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Are you looking at your brochures well? A Mahindra 5530 and Kubota L4240 are worlds apart in the tractor spectrum. The L4240 is a compact tractor and is a close comparison to a Mahindra 4110. The Mahindra 5530 is an ag utility tractor. A quite a lot heavier (2500 #) and physically larger tractor than the Kubota L4240. If the L4240 was the size tractor you need to do your job, then you need to look at the Mahindra 4110 and save a few more bucks. Always compare the weight and physical dimensions of the tractors as this will tell you the actual size of the tractors. HP only tells you the HP and nothing about the size or capability of the tractor.
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Galen, I have brochures coming out my ears. Yes, the Kubota probably would do all I need to do as well as the 4110 would. I am leaning to the 5530 for several reasons. My first choice was the 4110, however I found it to be somewhat tight fitting and uncomfortable sitting in it. It also has indirect injection engine which I am told is not as well suited for cold weather operation as direct injection. It gets very cold here very often so I then looked at 4530 model which would be just what I need I believe. The rub however is that there is less than $800 difference at nearest dealer between 4530 and 5530. Given that I have read many posts on this site where owners were wishing they had bought bigger, I decided on the 5530. My trip to Kubota dealer was really to convince myself that Mahindra was better choice. Part of due diligence you could say.