouTube guru Joe Weber a few times here. He finds and gets old motorcycles and ATVs running in a few hours. His 2Vintage site and YouTube page are worth checking out, and his Yamaha Terrapro video can be found here on YouTube. He recently found one of these and brought it back to life. He’s shown it on subsequent videos in his new storage building, so I’m guessing he’s keeping his Terrapro. At the end of that video, he mows the entire field next to his new building (sped up, of course), and it looks like it’s perfect for that type of job. Here’s a fun ad showing the Terrapro and some happy owners.

Yamaha only offered the Terrapro and related attachments for the 1988 model year, from what info I can find, and they’re rear-wheel drive only, so this is not a 4×4 ATV. Be prepared for that if and when you remove the mower or any other attachments and think that you’ll be out climbing sand dunes with it. This example can use some cosmetic work if a person cared about such things. The mower attachment (a 48″) would be a relatively easy restoration project that a person could do between mowing sessions. This is the finer three-blade FM-48 (48-inch “finishing mower”), so it does a finer job compared to the two-blade RC-42 (42-inch “rough-cut” mower) used for more brushy areas.

The coolest part of this little rig is the power take-off (PTO) shown in the photo above. It’s said to have been the first ATV to have such a feature, and there were several implements a buyer could use with this ATV. Here’s an old auction listing showing a few attachments. The engine is Yamaha’s 348-cc four-stroke SOHC single-cylinder with 14.5 horsepower and 10 horsepower at the PTO. The dual-range 5-speed (with reverse) manual transmission sends power to the rear wheels. The seller says they’re the second owners, and it was just serviced and has a new battery. Would any of you use a system like this Yamaha Terrapro Moto-4 to do your yardwork? I love it for the oddball factor if nothing else.