bindian
Super Member
I was invited out to MahindraUSA in Tomball today by Brenda Bradshaw. If you don't know Brenda, she goes by the user name Jsupport here and is MahindraUSA's online Customer Relations contact person. I think we hit it off from the start, as she is a friendly "people" person. She is a sweety.
I also met her "go to" person for Product Support, Tim Zemencsik. He told me a lot, but asked me to not mention his name. Oops! He has numerous years tractor experience. I was convinced of that when he knew what my old Ford 3055 was. He is the second person I have met that knew what that tractor was. I got to pick his brain in his office/shop. I will ramble here. Mahindra's Tomball facility is on two acres. They moved Parts and the final assembly and distribution warehouse to north Houston near IAH (Bush) airport on 9 acres. They were going to move the Headquarters down there also, but it would seem the 9 acres is already crowded.
The new 82 horsepower cab model will he unveiled in March. But I think it will come out in February at the World Ag. Expo in California. It isn't a replacement for the 7110. The 7110 is a CUT and this bad boy will be a full blown utility tractor. The cab is best described as reminding you of a JD cab. I have no clue what that means as I haven't been in a cabbed JD in 9 years.
We talked alot about Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel. He gave me a 16 oz. bottle of Stanadyne Performance Formula Diesel Fuel Additive. I don't know how much it cost, but a 16 oz. bottle will treat 60 gallons of diesel. He told me to use it all my diesels. That includes my Mahindra 6520, my Dodge/Cummins pickup and my diesel generator. M&D Distributors in Houston, Texas markets it. M&D also rebuilds some of their fuel injector pumps. M&D has an excellant reputation as I have heard of them in Turbo Diesel Register for Dodge pickups. I was told biodiesel is a no-no. There are two cases pending of ruined tractor engines from using biodiesel.
I asked about a tractor in his shop. It had way bigger front tires than my 6520. He said it was a 6530, but now I am thinking he said 6030. It had the engine side cowls off, so I didn't see what it said on the sides. He said it was a new model. Anyway, it has the new emission equipped Tier 3 turbo charged engine in it that requires ULSD. It has way more plumbing around the engine than my 6520. Old timers are not going to like it as all the tractor manufacturers have to go with more emissions. So I guess in the future we will be hooking our tractors up to dianogistic computers.
I met the president, but didn't get to talk much with him, as I was on the way out. We did talk a little on that American tractors are not completely made in the U.S. anymore.
They did have rows and stacks of tires there. I was told I can get higher rated tires for my 6520 front end, but will have to hunt for them.
hugs, Brandi
I also met her "go to" person for Product Support, Tim Zemencsik. He told me a lot, but asked me to not mention his name. Oops! He has numerous years tractor experience. I was convinced of that when he knew what my old Ford 3055 was. He is the second person I have met that knew what that tractor was. I got to pick his brain in his office/shop. I will ramble here. Mahindra's Tomball facility is on two acres. They moved Parts and the final assembly and distribution warehouse to north Houston near IAH (Bush) airport on 9 acres. They were going to move the Headquarters down there also, but it would seem the 9 acres is already crowded.The new 82
horsepower cab model will he unveiled in March. But I think it will come out in February at the World Ag. Expo in California. It isn't a replacement for the 7110. The 7110 is a CUT and this bad boy will be a full blown utility tractor. The cab is best described as reminding you of a JD cab. I have no clue what that means as I haven't been in a cabbed JD in 9 years.We talked alot about Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel. He gave me a 16 oz. bottle of Stanadyne Performance Formula Diesel Fuel Additive. I don't know how much it cost, but a 16 oz. bottle will treat 60 gallons of diesel. He told me to use it all my diesels. That includes my Mahindra 6520, my Dodge/Cummins pickup and my diesel generator. M&D Distributors in Houston, Texas markets it. M&D also rebuilds some of their fuel injector pumps. M&D has an excellant reputation as I have heard of them in Turbo Diesel Register for Dodge pickups. I was told biodiesel is a no-no. There are two cases pending of ruined tractor engines from using biodiesel.
I asked about a tractor in his shop. It had way bigger front tires than my 6520. He said it was a 6530, but now I am thinking he said 6030. It had the engine side cowls off, so I didn't see what it said on the sides. He said it was a new model. Anyway, it has the new emission equipped Tier 3 turbo charged engine in it that requires ULSD. It has way more plumbing around the engine than my 6520. Old timers are not going to like it as all the tractor manufacturers have to go with more emissions. So I guess in the future we will be hooking our tractors up to dianogistic computers.
I met the president, but didn't get to talk much with him, as I was on the way out. We did talk a little on that American tractors are not completely made in the U.S. anymore.
They did have rows and stacks of tires there. I was told I can get higher rated tires for my 6520 front end, but will have to hunt for them.
hugs, Brandi
