Survey: Reliability and Cost

[rissacher]

I've been digging through this excellent discussion group trying to get a better feel for Mahindra long-term reliability. In the process I've gotten some great opinions, but I'd like to try to get everyone thats owned a Mahindra to reply with some basic data. I'd also like to collect some cost information while I'm at it. Once most folks have replied, I'll try to summarize the results for everyone.

Please reply with:

-Model#
-Current # hours
-$ Spent on Maintenance/Repairs
-# of significant repairs (over 1 hour and/or $50)
-briefly list significant repairs
-Price Paid
-# of hours at purchase
-Attachments included in purchase price


Example (I don't actually own one):
3215 4WD
500 hours
$3000
1 repair
clutch replacement
$20,000
0 (new)
FEL, Backhoe

 

[DonWorrell]

I've been digging through this excellent discussion group trying to get a better feel for Mahindra long-term reliability. In the process I've gotten some great opinions, but I'd like to try to get everyone thats owned a Mahindra to reply with some basic data. I'd also like to collect some cost information while I'm at it. Once most folks have replied, I'll try to summarize the results for everyone.

Please reply with:

-Model#
-Current # hours
-$ Spent on Maintenance/Repairs
-# of significant repairs (over 1 hour and/or $50)
-briefly list significant repairs
-Price Paid
-# of hours at purchase
-Attachments included in purchase price


Example (I don't actually own one):
3215 4WD
500 hours
$3000
1 repair
clutch replacement
$20,000
0 (new)
FEL, Backhoe

3325
15 hours
$0
0 Repairs
N/A
$8,950 with 0% financing for 36 mos.


Nothing came with tractor except tractor

Love the tractor.

Don

 

[DavesTractor]

I've been digging through this excellent discussion group trying to get a better feel for Mahindra long-term reliability. In the process I've gotten some great opinions, but I'd like to try to get everyone thats owned a Mahindra to reply with some basic data. I'd also like to collect some cost information while I'm at it. Once most folks have replied, I'll try to summarize the results for everyone.

Welcome. Why don't you tell us a little about yourself. Do you own a tractor? Are you looking to buy? What part of the country do you live in, etc?

 

[shvl73]

My '03 2810HST is no longer a current model but, 302 hours with just fluids and filters. No repairs.
I just bought the filters for oil, fuel, air and hydraulics all for $63 just this morning.

 

[VistanTN]

Please reply with:

-Model#: 6500 4WD
-Current # hours: 68
-$ Spent on Maintenance/Repairs: Maintenance (filters and fluids only)
Repairs: on minor adjustment to joystick that I did myself (OK, so the zip tie on the boot is now white rather than black) in under 30 minutes
-# of significant repairs (over 1 hour and/or $50): None
-briefly list significant repairs: see above for only "repair"
-Price Paid: $24,000
-# of hours at purchase: 0.6
-Attachments included in purchase price: quick attach tool carrier, bucket, forks, and bale spear

I paid a couple of hundred to get the wheels set out to the widest setting and methanol/water filled tires. We're in a hilly part of TN. Tractor has been prime mover for box blade, post hole digger, belt-drive sickle bar mower, tedder, rake and an old Model 46 IH baler. Baled 26 acres of fall hay. Moved and stacked spring hay round bales that neighbor did for us (big 5x6 running about 1500 lbs) with no problems. NO complaints thus far. Plenty of power, plenty of weight (VERY stable on our hills). Done some interesting and unusual jobs as well -- off-loaded wife's embroidery machine from the movers, moved rock pallets (leftovers from previous construction), off-loaded lumber and steel for new equipment building, major "partner" in demolition of old barn (took out 10 x 12' sections of loft floor joists by supporting with bucket and cutting the headers at the four corner posts). Granted 68 hours is not a lot, but it is a real mix of extended equipment time (mowing, raking, baling) and a lot of stop and go (all the rest) and it's been super throughout.

