which one?

[praha]

.............everything you guys say makes perfect sense.
Keith, I think about all this the same way. For 4400 I could have most of my implements.
Today I rode total 198 miles to see few dealers. I want to see TC 35 DA , Mahindra 3510 and JD 3520.

New Holland.... dealer did not have O N E single blue tractor. All he had was one CASE tractor, / being serviced at their shop/. The rest were not available since he was toooo busy./you know I am here alone/

Mahindra ....salesman told me a week ago he won't be "there" next Saturday.
OK, I thought, I don't need him to see a tractor, someone else can show me it. Right, I won"t be there meant they will be C L O S E D.

JD dealer... out of stock.. neither 3520 nor 990 in stock. He had 3720 ,so at least something.
I was not a lucky traveler today,
B U T I saw Mah.3510....and it is a big tractor, with a 112 loader it look like a monster!!!!!!!!!! NOW, it is so big, big wheels, great, plus basically everything I want.........................................3215 is like a toy next to it, not really.. but still smaller. LOVE IT.

Now I feel sorry for my F 150. I gotta find out how much is the whole thing,3510 plus ML 112.
I hope I could fit it behind my 150.....as someone suggested earlier w/o problem and my journey is over.
SO, after all I did not waste my day today.

Joe

 

[Keith_B]

.............everything you guys say makes perfect sense.
Keith, I think about all this the same way. For 4400 I could have most of my implements.
Today I rode total 198 miles to see few dealers. I want to see TC 35 DA , Mahindra 3510 and JD 3520.

New Holland.... dealer did not have O N E single blue tractor. All he had was one CASE tractor, / being serviced at their shop/. The rest were not available since he was toooo busy./you know I am here alone/

Mahindra ....salesman told me a week ago he won't be "there" next Saturday.
OK, I thought, I don't need him to see a tractor, someone else can show me it. Right, I won"t be there meant they will be C L O S E D.

JD dealer... out of stock.. neither 3520 nor 990 in stock. He had 3720 ,so at least something.
I was not a lucky traveler today,
B U T I saw Mah.3510....and it is a big tractor, with a 112 loader it look like a monster!!!!!!!!!! NOW, it is so big, big wheels, great, plus basically everything I want.........................................3215 is like a toy next to it, not really.. but still smaller. LOVE IT.

Now I feel sorry for my F 150. I gotta find out how much is the whole thing,3510 plus ML 112.
I hope I could fit it behind my 150.....as someone suggested earlier w/o problem and my journey is over.
SO, after all I did not waste my day today.

Joe

I had a dealer once tell me that they aren't open a lot on Saturday's in the winter months, due to business being pretty slow on farm equipment during the winter.

If you're going to trailer a tractor the best way to do it is with a goose neck. That places the weight over your rear axle instead of on the bumper.

The 3510 is a dandy tractor, it weighs in at around 3400 or 3500 pounds.

 

[praha]

Keith,

I like it, what I would love to have is JD 5103, I think it was, they had this one in the showroom,2x4 HUGE piece of machine.It must weight over 5000 #.
Big, tall rear wheels, long motor, seat is sooooooo high , it must be a magnificant feeling to drive this beauty.
$14300, I am getting fascinated with all this farm equipment, it looks like my farm genes started waking up/my father was born on a farm, left when he was 19/. I spent my childhood vacations on my grandparents farm, I loved it.

Well, tractor for the start. I have a cab on my truck, no goose neck for me...I have a towing package and a big motor, I should fit in 8000 lb.towing limit.



Joe

 

[praha]

I drove Saturday to see Mah. 3510, they should've been open, but they were closed.......again./I called they said they'd be there./
Funny, the first Mahindra dealer in IN. just refused to let me test drive any tractor several weeks ago. I only drove 45 miles to find out....The second dealer was 80 miles. 3 trips, one hit. No more Mah. dealers for me.

Well , I looked at Massey Ferguson instead. I liked it. I did not even consider MF before. Very nice dealer and I wasn't in a good mood..
Sorry for venting my frustration, I just want to let you guys know, since you were SO helpfull!!!
I have to look for either another dealer or another brand.......dunno yet.....

