Would You Buy A Mahindra Tractor

Spudm · Mar 19, 2015

For row crop farming, 40-60hp range? I don't know enough about them other than what a Dealership tells me. I guess they're made in India, same place as John Deere, and the 5 year warranty is impressive. I don't know....

rustyfarmall · Mar 19, 2015

I personally feel that Mahindras are built very well. I would not be afraid to buy one so long as there is a local dealer, with a longstanding reputation.

Pitch · Mar 19, 2015

Mahindra is the largest tractor company in the world,must be a reason.
Is the tractor actually built in India? I have a Mahindra sub compact and it was built in Korea. Has a Japanese Mitsubishi engine.
I know it is not the same thing, but my little tractor is very well built,and heavier than the other SCUTs in its class.
I don't know how good their dealer support is. They seem to be in a massive growth program and I am sure that a lot of dealers will come and go.

NY 986 · Mar 19, 2015

I agree with the notion that the local dealer would have a huge bearing on the purchase. In my situation that would make me go with Deere as there is sufficient dealer competition to make any one organization perform to satisfy a customer. Mahindra here is hooked up with the largest chain outfit in the state who tends to have a take it or leave it attitude in my opinion.

tim s · Mar 19, 2015

The Big reason "not" to buy one is Parts Support....with Foreign tractors the company will drop parts support after a few years and there you are with a cute little tractor that you can't get parts for...stay with an American based company..

denverslim · Mar 19, 2015

Hotflashjr · Mar 19, 2015

No way. My uncle bought a 65hp 4x4 cab tractor from Mahindra 3 years ago. They own 10 acres and 2 horses. The tractor hauls a few buckets of manure around and brush hogs twice a year. He has a truck with a plow so it never saw use moving snow. Within 3 months of purchase the front end went out on the 4x4. Mahindra fixed it. Within a month the front differential blew apart and ripped a hole in the housing. They replaced it a second time and provided him a letter stating not to drive on any "hard surface" with the 4x4 engaged. The tractor had less than 50 hours on it. It happened a 3rd time beofre the tractor was 9 months old and he gave the tractor back to them with the help of a lawyer. At that point the scv's had minimal flow, seat had broken, and half the lights blew out. My uncle is meticulous about his machines. Everything stays inside, is on a trickle charger, and looks like it is new so abuse is not something I would say caused his issues.

dej(Jed) · Mar 19, 2015

Buddy of mine had a dealership. He could not get them to back up the warranty work. Lots of breakdowns.

JOCCO · Mar 19, 2015

No: As no dealer support around me and they were one of those "flash in the pan" here today gone tomorrow things. When they were sold it was usually by an atv dealer!!! There was many before them Montana, Farmtrac etc. and probably will be many more!!!!

tim s · Mar 19, 2015

These are the stories I know about them X 1000,,I didn't want to go into them for fear of hurting some ones feelings that some how actually liked the one they own...country's like India and China can "copy" about anything made in America but they do not care about "Quality" and dealer responsibility. A friend of mine got all wound up into a dealership for a China tractor company, he wanted me to do the warranty work for him,, I said "No,, H$LL No" so he asked me if he could use my loading dock to get them off a semi trailer, I said only if they were out of here in a couple hours. He let one run at a fast idle in front of the shop, after about 3 minutes some thing went "Bang Clank" and the vibrations (which were very bad) shook the 3 pt arm screws till they came un-threaded and dropped on the cement...and no,, the business did not make it he sold one to another friend, the rest were sent back,,and he is still trying to make amends with the friend that bought one..

1948CaseVAI · Mar 19, 2015

Mahindra has four US factories: Houston, Texas; Red Bluff, California; Chattanooga, Tennessee; and Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. They partnered with International Harvester in 1963 and have taken advantage of that body of expertise. They make and sell under a variety of names in a variety of countries all over the world. They are truly a world manufacturer.

jwmfarms · Mar 19, 2015

NO!!!!!

What dej(Jed) said! We were a dealer for a while. They will not pay a dealer for warranty work. When they do pay it will be for about a quarter of the actual time @ $20 per hour. We sent a mechanic out on a call, he was gone for eight hours @ $85 labor rate. They paid for two hours @ $20. Said no way could it have taken that long. There was 3 hrs. travel time, which they knew since he rode w/ the Mahindra service rep!

The Mahindra built copies of the old IH tractors use soft, weak castings. The Mitsubishi built tractor are over priced, and the TYM tractors are an electrical nightmare. We told them where to stick it over 10 years ago, and wrote off thousands in unpaid warranty claims!