George Carlson
Wartrace, TN

 

[DonWorrell]

Please reply with:

-Model#: 6500 4WD
-Current # hours: 68
-$ Spent on Maintenance/Repairs: Maintenance (filters and fluids only)
Repairs: on minor adjustment to joystick that I did myself (OK, so the zip tie on the boot is now white rather than black) in under 30 minutes
-# of significant repairs (over 1 hour and/or $50): None
-briefly list significant repairs: see above for only "repair"
-Price Paid: $24,000
-# of hours at purchase: 0.6
-Attachments included in purchase price: quick attach tool carrier, bucket, forks, and bale spear

I paid a couple of hundred to get the wheels set out to the widest setting and methanol/water filled tires. We're in a hilly part of TN. Tractor has been prime mover for box blade, post hole digger, belt-drive sickle bar mower, tedder, rake and an old Model 46 IH baler. Baled 26 acres of fall hay. Moved and stacked spring hay round bales that neighbor did for us (big 5x6 running about 1500 lbs) with no problems. NO complaints thus far. Plenty of power, plenty of weight (VERY stable on our hills). Done some interesting and unusual jobs as well -- off-loaded wife's embroidery machine from the movers, moved rock pallets (leftovers from previous construction), off-loaded lumber and steel for new equipment building, major "partner" in demolition of old barn (took out 10 x 12' sections of loft floor joists by supporting with bucket and cutting the headers at the four corner posts). Granted 68 hours is not a lot, but it is a real mix of extended equipment time (mowing, raking, baling) and a lot of stop and go (all the rest) and it's been super throughout.

George Carlson
Wartrace, TN

George,

I noticed in your personal information you own an AC 5020 with 1100 hours. When I farmed, for a living, years ago we owned and A-C CA, a A-C WD-45 and a John Deere A. We had a dairy and milked 40 cows. These tractors did all the work on a 200 acre farm.

Between the Mahindra and the AC which do you like the best? Now age doesn't matter.

The AC WD-45 would of been mine. Love my Mahindra but if the old AC were still made I would of bought one.

Don

 

[BamaRob]

Model# 2615 4WD
-Current # hours 80
-$ Spent on Maintenance/Repairs approx. $70 @ 50 hr. service
-# of significant repairs (over 1 hour and/or $50) 0
-briefly list significant repairs N/A
-Price Paid $13,800
-# of hours at purchase 2
-Attachments included in purchase price ML 106 Loader

 

[hudr]

-Model# 5005DI
-Current # hours ~650
-$ Spent on Maintenance/Repairs ~$2000
-# of significant repairs (over 1 hour and/or $50) 1
-briefly list significant repairs Hyd pump locked up, shaved gears off motor front
-Price Paid ~$12,500
-# of hours at purchase 12
-Attachments included in purchase price FEL, Bucket and hay spear

I also have a 4320 JD (116HP) and a 720 JD (2Cyl, LP Gas ~60HP) so most of the implements I already owned (shredder, disk, boxblade, etc.) so a "package" wasn't really up my alley. I have since put the 16X10 inch wheels from the 4320 on my Mahindra to keep the front end from falling out of sight while haying in the winter (JD got upgraded to 16X14). Only the headlights work anymore, and I have removed the Diff lock lever until I can modify it so it doesn't go past the engagement dog.

 

[VistanTN]

Forgot to add that the price included a canopy and brush guard.

 

[rissacher]

Welcome. Why don't you tell us a little about yourself. Do you own a tractor? Are you looking to buy? What part of the country do you live in, etc?

Sure... I guess a newbie owes a better intro...

In Vermont. About to buy a parcel of land if everything goes well. About 60 acres. Looking for a 30-45hp tractor with at least FEL, grader/plow blade and mower. Maybe a backhoe if I need and can afford it, same thing with a snowblower. Uses: upgrading and extending dirt driveway (>3000 feet, onsite dirt/gravel, some tree removal, ditch digging), maintaining that driveway (grading/snow), clearing building site, building future runway (basically a 2500 foot gravel road with a seeded topsoil surface). Property is quite hilly (roads up to 15% grade, other areas even steeper).

Never owned a tractor before. Still figuring out what I need and what I can afford. Looking for a local used deal, but if I don't find one I'll probably buy a new Mahindra. Leaning toward 3215, but the 3010 has impressive specs for the dollar (although probably less reliable?)

Thanks to those who replied to the survey... hoping for many more. I think it would be a good resource to this group to have a comilation of such numbers.

 

[shvl73]

3010?
Do you mean 2810 or 3510?

