Mahindra Co. stability

[BobG_in_VA]

I have to chuckle every time I read "what about re-sale value?". These things aren't cars. The 4 tractors I have combined are literally 150 years old.....I'm not particularly worried about resale.....I hope to be using them for about another 100 or so years...wait a minute...my nephews as yet unborn children can probably use them....BobG in VA

[MDM]

I have to chuckle when everyone always throws the "choose which ever one is more comfortable". It's a tractor, not a car. I guess I'm old school. I don't think dad or grandad ever decided on one machine over another because it was more pleasing to their backside. Proven reliability and dealer support always came first. Comfort was probably the last thing on my list. I guess anything with a padded seat suits me just fine.

[tydp]

Mahindra may be here as long as anyone. I don't personally care for them. The resale in Texas for Mahindra "ain't squat." There sure seems like alot of major problems reported here for the number sold. Lots of owners that have them like them and rave about their reliability, but may only have 2 or 3 hundred hours so far. Good luck...

[Heywood Jannockitov]

Originally Posted by BobG_in_VA

I have to chuckle every time I read "what about re-sale value?".

Resale might make a difference if you recently dropped some serious coin on a machine and now find yourself downsized or outsourced out of a job and have to unload it

The few bucks you saved on the "off brand" might be a tougher re-sell to a potential buyer who hasn't ever heard of that "Longdongfengshuieuroretard" tractor.

[tydp]

Originally Posted by Heywood Jannockitov

The few bucks you saved on the "off brand" might be a tougher re-sell to a potential buyer who hasn't ever heard of that "Longdongfengshuieuroretard" tractor.

Blasphemy!!!!

[Heywood Jannockitov]

Sorry, that wasn't a slam at Mahindra, which I like. It was a general comment on why resale should be a factor for consideration when making big purchases like a tractor. Buying based on price point alone is sometimes false economy.

[TheDingy]

Originally Posted by Heywood Jannockitov

Sorry, that wasn't a slam at Mahindra, which I like. It was a general comment on why resale should be a factor for consideration when making big purchases like a tractor. Buying based on price point alone is sometimes false economy.

Heywood.... Buying on price is false and I am paying for even factoring it in with Mahindra.

I will take a slam at them. I just found out this morning that our tractor is down again. My other half didn't tell me due to her knowing I would go ballistic. It is down with the same problem that we asked the dealer with the $2k bill to find and fix last time(a month or so ago). She called the three closest dealers and the earliest we could get it even looked at was next week. It went to our shop so we can fix it internally. This won't be in a warranty even though we have "warranty" on the tractor because Mahindra won't cover a **** thing. I have also found out the resell on the tractor sucks. It is 1/2 of a deere that is the same age. I feel so bad for convincing my other half that we should buy Mahindra over the new holland or deere last year.

Some people may say I am just being loud and vocal, but I haven't even started screaming about this thing yet. There are too many dealers on this board that defend these tractors and other dealers that more people should stand up and say something.

[tydp]

Originally Posted by Heywood Jannockitov

Sorry, that wasn't a slam at Mahindra, which I like. It was a general comment on why resale should be a factor for consideration when making big purchases like a tractor. Buying based on price point alone is sometimes false economy.

Heywood....I was joking....

[Heywood Jannockitov]

I knew that!

[MtnViewRanch]

Originally Posted by TheDingy

Heywood.... Buying on price is false and I am paying for even factoring it in with Mahindra.

I will take a slam at them. I just found out this morning that our tractor is down again. My other half didn't tell me due to her knowing I would go ballistic. It is down with the same problem that we asked the dealer with the $2k bill to find and fix last time(a month or so ago). She called the three closest dealers and the earliest we could get it even looked at was next week. It went to our shop so we can fix it internally. This won't be in a warranty even though we have "warranty" on the tractor because Mahindra won't cover a **** thing. I have also found out the resell on the tractor sucks. It is 1/2 of a deere that is the same age. I feel so bad for convincing my other half that we should buy Mahindra over the new holland or deere last year.

Some people may say I am just being loud and vocal, but I haven't even started screaming about this thing yet. There are too many dealers on this board that defend these tractors and other dealers that more people should stand up and say something.

I've said this before and will say it again, all manufactures have some problems with some of their tractors. If you wanted to you could go and look at the Kubota, New Holland, and probably even John Deere forums and find people that are so unhappy with their machine and or dealer that they would never have anything to do with that brand again. Face it, this stuff happens, yes it sucks when it happens to you, but it still happens to ALL of the makes and brands.

It also sounds like either your local dealers are all very busy or they all suck. Would you have been better off if you had bought another brand? Sounds to me like you would still be waiting to get whatever brand you had bought fixed, or were the three closest dealers all Mahindra dealers?

As far as the John Deere selling for twice what the Mahindra is selling for, well if they are apples to apples comparison, I sure hope that it would be in that neighborhood. When I bought my Mahindra 7520, it was 64% the cost a John Deere of the same size, and I never even priced out all the options for it that the Mahindra came std with at that time. I have no doubt that the John Deere would have been very close to double the price of the Mahindra with an exact item for item comparison. Is the John Deere better, maybe, I personally doubt it though. But then I just play with mine on the ranch and am not making a living with it, have had no problems that I couldn't fix myself.

I have to say that it sounds like you will never be happy with Mahindra, sorry to see that, but again this stuff happens, maybe bite the bullet and trade that machine in on that Deere that you wish you had.

Good luck solving your tractor problems.