They have never been able to keep a dealer around here for those reasons!

JOCCO · Mar 19, 2015

Same thing dealers last 1-2 years then they picked up a new shoe salesman!!! Some dealers/sellers seem to have a different brand tractor ever 1-2 years!!!!

Texasmark1 · Mar 19, 2015

Ford/NH dealer sells them. Has had the line for at least 10 years. Seems to be doing ok. I have a friend that bought about a 75-80 hp, open station, 4wd and likes it.

I don't like what I saw at the Ford dealer when I was shopping back in '07 due to their too basic for me. I wanted all the whistles and bells so I bought a Red Korean tractor. Good choice.

Mark

Spudm · Mar 19, 2015

I'm sure that stuff is built for pennies on the dollar over there, and then assembled and sold here for huge profits.

Spudm · Mar 19, 2015

You're right, they do look similar to the old IH tractors. Dealer tells me how good they are, yada yada...You're right about the castings too!

rbuckel · Mar 19, 2015

I have a 7010 cab model and will not not buy another Mahindra!

Jason1Pa · Mar 19, 2015

I have never heard of a good Mahinda story. Plus a few months back I went to a farm show and saw them sitting there and they just look horrific. The red they use has no gloss to it what so ever and some of the styles they have were enough to make a man vomit. LOL Id sooner deal with a team of horses

Trkr · Mar 19, 2015

Factorys???You mean dealers and distributors.
They never "partnered with IH".They bought some rights to reproduce some of the old designs that IH stopped using years ago.

Chase_99 · Mar 19, 2015

(quoted from post at 05:57:37 03/19/15) For row crop farming, 40-60hp range? I don't know enough about them other than what a Dealership tells me. I guess they're made in India, same place as John Deere, and the 5 year warranty is impressive. I don't know....

Local dealer had them and dropped them I forget why. But the compact ones seem popular so they must work well. The larger hp ones seem "light" compared to other makes the same hp. Typically shortline dealers have them, if they drop them then what? Sure parts are not an issue with the internet these days but if you require service or some special computer scan tool and software to calibrate the transmission then what. If you buy them with basic options then it shouldn't be an issue i guess with just a syncro trans. I don't thing the engines have much for electronics either.

Check them over good as the main lines JD, CIH,AGCO, Kubota sell a range of tractor options. Check out the Kioti and LS from south Korea too if you have a local dealer.

Texasmark1 · Mar 21, 2015

Add Branson to your S. Korea list. Has more whistles and bells than
the two listed except for the shuttle shift tranny (in the LS as I
recall) without having to clutch. Have to depress the clutch on the
Branson but it has 24 synchromesh gears F and R.

Plus the red is pretty!!!!!!!!!

Mark

DavidinGa · Mar 21, 2015

I have a 2 wheel drive Mahindra 6000 with front end loader. The hour meter no longer works, has now had 2 clutches and a set of brakes, has a non synchronized transmission. You couldn't give me another 6000 series. This tractor is used strictly for hay and has never been abused and had to put the first clutch in at around 500 hours.

W_B · Mar 21, 2015

(quoted from post at 14:21:31 03/19/15) Mahindra is the largest tractor company in the world, must be a reason. Is the tractor actually built in India? I have a Mahindra sub compact and it was built in Korea. Has a Japanese Mitsubishi engine.
I know it is not the same thing, but my little tractor is very well built,and heavier than the other SCUTs in its class.
I don't know how good their dealer support is. They seem to be in a massive growth program and I am sure that a lot of dealers will come and go.

Same here, my Mahindra SCUT is built in Korea by TYM with a Daedong engine (Kioti brand in the U.S.). It meets the latest Tier standard without any gimmicks, just a straight up 3 cyl. diesel. TYM is building the tractors for Cabela's. Heavy built machine for its size. No idea on the larger tractors, I suspect the newer ones might be better than the older designs. They seem to want to grow their market share and have been pushing some good deals lately. Our local dealer has been growing, just expanded his lot and built a huge new building with shop. Haven't needed his services since the tractor hasn't given me any problems.

mudcreek183 · Mar 22, 2015

I have a 6500 no problems with it after 8 years I would buy another at the drop of a hat 2 of my neighbor bought a JD the other on a kubota both wished they would have waited and look at a Mahindra.A lot of the problems I see here seem to be operator issues then machine issues.

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