Comparison Mahindra vs Kioti

[BobG_in_VA]

Turbos & torque Statement not always true, especially today.
Size turbo smallish for low end grunt it will have more torque than big NA motor for same max power.

If 500 ft/lbs of torque at 3000rpm is equal to 500 ft/lbs of torque at 1500rpm....I'd rather have it at 1500...cubic inches count. BobG in VA

 

[4570Man]

Turbos & torque Statement not always true, especially today. Size turbo smallish for low end grunt it will have more torque than big NA motor for same max power. Well if you have to use a shovel and wheel barrel to move your pile as the big tractor does not fit, you would be wishing for a smaller tractor. But in general bigger and better begin with a "B"

I have only had to move one pile with a shovel. Nothing except possibly a walk behind skid steer would have worked. I doubt even that would have. I have done plenty of things a smaller tractor couldn't have.

 

[mike69440]

I have only had to move one pile with a shovel. Nothing except possibly a walk behind skid steer would have worked. I doubt even that would have. I have done plenty of things a smaller tractor couldn't have.

Like I you seem to have a good mix of equipment/attachements and so forth.

I'm going on 62, but in my younger days I tackled all too much with hand tools, digging Prying Lugging, Splittng, tilling, pounding and chopping, etc I did some damage, which has caught up to me. I'm trying to recover to the extent i can still have some fun, but those Dbl diamonds are out this winter, I need more time in gym.

From here on in I want to be like a politican, i.e. use a shovel for cermonial occasions and photo ops.

With our little farm, I still get exercise, except with an office jov vs lanscaping aand construction, i'm not getting enough.

Ranking my equipment:

L39 Used oftem, Abosultely Essential. This place simple would not function for long without it. A relatively small, heavy, strudy, versitale ,strong machine. Things would go to heck and it would be a real struggle.
RTV 900 Really Very handy on almost a daily basis. A real labor savor haauling and getting around, towing, dumping, etc
Max28 Very handy for the little tractor jobs, used often, a real back asver, big enough where a sub compact would fail but small enough to do sub compact work, large enought to do some stuff you think you need a std size CUT for. Max 28 handles regular cat 1 implements better than expected.
PC75UU2 excavator. Very handy, but seldom used anymore, (Approx +30 hrs year, vs +500 Hrs when first bought. When you need something that can lift, doze, grade, Log, dig as strong and fasster better than a full size construction TLB, this thing is handy.) I was killing the L39. It can do projects better suited to a 12T excavator, is manuvarble in the woods., and as long as you decide that 100 year old tree should go on living, is all I need for firewood and land clearing.
Now that the farm is established , it is not necessary, but I'd want too much money to let it go. (PM me an offer to see if I'm right!)
I have a thread going back 10 years when we bought this pile of ridge, ledge and woods that is now our home and farm.

 

[mike69440]

I have only had to move one pile with a shovel. Nothing except possibly a walk behind skid steer would have worked. I doubt even that would have. I have done plenty of things a smaller tractor couldn't have.

I same as you seem to have a good mix of equipment / attachments and so forth for our tasks.

I'm going on 62, but in my younger days I tackled all too much with hand tools, digging prying lugging, splitting, tilling, pounding and chopping, etc. I did some damage to me physically, which has caught up to me. I'm trying to recover to the extent i can still have some fun, but those Dbl diamonds are out this winter, I need more time in gym.

From here on in i want to be like a politician, i.e. use a shovel for ceremonial occasions and photo ops.

With our little farm, I still get exercise, except with an office job vs. landscaping and construction, I’m not getting enough.

Ranking my equipment:

L39 Absolutely Essential, This place simple would not function for long without it. Things would go to heck and it would be a real struggle.


RTV 900 Really Very handy on almost a daily basis. A real labor savor hauling and getting around, towing, dumping, etc


Max28 Very handy for the little tractor jobs, used often, a real back saver, big enough where a sub compact would fail but small enough to do sub compact work, large enough to do some stuff you think you need a std size CUT for. Max 28 handles regular cat 1 implements better than expected.


PC75UU2 excavator. Very handy also, but seldom used anymore, (Approx +30 hrs year, vs. +500 Hrs when first bought. When you need something that can lift, doze, grade, Log, dig as strong and faster better than a full size construction TLB, this thing is handy.) I was killing the L39. It can do projects better suited to a 12T excavator, is maneuverable in the woods., and as long as you decide that 100 year old tree should go on living, is all I need for firewood and land clearing.


Now that the farm is established , it is not necessary, but I'd want too much money to let it go. (PM me an offer to see if I'm right!)
I have a thread going back 10 years when we bought this pile of ridge, ledge and woods that is now our home and farm.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...weekend.html?highlight=Busy+wife+this+weekend

 

[4570Man]

I don't know what I would do without my mule. It isn't strong enough for real work, but it gets use on a daily.

 

[mike69440]

I don't know what I would do without my mule. It isn't strong enough for real work, but it gets use on a daily.

Don't give my wife ideas. Her freind just got 2
PS I miss my old B7200!

Getting back to the Subject of the thread, I vote for bigger tractor. Then he should pick up a B7XXX to have a small tractor. They run well and you can sell for what you paid for it.

 

[4570Man]

Don't give my wife ideas. Her freind just got 2 PS I miss my old B7200!

Are hers gas powered?

 

[mike69440]

Are hers gas powered?

You did not mention in your profile a Kawaski Mule, Her's are gas powered depending which end you are near. Could get kicked also.

 

[4570Man]

You did not mention in your profile a Kawaski Mule, Her's are gas powered depending which end you are near. Could get kicked also.

I forgot about it when I created my account. Profile edited.

 

[Catch95]

Thanks to everyone for their thoughts. I know my reaction when I got on the Mahindra was that it felt like a real tractor. The compact Kioti did feel a little small. But the Kioti does seem to be better finished - for what that's worth. I did get a chance to speak to mechanics at both dealers - away from the dealerships. Both swore by their machines and said they hadn't had seen any real issues with either.

One thing I am interested in though is people's opinions on what is better on the hills. My place gets pretty hilly, and while I shouldn't admit it, I have got in the odd sticky situation. We get a lot of rain so the ground can get soggy. Wondering if the extra weight of the Mahindra will be a benefit or an issue. I think its nearly double the weight of the 40hp Kioti.

Mark