What a nightmare, please read.

[ultrarunner]

Kind of like Honda... we would go past the motorbike dealer and one day their were 3 little cars... who knew Honda made cars?

 

[ultrarunner]

Heard the big guy Limbaugh on the radio advertising Mahindra say 97% customer satisfaction and the largest seller of Tractors in the world with a heritage going back to jeeps in WWII...

 

[MossRoad]

Heard the big guy Limbaugh on the radio advertising Mahindra say 97% customer satisfaction and the largest seller of Tractors in the world with a heritage going back to jeeps in WWII...

Paid endorsement from a guy that's.... oh, heck, I won't even start! :laughing:

 

[lilranch2001]

Yeah as a mod you probably should not bring up politics outside of FP

 

[MossRoad]

Yeah as a mod you probably should not bring up politics outside of FP

Seeing all the **** in the public forums between "grown men" coming out of that forum is ridiculous.

 

[gravelman]

oh boy....thanks for that very much I have a Mahindra max 25..been very good machine. I may look at John Deere..they are fairly close to...i guess you get what youpay for...thanks very much

 

[Garandman]

Well there you have it, a tractor that makes left hand turns only, might be useful for garden work, think I'd prefer to go both directions, but that's just me.

Well, Mahindra does sponsor a NASCAR team....

 

[Btown]

The tractors. Most, if not all, the tractors we're reading about on these pages didn't come out of India, they came out of Korea or Japan. Letting your reputation swing on contracted units is dicey. I agree that the communication issue is as big as the actual problems.

However, like most units built in India, my 4025 is a beast. I treat it rough, understanding that I need to do more than the norm for maintenance and repairs. And breakage will likely be on me, not it. It has not let me down, outside the known leaking fuel lines and one Ansung line leaking.

There are many complaints with the Mahindra made tractors from India, probably more than TYM made tractors. Every manufacturer has problems. Some tractors will run for 20 years with no problems and other tractors will not make it 20 hours without problems from the same make and model. TYM has made tractor for Mahindra for over 15 years now. I'm sure if there was a major problem they would have made a deal with another manufacturer by now, or started building them their self. About 8 years ago. I saw a brand new 70 hp JD shear an axle in 8 hours.

 

[sixdogs]

*Update

Mahindra is getting us into a 2555. We have to pay the difference of course but they are working with us. And our dealer has been extremely helpful going back and forth with Mahindra.

Maybe I missed it but do you have the 2555 now and if so, how is it working out?

 

[gravelman]

i just sold the 2555...it is too much tractor for what i need... nice machine tho. I bought a Kubota 2650 smallest machine i could find with a factory cab...

 

[94BULLITT]

Update?

 

[IH782]

Well... after all said and done we now own a Mahindra 2555. They bought back the 2538 and we paid some of the difference in the upgrade. The difference between the 2538 and the 2555 is night and day. The 2555 has a lot more useful features, like load sensing and 3 sensitivity settings for the hydro pedals, and is built much heavier. The operators station is much more comfortable, but the drive by wire hydro pedals and throttle take some getting use to. And the lifting capacity is crazy. The log in the picture is a Red Oak that is 26' long and 23" in diameter, its somewhere in the range of 3500-3800lbs.



As far as Mahindra goes, in the end they took care of us, but getting to the end was a bit of a battle.

 

[94BULLITT]

Well... after all said and done we now own a Mahindra 2555. They bought back the 2538 and we paid some of the difference in the upgrade. The difference between the 2538 and the 2555 is night and day. The 2555 has a lot more useful features, like load sensing and 3 sensitivity settings for the hydro pedals, and is built much heavier. The operators station is much more comfortable, but the drive by wire hydro pedals and throttle take some getting use to. And the lifting capacity is crazy. The log in the picture is a Red Oak that is 26' long and 23" in diameter, its somewhere in the range of 3500-3800lbs.

View attachment 488244

As far as Mahindra goes, in the end they took care of us, but getting to the end was a bit of a battle.

Thanks for the update. I'm glad you now have a tractor you are happy with. It does have a heck of a loader lift capacity.

 

[MrWhippy]

That photo could be in an ad.

 

[Snowback]

Well... after all said and done we now own a Mahindra 2555. They bought back the 2538 and we paid some of the difference in the upgrade. The difference between the 2538 and the 2555 is night and day. The 2555 has a lot more useful features, like load sensing and 3 sensitivity settings for the hydro pedals, and is built much heavier. The operators station is much more comfortable, but the drive by wire hydro pedals and throttle take some getting use to. And the lifting capacity is crazy. The log in the picture is a Red Oak that is 26' long and 23" in diameter, its somewhere in the range of 3500-3800lbs.

View attachment 488244

As far as Mahindra goes, in the end they took care of us, but getting to the end was a bit of a battle.

I have to go lift something with my grapple now. That is awesome!

 

[TomSeller]

I have to go lift something with my grapple now. That is awesome!

Take a picture, start a contest. That photography will be hard to beat.

 

[sixdogs]

Take a picture, start a contest. That photography will be hard to beat.

They must have some large cylinders for that kind of lift capacity. I don't know another tractor of that size that could do that. It's really an impressive photo and a happy ending to your adventure.

 

[94BULLITT]

I lifted this one.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/owning-operating/307823-estimate-weight-log.html

 

[IH782]

I lifted this one.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/owning-operating/307823-estimate-weight-log.html

Could you get it to full lift height?

 

[94BULLITT]

Could you get it to full lift height?

I was afraid to try to lift to full height. That little 550lb blade was not enough ballast. The rear was very light. I could push down on one side of the log and a rear tire would come off the ground.