 

[DonWorrell]

.......Property is quite hilly (roads up to 15% grade, other areas even steeper).

Never owned a tractor before.....

PLEASE ask someone to show you how to go up and down the hills. Tractors, no matter heavy roll over. 15% grade is an extremely steep grade. I never turned a tractor over but I came close once and it scared me to to death.

Being new to tractors I suggest you do a lot of research on safety. Some folks think a tractor is slow and heavy so they can go place with it they I can't with a truck or car. But they are dangerous. Make sure you get a ROPE for sure especially on older used tractors.

Don

 

[RedRiver]

Agreed with Don, be VERY careful on steep hills and around steep ditches. We had a customer of ours a year ago roll his tractor (a Kubota) over in a very deep ditch and he can very close to dying because the tractor had him pinned underneath it but luckily someone saw him after an hour or so of him being pinned under the tractor. That's not a situation you want to be in.

 

[rissacher]

3010?
Do you mean 2810 or 3510?

Oops, meant 3510

 

[djw250]

-Model# 3510
-Current # hours ~110
-$ Spent on Maintenance/Repairs ~$100 (oil and filters)
-# of significant repairs (over 1 hour and/or $50) 0
-briefly list significant repairs N/A
-Price Paid ~$18K
-# of hours at purchase 0
-Attachments included in purchase price FEL

I love my little 3510. It has continually amazed me with the things it can do. We own a 7 acre Mobile Home Park so I have used the tractor for some unusual things from maintaining a 1/4 mile gravel road and drainage, to installing power poles, to trimming trees (don't ask), to building and maintaining pond levees. So far it has been as reliable and tough as an anvil.

 

[skipmarcy]

I've been digging through this excellent discussion group trying to get a better feel for Mahindra long-term reliability. In the process I've gotten some great opinions, but I'd like to try to get everyone thats owned a Mahindra to reply with some basic data. I'd also like to collect some cost information while I'm at it. Once most folks have replied, I'll try to summarize the results for everyone.

Please reply with:

-Model#
-Current # hours
-$ Spent on Maintenance/Repairs
-# of significant repairs (over 1 hour and/or $50)
-briefly list significant repairs
-Price Paid
-# of hours at purchase
-Attachments included in purchase price


Example (I don't actually own one):
3215 4WD
500 hours
$3000
1 repair
clutch replacement
$20,000
0 (new)
FEL, Backhoe

2001 model 4110
1298 hrs.
approx. $2000 (+/-)(materials only, all labor done myself)
2 major repairs
1) split tractor to replace broken engine mounting bolts(approx. 700 hrs)
2) R&R front axle & repair differential(approx. 1250 hrs.)
$18,500 (in Feb. 2002)
3.2 hrs. at delivery
FEL, canopy, Leinbach PHD w/ 9" & 12" augers, full set of filters for whole tractor, shop manual, full tank of fuel

Even though I've had a couple of fairly major repairs, the tractor has earned it's keep well. Being an early model might explain some of my problems, later 4110's haven't reported any of my weak points. I would probably buy another one assuming these "kinks" have been addressed, it would be an extremely dependable & hard working tractor.

 

[mrpoppy58]

I've been digging through this excellent discussion group trying to get a better feel for Mahindra long-term reliability. In the process I've gotten some great opinions, but I'd like to try to get everyone thats owned a Mahindra to reply with some basic data. I'd also like to collect some cost information while I'm at it. Once most folks have replied, I'll try to summarize the results for everyone.

Please reply with:

-Model#
-Current # hours
-$ Spent on Maintenance/Repairs
-# of significant repairs (over 1 hour and/or $50)
-briefly list significant repairs
-Price Paid
-# of hours at purchase
-Attachments included in purchase price


Example (I don't actually own one):
3215 4WD
500 hours
$3000
1 repair
clutch replacement
$20,000
0 (new)
FEL, Backhoe

I have a Mahindra 2810 gear drive T.L.B. Cost 21,000.00. O repairs. Oil and filters is all I have spent on it. T.Y.M. builds these in South Korea. They are put together in the U.S.A.. The loader and B.H. are made in the U.S.A. Hours O. I am a retired heavy equipment operator. IMHO pound for pound this is one of the best Machines I have operated.
mrpoppy