Just brought a Mahindra 1626 with backhoe... First time owning a tractor... Wondering what are the must-haves and and brand / type recommendations... so far my list is
1. Diesel Fuel Can (don稚 laugh)
Nobody is laughing... Hah! BTW, nice tractor. Love the color. We all have to have fuel cans. It's called a can, but most of us use heavy PVC. Get Yellow for Diese and Red for gasoline. Be religious in keeping them separate duty In fact, get at least two 5 gallon fuel cans. I like the brand called No-Spill. They have the best caps I've seen. Look at them on Amazon. Yes, they are surprisingly expensive for good ones. Don't forget to get a heavy duty shallow rubber tub that both fuel cans will fit into. That keeps the diesel fuel from getting all over when you inevitably spill some or some leaks past the cap.
2. Grease gun - leaning towards Dewalt battery operated
All the grease guns I know work fine. You will probably end up with several. Might as well get a traditional manual lever type too. They are cheap. Don't forget a 5 gallon pail to keep grease tubes and the grease gun in.
3. Grease - Lithium with Moly ?
Your choice, but you aren't really dealing with enough weight-induced stress to need the moly. Moly is better for really high stress, but it is overkill for your size machine. And moly is nasty black and messy stuff. It's just not necessary for yours. For a smaller tractor I prefer a clear or green grease so that it wipes off easily and doesn't get all over everything. I use that most everywhere and particularly anywhere I might look at or rub against. My favorite is John Deere SD universal Polyurea green grease. about $4.50 a tube.
Neither you nor the machine will ever know if you use moly or not.
Now I confess that I do have one grease gun loaded with really nasty sticky moly grease. I use it in a couple of places on our big 100 hp 20,000 lb tractor where loads are high. Specifically I use it for the bottom swing pivots on the backhoe, and sometimes for the backhoe bucket when working in water. Never on the FEL, though. But you don't really need moly.
4. 1/2 Torque wrench (again don稚 laugh)
The kind with a pointer are way less expensive than the adjustable click type and just as accurate - if not more so. And that kind never goes out of adjustment. The 1/2" size is too limited. Get the 3/4" drive size. You can put a $5.00 adapter on it for 1/2" bolts and you will need the larger size for wheel nuts. Get some sockets & wrenches as you need them.
5. Chains
I see Jeff has written about chains. I have two short ten foot chains long 5/16" chains with grab hooks that I use a lot. You will definitely want to put some bolt-on chain hooks on the FEL loader bucket. That's the first thing we all do. Use high tension bolts
What else ?
The steering wheel spinner of course.. You'll see why when you use it.
I have an 8x10 heavy canvas tarp I find useful to cover the tractor operator seat when it stays outside.
TIA for all the valuable input for experienced owners !
