Backhoe Mahindra owners. Little help here please.

[mike69440]

50 hour break in

His is already "Brokin"

 

[Rustyiron]

His is already "Brokin"

:laughing: Yes, unfortunately.

 

[Gasifier]

Tractor steering cylinder has been fixed. Now to wait for the Mahindra representative to call me and come and look at my tractor, and then hopefully listen to me as I tell him about all the too many problems I have had with my tractor.

 

[onefamilyfarm]

I've used two Mahindras, my brothers, and mine, for a couple hundred hours. One is made by Mitsubishi, the other TYM, with a Mahindra powerplant. Total issues: fuel drip due to loose fitting. I tightened the fitting. Rear tail light housings weak, easy to break off. I will replace them with LED units. Mechanically, no issues, lots of PTO work grinding stumps, etc.
It's never a good idea to make a brand decision on a sample of one. I don't necessarily always listen to others when it comes to their experience, when some are using tractors as they would a skid steer.

What do you mean by using a tractor as you would a skid steer? I just got a bale spear and pallet forks, but I'd like to make sure I'm not abusing my tractor.

 

[e5wd6114]

The dealer is not the one who would buy it back. That would be the manufacturer.

Review your states Lemon Law.
If your situation applies, get a lawyer that handles it and file a claim.

The manufacturer may be forced to buy it back.

Once you get out of that deal, you have decide if you will take another one from that manufacturer (which I guarantee they will try) or if you want another brand.

That's actually opposite, the dealer bears the responsibility of any buy backs/trades, the MFG may help the dealer financially, but the dealer remains the responsible agent.

 

[Btown]

I think you have a machine made in Japan while he has one made in Korea. From my time on this forum it seems that the TYM built machines have most of the problems.

I guess you have not seen the problems from the Mahindra built machines. There are a lot. Lots of the problems( I did not say all) are from the Mahindra engine in the TYM machines.

 

[CincyFlyer]

What do you mean by using a tractor as you would a skid steer? I just got a bale spear and pallet forks, but I'd like to make sure I'm not abusing my tractor.

Anyone I know that's ever rented or owned a skid steer slams it into things, usually with no consequences; with a tractor, you must go slow, and minimize inertial impacts! That big stump you didn't see at the bottom of the dirt pile may simply stop your tractor at one mph, but may bend your bucket or FEL arms (or roll them under and really make a mess) at ten mph. I also have a bale spear (which I use for whaling) and pallet forks (to move the blubber around), but I go slow. In reality, I've moved many logs that weigh half a ton, with no issues, and pushed logs weighing several tons. I've pulled and pushed several dozen trees down to the ground, also going slowly. If the wheels spin (sometimes all four) then you are at your tractor's capacity! Going 20 mph to yank out a stump can be expensive as well as dangerous (that's when you call your buddy with his raised DuraMax-powered truck, the one always bragging that it can out-pull your tractor.)

 

[onefamilyfarm]

Anyone I know that's ever rented or owned a skid steer slams it into things, usually with no consequences; with a tractor, you must go slow, and minimize inertial impacts! That big stump you didn't see at the bottom of the dirt pile may simply stop your tractor at one mph, but may bend your bucket or FEL arms (or roll them under and really make a mess) at ten mph. I also have a bale spear (which I use for whaling) and pallet forks (to move the blubber around), but I go slow. In reality, I've moved many logs that weigh half a ton, with no issues, and pushed logs weighing several tons. I've pulled and pushed several dozen trees down to the ground, also going slowly. If the wheels spin (sometimes all four) then you are at your tractor's capacity! Going 20 mph to yank out a stump can be expensive as well as dangerous (that's when you call your buddy with his raised DuraMax-powered truck, the one always bragging that it can out-pull your tractor.)

Ah, got it. I'm a little paranoid about damaging anything, especially bending my loader arms, so I'm pretty careful.

 

[Gasifier]

Mahindra representative still has not contacted me. I've talked with dealer twice now about meeting with him and representative. He has said he is waiting for him to come up to this area. So I told him I need him to call him and have him call me. I need to meet with him and the dealer.

The second time I called him was today. About a week after the last time. Today I called because this was the first time I tried to do some real work with the tractor since they fixed the transmission a few weeks ago.

Tractor started right up. Worked fine moving things around. Then I started dragging the York rake around the pasture to clean things up a bit and get rid of pine needles and manure. After about 20 minutes of doing this the hydraulic bogging down issue started again. No matter what I did I could not get it to stop doing it. So each time I put my foot down on forward or reverse pedal the tractor would "go limp" as another Mahindra tractor owner called it. Or when I tried to lift a bucket of manure up to dump it where I wanted the same thing, bogging down.

So I have talked with dealer about it on the phone and he says mechanic will be in my area on Wednesday.

When do these problems occur? When your using the tractor of course. So I have three days off. It happens just a few hours into working with tractor. And now I have to wait until they fix it.

More lost time for me.

Last winter it did well moving snow. What will the tractor be like this winter when I'm relying on it to move snow?

 

[jb1390]

Mahindra representative still has not contacted me. I've talked with dealer twice now about meeting with him and representative. He has said he is waiting for him to come up to this area. So I told him I need him to call him and have him call me. I need to meet with him and the dealer.

The second time I called him was today. About a week after the last time. Today I called because this was the first time I tried to do some real work with the tractor since they fixed the transmission a few weeks ago.

Tractor started right up. Worked fine moving things around. Then I started dragging the York rake around the pasture to clean things up a bit and get rid of pine needles and manure. After about 20 minutes of doing this the hydraulic bogging down issue started again. No matter what I did I could not get it to stop doing it. So each time I put my foot down on forward or reverse pedal the tractor would "go limp" as another Mahindra tractor owner called it. Or when I tried to lift a bucket of manure up to dump it where I wanted the same thing, bogging down.

So I have talked with dealer about it on the phone and he says mechanic will be in my area on Wednesday.

When do these problems occur? When your using the tractor of course. So I have three days off. It happens just a few hours into working with tractor. And now I have to wait until they fix it.

More lost time for me.

Last winter it did well moving snow. What will the tractor be like this winter when I'm relying on it to move snow?

So to clarify, the motor loses rpms when attempting to load it? Using either hydraulic pump or transmission? Any other symptoms like lights on dash? Is it sudden or does it come on gradually after using for a while?

I understand multiple issues are frustrating especially for a new machine. This one stands out to me though because it's a recurring issue. The other problems they have fixed..... I think your best bet with the rep is to concentrate on the issues they cannot solve and negotiate from there.

Disappointed to hear that you are having the issues your are. You did your homework and I would've thought they'd have the bugs worked out by now. Mine had some early issues that caused quite a bit of angst as you can tell if you read my thread, but since they fixed those issues a couple years ago it's been pretty much flawless. I have around 700 hours in it and I'm not particularly gentle on equipment. Hopefully they get yours fixed up.