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Originally Posted by Kipper76  Well, been shopping for a couple weeks and stumbled on a 2004 Mahindra 3510, 362 hours, ML112 Loader, 1 set rear hydrolics, canopy and a 5' Dale Phillips cutter for $8400.
You can see what I want it for here: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/b...-new-post.html
From shopping craigslist and local dealers for used, this seems like an outstanding price.
I've only seen pics online and will go check it out on Tuesday.
As a tractor newbie, what specifically, should I be looking/checking for?
Any 3510 owners/dealers wanna comment on this machine?
Thanks for any advice/opinions! |
Sounds like a potentially
excellent price to me, but impossible to tell for sure without seeing the machine in person, running it and understanding its history. Could be a deal or it could be an abused wreck. All depends on who owned it and how they used and maintained it. I've seen a couple used ones that I would buy in a heartbeat and I saw a couple others that you couldn't give me for spare parts.
Personally, I like to buy my used machines with some transferable factory warranty still left on them just to play it safe. Since I think Mahindra warranties are still 3 years long, I'd be looking for a late 2006 or 2007 tractor.
The 3510 itself is a fine tractor. It is made for Mahindra by TYM of South Korea and I have had very good service out of mine, including some recent hard construction related use. Keep the radiator clean when mowing, don't be overloading the
FEL (I bent my
FEL boom), maintain it properly and it just keeps on running.
Rusty