Lets see your Mahindra!

Cramby · Feb 20, 2017

JerryK said:
I do the same, it's a great tractor activity... That's where all my old stumps go to, too.....

Plus it will change the Deer routes to hopefully he won't see as many. lol

BlackOps · Feb 20, 2017

Cramby - i am still amazed at what these smaller mahindra do - they just seem to be so beautiful....

Cramby · Feb 22, 2017

BlackOps said:
Cramby - i am still amazed at what these smaller mahindra do - they just seem to be so beautiful....

Mine does way more than I thought it would. Very happy with it.

hghvolt · Feb 25, 2017

4540 planting the garden.

Sysop · Feb 26, 2017

Been a busy 2017 so far!

Got a new toy:

Got stuck in the mud:

Tractor did a full faceplant...

Up to the brushguard:

You can even see the line of mud down the side. The front axle was submerged in muck...

This shows roughly how deep and the angle:

Got everything cleaned up and ready to play some more:

Gasifier · Feb 26, 2017

Sysop said:
Been a busy 2017 so far!

Got a new toy:

Got stuck in the mud:

Tractor did a full faceplant...

Up to the brushguard:

You can even see the line of mud down the side. The front axle was submerged in muck...

This shows roughly how deep and the angle:

Got everything cleaned up and ready to play some more:

Nice work! Nice new toy. No sense in it being a garage queen.

Gasifier · Feb 26, 2017

hghvolt said:
View attachment 499968 4540 planting the garden.

That looks like a beautiful day!

bindian · Feb 26, 2017

:laughing::laughing::laughing: That there is why I don't backhoe without my FEL bucket on.

You could of gotten out with the bucket on.:2cents:
At least you have the right tires onboard.:thumbsup:
It looks like you were driving into the swamp hunting alligators with those teeth up front!

hugs, Brandi

Sysop · Feb 26, 2017

bindian said:
:laughing::laughing::laughing: That there is why I don't backhoe without my FEL bucket on. You could of gotten out with the bucket on.:2cents:
At least you have the right tires onboard.:thumbsup:
It looks like you were driving into the swamp hunting alligators with those teeth up front!
hugs, Brandi

Actually I was extracting hand cut stones that were thrown down there when a drunk killed a stone gate pillar in front of my house a couple hours into the new year (they can be seen scattered about in the left side of the "stuck" pic and added a pic below). I needed the grapple to reach out and pluck stones from the mud. It all worked out fine except the last/farthest one...

I thought with the backhoe on back, I'd have enough weight on the rear to pull the front out, or at least be able to drag it back up the hill with the hoe. As soon as the front tires went in, they sunk. I didn't expect there to be such an edge under the muck.

A bucket on the front wouldn't have helped. I cross-stacked some old fence posts across under the grapple to have a surface to push against to lift the front and push it back. The fenceposts gave me a lot more surface area to push against than the bucket would have. When I pushed, they went under. I quit pushing once they were a couple feet under the muck. When I raised up, loader packed with mud, I started to shake stuff off, but one of my new hoses was pushed into a pinch point and ended up severed (note on the front-view, there is only one hose coming from the 3rd function QDs to the grapple cylinder). Once it is costing time AND money, it's time to stop and get some assistance.

I went to the next door neighbors house to see if they could pull it out with their larger tractor, but nobody was home. I ended up driving about a mile across the hill to a guy who has a couple big wreckers. His first attempt at winching it out while I held the tractor in reverse, ended up dragging his wrecker which he said weighed over 16k. He agreed it was properly stuck. After digging his wheel lift on the back of the wrecker into my yard, and attaching a second winch cable, he plucked it right out.

Nothing in that swamp with nasty teeth except the tractor. Spring peepers and some turtles is the extent of it.

hghvolt · Feb 26, 2017

Gasifier said:
That looks like a beautiful day!

Was a beautiful day for planting, was about 55 degrees when I started and mid 70's by the time I finished.

bindian · Feb 27, 2017

Sysop said:
Actually I was extracting hand cut stones that were thrown down there when a drunk killed a stone gate pillar in front of my house a couple hours into the new year (they can be seen scattered about in the left side of the "stuck" pic and added a pic below). I needed the grapple to reach out and pluck stones from the mud. It all worked out fine except the last/farthest one...

I thought with the backhoe on back, I'd have enough weight on the rear to pull the front out, or at least be able to drag it back up the hill with the hoe. As soon as the front tires went in, they sunk. I didn't expect there to be such an edge under the muck.

A bucket on the front wouldn't have helped. I cross-stacked some old fence posts across under the grapple to have a surface to push against to lift the front and push it back. The fenceposts gave me a lot more surface area to push against than the bucket would have. When I pushed, they went under. I quit pushing once they were a couple feet under the muck. When I raised up, loader packed with mud, I started to shake stuff off, but one of my new hoses was pushed into a pinch point and ended up severed (note on the front-view, there is only one hose coming from the 3rd function QDs to the grapple cylinder). Once it is costing time AND money, it's time to stop and get some assistance.

I went to the next door neighbors house to see if they could pull it out with their larger tractor, but nobody was home. I ended up driving about a mile across the hill to a guy who has a couple big wreckers. His first attempt at winching it out while I held the tractor in reverse, ended up dragging his wrecker which he said weighed over 16k. He agreed it was properly stuck. After digging his wheel lift on the back of the wrecker into my yard, and attaching a second winch cable, he plucked it right out.

Nothing in that swamp with nasty teeth except the tractor. Spring peepers and some turtles is the extent of it.

Your right, stacking stuff under the tractor makes them disappear. But a bucket would give you a huge flat "launching pad". At least with my 7 foot bucket it does.
hugs, Brandi

rokit · Mar 2, 2017

I bought my 1526 shuttle new in December last year...I'm rapidly approaching the 50-hour mark (filters ordered from Bill's Tractors yesterday). Been putting in some fence (centerpunched a telecom bundle right off despite proper 811 prep on my part), doing some grading (building the Field of Dreams), pulling some stumps, and moving stuff around the property because it's fun. I love the machine...

RNeumann · Mar 2, 2017

Ode to have soil that I could use a 3 point PHD on! Looks good! Enjoy

rokit · Mar 2, 2017

RNeumann said:
Ode to have soil that I could use a 3 point PHD on! Looks good! Enjoy

It *mostly* works...until you hit a vein of caliche. Then forget it and get the dynamite.

belman · Mar 2, 2017

Been a while since I posted my purchase of my Mahindra 1533. It's in our Pa. home (pole bldg) now. However we also reside in Florida in the winter months. I found a few pictures of my dad years ago with my two sons handing onto back of dad's Farmall tractor. Years later he purchased a Massey Furguson 1030 (2 wheel drive) and use it for years as well as myself and my sons. They now like the Mahindra that I purchase with my oldest son getting closer to building on our property and using the Mahindra.