Joe

 

[shvl73]

I really like the 10 series Mahindra, although I'm biased cause I have a 2810HST, But if the dealers aren't good, I'd move on. There's a lot of good machines out there, keep looking.
Those two dealers are really missing a prime opportunity to make a sale, kinda hard to understand isn't it? There is a Mahindra marketing member, musa_marketing on TBN. I'd send him a p/m and let him know about these dealers. If I were part of Mahindra, I'd want to know.

 

[bindian]

You mentioned you want to clear 10 wooded acres. Three years ago I had loggers buy my yellow pine and large white oaks off of my 5 acres. I thought I needed a mid size compact tractor to clean up the mess they left. I settled on a used Ford 3055 with 54 HP and 2WD. I thought it was too large for what naive me wanted to do. I thought it was too big until I started working the mess with a box blade and a chain saw. I realized real quick that logs are heavy and can turn against you with a ligther tractor. The high ground clearance with 6.00 X 19 inch front tires and 13.5 X 36 rear tires came in handy getting over brush and stumps. The weight also was welcome over a smaller tractor, but no matter how much weight and traction you have, you will want more when trying to pile up large pine and oak stumps.
A FEL and 4WD is a must. But remember weight and ground clearance while dreaming of dancing logs out to a saw mill. Talk to some of the loggers up in you neck of the woods to see what they would recommend.
FYI......I sold the Ford 3055 last week and will sign the papers Wednesday on a 6520 4WD with loader and backhoe.
Happy Hunting, Brandi

 

[praha]

bindian,
I am not planning to start logging. Just lots of bushes and unwanted aspens, small. I would love to buy something used, but I don't take my chances.
Plus construction site preparations, truss handling, etc. I should probably rent and be done with it. But more I read this forum , more I feel like missing some fun.... anyway life is short and i want to experiment with whatever's available, interesting and whatever I decide I want to afford. AND save some money while doing it. I am also interested in portable saw mill, so I WILL use it for occasional tree transportation. I'll buy a grapple.
I have a limited towing capacity. 10 series Mahindra would be the max. I can tow. I mean the smallest 10 series, 3510.

Joe

 

[SABULA FARMER]

Praha,
I was reading your posts, and I know what you are going through. I went through the same thing. I was really wondering about buying the Mahindra tractor over a John Deere or Kubota. After really going over the pros and cons, I decided on the Mahindra 2615. More tractor for the money and a very good reputation. I did not consider what the dealer or advertisements said about the tractor line, rather I surfed the web for forums of current owners to see what they had to say about their Mahindra tractors. Everything I read was good, they seem to be a very good machine. I work hard for my money and believe me I don't want to throw away dollars for a product that won't cut it.

I just cant justify spending two extra thousand dollars for a name, period!

You have to buy what makes you feel good, just weigh your options and use sound judgement. Mahindra tractors are just as good as the green and orange ones. Buy what you want and enjoy it.

Sabula Farmer.

 

[praha]

Sabula Farmer,

thanks for a nice post. As I mentioned before , I can't wait to go for a test drive. It's getting warmer, snow might be gone quickly, so I am going this Saturday.The trouble is all dealers are pretty far away , far apart and closed at 1 p.m.
Mahindra is definitively on the top of my list. Massey Fergusson dealer is the best of all around. I was surfing the Net for long time and reach the point, where I stopped and decided to GO and SEE.
Later , next months sometimes, I will go to TX, so I am going to have a plenty time to test drive whatever I want. But I am running out of time for 0% financing...
I gotta admit I love this "educating" stage. I am learning completely different field, plus I enjoy a different bunch of people around these forums. Real, genuine guys with the big hearts. These people spend tons of time helping others. Just to come here at night makes me feel very relaxed and happy.

Just look at this thread. I asked a simple question and we are on 6 pages already!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing. I didn't expect that. I love it.

Joe

 

[SABULA FARMER]

Good luck in your search, and don't worry about what others think, it's you paying the bill for the tractor. If I had a dollar for every time someone said I should have bought a John Deere, I would have the money to purchase every attachment there is for my Mahindra. Besides, red looks better.
Sabula Farmer