About YARDMAX
YARDMAX is an outdoor power equipment brand headquartered in Roselle, Illinois, established in 2015 as a joint venture partnership with a leading global outdoor power equipment manufacturer. The company runs its own factories rather than farming out production to a patchwork of contract suppliers, operating four manufacturing facilities globally with more than 2,000 employees and keeping oversight across the full supply chain. That structure lets it cover a wide catalog under one name: gas and self-propelled lawn mowers, snow blowers, log splitters, tillers, chipper shredders, plate compactors, concrete mixers, and even mini-excavators.
On the mower side, YARDMAX's lineup is built around gas-powered, self-propelled decks aimed at larger or harder-to-maintain lawns rather than small, tidy yards. Every YARDMAX product carries a two-year residential warranty, the industry-standard term for gas outdoor power equipment, with the company handling defective-part repair or replacement directly. In our own testing, that engineering focus shows up as real torque headroom: the YG2860's 201cc engine and CVT self-propel drive keep working through tall, seeded, or overgrown grass that stalls lighter mowers in the same price range.
Brand website: yardmax.com
What YARDMAX makes
YARDMAX's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
Gas self-propelled lawn mowers
20-24 inch decks, including the CVT-drive YG2860 — featured on DIYRated
Snow blowers & snow throwers
18-28 inch clearing widths
Log splitters
electric and gas-powered, 5.5-40 ton
Tillers
front-tine and rear-tine models
Chipper shredders & plate compactors
yard cleanup and landscaping prep equipment
Concrete mixers & mini-excavators
small construction equipment line
Why we recognized YARDMAX
The DIYRated Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our hands-on category reviews. YARDMAX earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: bought, put to work on real jobs, and judged on merit.
YARDMAX products we rated highly
YARDMAX YG2860 22" Gas Self-Propelled Lawn Mower (201cc)
A 201cc engine gives this mower torque headroom that lighter cordless and 144cc gas mowers don't have, making it a strong option for tall, seeded, or overgrown grass on rental and neglected properties in our testing. The CVT transmission matches walking pace smoothly instead of stepping through jerky fixed gears, and the 22 inch steel deck with a wash-out port and spiked tread tires clears more per pass than a standard 21 inch deck while gripping wet grass and moderate slopes better than smooth-tired competitors.
Read the 7 Best Lawn Mowers of 2026 guide →What earned YARDMAX the recognition
- Runs its own manufacturing rather than outsourcing to third-party contract factories, operating four facilities globally with direct oversight of the supply chain.
- The YG2860's 201cc engine gives it torque headroom over lighter cordless and small-displacement gas mowers, handling tall or overgrown grass that stalls competitors in the same price range in our testing.
- CVT self-propel drive matches walking pace without the jerky gear changes of cheaper multi-speed transmissions, reducing drive-belt stress over time.
- Every product carries a two-year residential warranty, the industry-standard term for gas outdoor power equipment, backed directly by YARDMAX.
- A broad outdoor power equipment catalog under one brand, from mowers and snow blowers to log splitters and tillers, built around properties too large or overgrown for entry-level tools.