Max 24 ( It's Here cont'd )

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=353157

So as you know it was time to carry this thread over to the owning and operating section.

Today I got home and decided to move some stuff around and get the mower deck back on the tractor to get ready for mowing. I decided to take the loader off to make the tractor as light as possible for mowing. All I'm going to say is I need practice at that, I'm not going to lie my poor neighbors probably heard me exercise some demons lol . So once I got the loader parked I was off to get the mower deck loaded on. I'm not sure what the fuss is with people being against MMMers, but it's actually pretty easy to drive over the deck and hook up. Like anything practice will make it easier over time. So now it's sitting already to go so I figured why not let's give it a go. Now I've never owned anything other than a 21" push mower, and I've got to say the deck cuts just as nice as any mower I've ever owned and tons faster. Yeah it's not a zero turn and no it doesn't mow at 10+ mph, however the 60" deck moves right along in low range at around 5 mph, and that's plenty fast for me.



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And the little Beasty lol

Anyway hope you enjoy the thread as I continue it. Donnie

I also have a MMM on my Max 26 XL. Very easy to hook up, and mows great. Backhoe is easy as well to remove and install. Have fun Donnie!

Thanks Cramby, the MMM cuts really good, better than anything I've ever owned. Sounds like you like the cut quality too. I was letting the grass get tall to establish a good root base and to let the new grass come up. Some spots were over a foot tall, the mower went right through it and left the lawn looking great. No scalping whatsoever, set the deck to float at 3.5" and let the rollers just glide above the ground and it looks really nice out there. Next on the list to get is a trimmer and we're good to go for the Summer. If it doesn't rain too much our little red neck hot tub will go up this weekend lol.

Brasco, what other attachments do you have for it? I looking at the 24 with MMM, FEL, backhoe, 5' tiller, and 5' box blade. Was wondering if you had experience with any of these?

At the moment I have the FEL, 5' BoxBlade, Chain Drag, and the MMM which I love and does a fantastic job. The Mower is easy really easy to drive over and easy to hook up. The Max24 pulls the 5' BB no problems, fully loaded without loosing traction in 4WD with R4s. I don't own a tiller or backhoe, maybe the backhoe in the future, just not enough work to justify it yet. I'll probably add a grapple to the loader before a backhoe. I'm planning on dropping some trees in the future and will need to move them around and buck them, the grapple will be great for that. Probably either grind, or rent a back hoe for stump removal for that. This little machine does a great job at what it does, and is built really stout. I like the loader and for me and what I do is plenty for me. Next winter for snow removal I'm thinking of try a set of Edge Tamers to remove snow without removing gravel from the driveway. As for the horse pens and riding rings they've never looked so consistently good! We love having this machine around ready and waiting for everything we do day to day to our future projects.

That's all good news. Interesting about the grapple over the backhoe though. I've been looking at purchasing about 6-15 acres within the next couple of months and was going to go with the backhoe to be able to dig out stumps. I figured I could cut the logs down to size on-site and haul them away with a trailer. Also, I figured it may be easier to finance in the backhoe upfront vs trying to purchase one later on down the road. I thought it would also help with resale should I attempt to sell it later down the road. I, too, don't think I have enough work to do with it on my existing property though.

How maneuverable do you find it to be? I currently live in a house in a subdivision on 1/2 acre. Like I said, I'm looking for more land and have put in some offers. Ideally, I would use this at both locations - maintain my existing lawn with the 60" deck and beds with the FEL, while also being able to transport it to work on clearing about an acre of the purchased land for a homesite.

brasco426 said:

At the moment I have the FEL, 5' BoxBlade, Chain Drag, and the MMM which I love and does a fantastic job. The Mower is easy really easy to drive over and easy to hook up. The Max24 pulls the 5' BB no problems, fully loaded without loosing traction in 4WD with R4s. I don't own a tiller or backhoe, maybe the backhoe in the future, just not enough work to justify it yet. I'll probably add a grapple to the loader before a backhoe. I'm planning on dropping some trees in the future and will need to move them around and buck them, the grapple will be great for that. Probably either grind, or rent a back hoe for stump removal for that. This little machine does a great job at what it does, and is built really stout. I like the loader and for me and what I do is plenty for me. Next winter for snow removal I'm thinking of try a set of Edge Tamers to remove snow without removing gravel from the driveway. As for the horse pens and riding rings they've never looked so consistently good! We love having this machine around ready and waiting for everything we do day to day to our future projects.

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I find the turning radius to be really good, and comes in handy for pulling the chain drag in the smallest of our horse pens. As far as the Backhoe or Grapple thing go with whatever suits your needs as everybody's is different. For mowing I don't know what your yard looks like, but I posted the pics of mine and it maneuvers it just fine, I don't have too many obstacles either. However I maintain the in laws property too with it as her parents are getting older, and they have way more obstacles up there and still do just fine.

esloser said:

That's all good news. Interesting about the grapple over the backhoe though. I've been looking at purchasing about 6-15 acres within the next couple of months and was going to go with the backhoe to be able to dig out stumps. I figured I could cut the logs down to size on-site and haul them away with a trailer. Also, I figured it may be easier to finance in the backhoe upfront vs trying to purchase one later on down the road. I thought it would also help with resale should I attempt to sell it later down the road. I, too, don't think I have enough work to do with it on my existing property though.

How maneuverable do you find it to be? I currently live in a house in a subdivision on 1/2 acre. Like I said, I'm looking for more land and have put in some offers. Ideally, I would use this at both locations - maintain my existing lawn with the 60" deck and beds with the FEL, while also being able to transport it to work on clearing about an acre of the purchased land for a homesite.

