Recent content by kavery

This summer will be five years since I bought my 2516 HST. They were brand new then. It has been a great tractor. I had a sticky loader valve replaced at the initial 50 hour maintenance and no issues since then. I do wish I had gotten a tractor with 3 speed HST as I live on a big hill and...

I recently bought a Turf-aire 36" Heavy Duty 3pt aerator. It weighs in at about 600 lbs and easily sinks into the ground. Each of the spike wheels has its own grease zerk, the wheels appear to be cast iron, but I am not sure. The zerks are press in, not screw in. I pulled 2 of the zerks out...

I have 2516 with ML105 loader. I would like to get some pallet forks for it. I am looking for any input about which brand to buy. I have seen the bolt on to bucket kind but doubt they would work well/be safe. They appear to move the moment arm to far out from loader to be able to lift much...

I just recently went over 100 hrs and 1 year on my 2516 HST. My tractor has a ML 105 loader, tooth bar, 5' boxblade, 60" Flail Mower(Betst from Ebay), and a 55 gallon sprayer. I have been very happy with its performance so far. This was my first tractor. I live on 8 hilly acres and have...

I have about 100hrs on my 2516. I was greasing the tractor today and notice the right loader hydraulic cylinder had an O-ring break and it was still wrapped around the extending arm. I wouldn't have even noticed it if it hadn't been dangling on the rod. I haven't noticed any problems with the...

I just ordered a Mahindra 2516hst and am considering a flail mower instead of a rotary mower. My dealer says he recommends 5ft rotary's for my tactor. I read the entire let's talk flail mowers thread and think the Caroni 1900 maybe a little too big for a 20 PTO hp tractor. I know the 3 pt...

I had been looking at Kubota's until recently and after a trip last week to a Mahindra dealer was impressed with what you get for the price. I have about 50 questions but will just ask a couple of them right now. The dealer I visited had a 2216 gear, 2615 HST, and a 2816 gear in stock. Based...

I recently purchased a 8 acre lot in Middle Tennessee. The lot is almost all wooded except about 1/2 an acre. The lot has a gentle slope to start and gets steeper as you move back. There is also considerable surface rock as you get further back in the lot. I would like to purchase a tractor...