Hey guys!
So, this is just an update to the couple of threads I've started lately about my quest for a new, or newer tractor. Well, I've made my decision, and bought the pictured tractor, a 2015 Mahindra 4540, in 2WD, with a front end loader!
It gets delivered on Monday and I'm super excited!
I did a TON of research on this before I bought it needless to say, and settled on the Mahindra for a variety of reasons. They're the largest tractor manufacturer in the WORLD, and this tractor can trace its lineage to British International tractors of the 50's and 60's, and it does, the entire rear end looks IDENTICAL to the 2444 it's replacing. I'll try to post some side by side pictures later on.
It's going to be great
>dat diesel reliability (and it has a SLOW turning diesel engine, PTO speed is only ~2000 RPM's, much slower than most new machines)
>Everything on it is very heavy and stout, it actually seems "more rigid" than my old IH
>It DOESNT have 50+ years of wear and tear and hackjob repairs on it to fix
>It's got a front end loader, that'll lift 2800+ pounds, outperforming most of its competition. My current tractor can only lift ~900 off the boom pole, but sometimes more if it's having a "good" day
I was a little leary of buying an Indian built tractor, until I discovered that this company is an OEM for New Holland and John Deere among others, and that the smaller tractors from both of those companies are also Indian made.
At first I wanted a Kubota, but it lifts less and also has a DPF filter on the exhaust, which the Mahindra luckily lacks.
Then, I thought about buying a New Holland Workmaster 55, until I discovered that they're actually fairly hard to find in my area (it seems NH cant import them fast enough), and the dealer I went to, who sells both brands, said that they have a lot more issues than this machine which is one of their top sellers.
And although I'm a pretty private person usually, I'll address the elephant in the room, and say that I paid $19,500 for the machine and loader before taxes and such. Figure that spread over a few years, and this tractor will actually cost me less than the old 2444, in terms of downtime, material/parts costs to work on, and my time which fortunately or unfortunately, isnt free.
Thats right, this thing will actually SAVE me money while increasing my productivity and plain and simple, although I didnt really want to go out and drop that much coin, it HAD to be done sooner or later, so I bit the bullet on this one and did it.
Plus I can lift 3 times as much, and lift it better (lets be honest here, boom poles are a little jankity and lack the control of an FEL.
Pretty thrilled!
Oh, right, the main reason I made this thread. I also shopped around for some used tractors, but they just plain and simple werent worth it. I could've paid $17k for a secondhand NH or Massey, or $14k for a 15 year old Kubota, but I decided having a (5 year) warranty and knowing I wouldn't have to screw with the thing (the main reason I was looking for something else in the first place) was worth spending 1/3 more. But,a big THANK YOU to everyone who posted in the last threads.
Have a great weekend all!
P/S I have no idea why the dealer parks tractors with the loaders up like that, they do it on every tractor in their lot
So, this is just an update to the couple of threads I've started lately about my quest for a new, or newer tractor. Well, I've made my decision, and bought the pictured tractor, a 2015 Mahindra 4540, in 2WD, with a front end loader!
It gets delivered on Monday and I'm super excited!
I did a TON of research on this before I bought it needless to say, and settled on the Mahindra for a variety of reasons. They're the largest tractor manufacturer in the WORLD, and this tractor can trace its lineage to British International tractors of the 50's and 60's, and it does, the entire rear end looks IDENTICAL to the 2444 it's replacing. I'll try to post some side by side pictures later on.
It's going to be great
>dat diesel reliability (and it has a SLOW turning diesel engine, PTO speed is only ~2000 RPM's, much slower than most new machines)
>Everything on it is very heavy and stout, it actually seems "more rigid" than my old IH
>It DOESNT have 50+ years of wear and tear and hackjob repairs on it to fix
>It's got a front end loader, that'll lift 2800+ pounds, outperforming most of its competition. My current tractor can only lift ~900 off the boom pole, but sometimes more if it's having a "good" day
I was a little leary of buying an Indian built tractor, until I discovered that this company is an OEM for New Holland and John Deere among others, and that the smaller tractors from both of those companies are also Indian made.
At first I wanted a Kubota, but it lifts less and also has a DPF filter on the exhaust, which the Mahindra luckily lacks.
Then, I thought about buying a New Holland Workmaster 55, until I discovered that they're actually fairly hard to find in my area (it seems NH cant import them fast enough), and the dealer I went to, who sells both brands, said that they have a lot more issues than this machine which is one of their top sellers.
And although I'm a pretty private person usually, I'll address the elephant in the room, and say that I paid $19,500 for the machine and loader before taxes and such. Figure that spread over a few years, and this tractor will actually cost me less than the old 2444, in terms of downtime, material/parts costs to work on, and my time which fortunately or unfortunately, isnt free.
Thats right, this thing will actually SAVE me money while increasing my productivity and plain and simple, although I didnt really want to go out and drop that much coin, it HAD to be done sooner or later, so I bit the bullet on this one and did it.
Plus I can lift 3 times as much, and lift it better (lets be honest here, boom poles are a little jankity and lack the control of an FEL.
Pretty thrilled!
Oh, right, the main reason I made this thread. I also shopped around for some used tractors, but they just plain and simple werent worth it. I could've paid $17k for a secondhand NH or Massey, or $14k for a 15 year old Kubota, but I decided having a (5 year) warranty and knowing I wouldn't have to screw with the thing (the main reason I was looking for something else in the first place) was worth spending 1/3 more. But,a big THANK YOU to everyone who posted in the last threads.
Have a great weekend all!
P/S I have no idea why the dealer parks tractors with the loaders up like that, they do it on every tractor in their lot