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1/2 Lot is a lawn tractor, 6 Acres raw land is bigger than a Max whatever.

I'm not looking at it specifically for the 1/2 acre. I'm looking at it more for 6+ acres of woodland lots that I have been submitting offers on. However, it will be used in both places. I'm not going to keep the JD x310 and the Mahindra Max 24.

mike69440 said:

1/2 Lot is a lawn tractor, 6 Acres raw land is bigger than a Max whatever.

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brasco426 said:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=353157

So as you know it was time to carry this thread over to the owning and operating section.

Today I got home and decided to move some stuff around and get the mower deck back on the tractor to get ready for mowing. I decided to take the loader off to make the tractor as light as possible for mowing. All I'm going to say is I need practice at that, I'm not going to lie my poor neighbors probably heard me exercise some demons lol . So once I got the loader parked I was off to get the mower deck loaded on. I'm not sure what the fuss is with people being against MMMers, but it's actually pretty easy to drive over the deck and hook up. Like anything practice will make it easier over time. So now it's sitting already to go so I figured why not let's give it a go. Now I've never owned anything other than a 21" push mower, and I've got to say the deck cuts just as nice as any mower I've ever owned and tons faster. Yeah it's not a zero turn and no it doesn't mow at 10+ mph, however the 60" deck moves right along in low range at around 5 mph, and that's plenty fast for me.

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And the little Beasty lol

Anyway hope you enjoy the thread as I continue it. Donnie

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Nice pics. I love my Max 24.

Every time I check this thread and see the pictures, I want to jump in the car and head to the dealer's. Take my money please! I don't know how I happened upon the Mahindras but I do like 'em!

esloser said:

Every time I check this thread and see the pictures, I want to jump in the car and head to the dealer's. Take my money please! I don't know how I happened upon the Mahindras but I do like 'em!

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It must be the pretty sports car red paint and sleek styling. When is the last time you saw an orange sports car?

What's this you ask...................

This was this beginning of last weekend lol. So business as usual, get out of work, hook up the mowing deck, and off mowing.

I blew through our yard, loving life . Put the lights and hazards on, made my way up to the in laws. Did there front and back yards. Noticed before I was about to leave the path to the dog kennels was getting high. So I eased into it. And then WHAMO!!! Every sound you don't want a brand new mowing deck to make. A rock, and not just any lol, but a biggie. Clutched the tractor as fast as I could and took a peak. Underneath I saw my middle blade wedged up against a bent piece of metal. So I sit down licking all the wounds of what was my pride LOL. First thought oh boy the misses ain't gonna be happy. Drove the tractor home and parked it. Crawled underneath to see what I could do. I freed up the blade and did a preliminary look see. Parked it for the weekend and sulked lol. Sunday rolled around and I took a closer look at everything. To my amazement and surprise, not a flipping thing wrong besides a bent baffle on the deck. The tractor linkages for the mowing deck, fine, blades and everything underneath the deck, fine, not a bit of damage to anything but the baffle.

That brings us to today. Got home from work, rigged up the loader to pick the deck up and pull it out to begin repairs. I took out the baffle and cut out the bent metal. Washed and inspected the entire underside of the deck, still no damage PHEW. Reinstalled the baffle and flipped the deck back over. Washed and cleaned the top to further inspect for damage, and none. With the deck all cleaned and ready, I pulled out the manual and located and greased all the zerks. Deck looking shiny and good as new I hooked it back up to the tractor. Tested all the height control settings, and good to go. Mowed the entire yard and you wouldn't even know what I did last Friday!!!! No difference in cut quality whatsoever! Mowing season crisis averted lol. I'll probably replace the baffle at the end of the mowing season when I get the deck ready to be stored for winter.

I'm here to tell you this deck is a Beast. It's built solid, and cuts fantastic! If it wasn't built as solid and rugged as it is it probably would have wiped the deck out. If you're considering a little tractor like this, do it. I love this little tractor. The Max is one stout set up!

Glad to hear you are getting on well with your Max. I have had the eMax 22 for a couple of years now and it's been a great help around here. We raise and show llamas so there is a fair amount of manure to haul and pastures to groom. Since we are getting a bit older having the FEL has been a blessing and a real back saver. I've had a 9N and an 8N for years but as we know they are limited in what they can do and with the age on them they are getting unreliable and are just harder to operate. I do keep one hitched to the manure spreader all the time. The eMax is a breeze to use with the HST and power steering. I use a 60" finish mower to mow pastures and have a brush hog if they get out of hand. We also have a landscape rake that I use on the driveway and to level paddocks, a back blade and a carry-all. Just got a 3pt spreader for seeding and fertilizing the pastures. The thing I use quite often is clamp-on bucket forks. They've been extremely useful for everything from lifting old barn doors to get the on track to removing dead animals from deep in the barn (our herd is getting older and are slowly dying off). The large tractors everyone seems to favor couldn't do that very easily, no trouble for the eMax to maneuver inside the pens or scrape them if needed.

Preparing a 20 x 20 area for sod. HST and compactness very handy on my Max24. We'll see how she does unloading 400sf. on a pallet of sod. Success may depend on moisture content. I'm going to see is the nursery has a scale.

Good to hear how much you all enjoy the EMax, and Max tractors. There are undeniably tough, and stout. My Max 24 has rose to every task I've needed it to do, and has been a huge help. Sorry I haven't updated the thread lately, but we have a little one on the way and had to remodel his room for the misses . Soon I'll be redoing the in laws driveway, I'll be using the BoxBlade and will post some pictures of that when done. As always in the meantime, the Max helps keeping things done all the time around here. Take care. Donnie