Mahindra 4540

[Gasifier]

I’m glad to see your tractor is working well for you. Stay warm.

 

[swampy6]

We have 7 to 14 inches of wet heavy snow coming in starting tonight so today I moved some snow off the sides of the driveway, that will give me more room for snow storage in those spots.

Picture 3487 is before I started moving snow from that area and 3491 is after, I gained over 12 feet on that corner.

 

[swampy6]

I'm glad that I moved the snow the other day, I'll end up moving some of the snowfall from overnight. I think we received around 7 inches, I used the 4540 opening up the driveway and the RTV for the cleanup and plowing some trails in the woods so the wife can walk.

 

[Lt. El Diablo]

I'm glad that I moved the snow the other day, I'll end up moving some of the snowfall from overnight. I think we received around 7 inches, I used the 4540 opening up the driveway and the RTV for the cleanup and plowing some trails in the woods so the wife can walk.

How many hours does the tractor have on it now? Have you had any problems with the emissions system yet?

 

[swampy6]

How many hours does the tractor have on it now? Have you had any problems with the emissions system yet?

This is just a guess but 1300 hours, no problems yet.

 

[swampy6]

How many hours does the tractor have on it now? Have you had any problems with the emissions system yet?

After my guess of 1300, I checked it the next day and it was 1334. I used it two days in a row moving snow and plowing out trails which put another 10 hours on it.

 

[Lt. El Diablo]

After my guess of 1300, I checked it the next day and it was 1334. I used it two days in a row moving snow and plowing out trails which put another 10 hours on it.

Thanks. That is impressive. I have had nothing but problems with the tier 4 system on my Kioti from the beginning. My previous tractor was a pre tier mahindra 4500. It gave me 11 years of trouble free service. I have been considering a mahindra 4550, but I brush hog 200 acres per year, often in dusty conditions, with lots of chaf accumulating in the radiator. The design of the hood and grille , with 5 screws seems like it would be a hassle to deal with, as cleaning the radiator has to be done daily when bush hogging. I'm not so much concerned with the end of day cleaning, but if it will have to be done in the field. My old Mahindra never overheated in the field, so cleaning could wait until the end of the day. Your thoughts?

 

[swampy6]

Thanks. That is impressive. I have had nothing but problems with the tier 4 system on my Kioti from the beginning. My previous tractor was a pre tier mahindra 4500. It gave me 11 years of trouble free service. I have been considering a mahindra 4550, but I brush hog 200 acres per year, often in dusty conditions, with lots of chaf accumulating in the radiator. The design of the hood and grille , with 5 screws seems like it would be a hassle to deal with, as cleaning the radiator has to be done daily when bush hogging. I'm not so much concerned with the end of day cleaning, but if it will have to be done in the field. My old Mahindra never overheated in the field, so cleaning could wait until the end of the day. Your thoughts?

I agree on taking the five screws out, it can be a small pain in the arse after a good days work. I've never had a problem with the 4540 overheating either but I'm not doing the work you are.

I wonder if you could put a front end bra on a tractor to stop some of the dust from getting into a radiator.

 

[swampy6]

I hadn't used the 4540 in about three weeks so today it helped me out on some lifting of pine logs. I still have more logs that I'll use the tractor on and then after that, digging out some stumps.

We heat with wood and some years back we started burning pine during the shoulder season, this past heating season we burned 12 face cord of pine, that saved us just under 5 face cord of hardwood that we usually burn.

 

[Deleted member 371759]

Loving the heck out of our 4540. I mean loving it. I know its not for everyone but for us its almost the perfect tractor. I used mine today to move our 10x10 chicken roosting house. So far I have zero complaints. I keep it lubed, I spray all non greaseable points with silicone spray, use the same FPPF diesel additive I use in my powerstroke and duramax and trickle charge when not in use for a while. We needed a work tractor that can put torque to the ground and thats what we got. We also heat 100% with wood I used to fill our wood shed with wood from our stacks with a wheel barrow and it would take hours and I would be dead after. Now it takes 20 minutes.

 

[swampy6]

Loving the heck out of our 4540. I mean loving it. I know its not for everyone but for us its almost the perfect tractor. I used mine today to move our 10x10 chicken roosting house. So far I have zero complaints. I keep it lubed, I spray all non greaseable points with silicone spray, use the same FPPF diesel additive I use in my powerstroke and duramax and trickle charge when not in use for a while. We needed a work tractor that can put torque to the ground and thats what we got. We also heat 100% with wood I used to fill our wood shed with wood from our stacks with a wheel barrow and it would take hours and I would be dead after. Now it takes 20 minutes.

We have our battery on a maintainer/charger all year, we can hit minus 30 up here in the winter so the m/c will save your ass.

Our 4540 is a 2016, so far nothing has gone wrong with it. The backhoe has allowed us to have some stump less trails around the house lot. I plow a few driveways along with all the trails on our house lot during the winter, sure makes plowing easy.

After the next face cord is up, I'll be digging some stumps out. Nothing big but high enough that it "wood" do damage to the blades when mowing the trails.

We do have a pellet stove too, both are in the basement. We burn between 50 & 70 bags per year.

 

[swampy6]

Loving the heck out of our 4540. I mean loving it. I know its not for everyone but for us its almost the perfect tractor. I used mine today to move our 10x10 chicken roosting house. So far I have zero complaints. I keep it lubed, I spray all non greaseable points with silicone spray, use the same FPPF diesel additive I use in my powerstroke and duramax and trickle charge when not in use for a while. We needed a work tractor that can put torque to the ground and thats what we got. We also heat 100% with wood I used to fill our wood shed with wood from our stacks with a wheel barrow and it would take hours and I would be dead after. Now it takes 20 minutes.

A kid (at the time ) I coached in hockey for three years finally won the Stanley Cup when he played with Tampa Bay Lightning in 2020 but because of covid, wasn't able to bring it home until 2021.

He had a party and we did get invited, I was able to get the Mahindra hat in there and they gave us the ok (pretty much him) to hold it together.

One hell of a storm came from Canada across the river, just after we arrived, our county had over 9000 without power that night but the party went on.

 

[swampy6]

I used the 4540 with the forks for some lifting so I could clean off the pine logs (save the back too) and then buck them up.

 

[swampy6]

I've just been using the 4540 moving some pine splits, dragging out a semi broken off tree at the stump and digging a few smaller stumps out of some trails I plow in the winter.

4015 is the tree before I cut it near the stump, 4019 is after the second cut, 4024 is after I dragged it out with the 4540, 4025 is the back saver, 4029 is another tree we took down that was over a walking trail that we stopped walking on until we took it down and the rest are of some pine splits being taken to another area until we have room in our shoulder season stacking area.

 

[swampy6]

Picture 4007 is a new trail I'm working on, that should be where the first leaner we took down was, 4009 is coming in the backside of a new trail I'm cleaning up, 4010 is another new trail I cleaned up a bunch of dead pine that leads to 4009, 4011 is part of 4009 I'm cleaning up which is clean enough for the 4 wheeler or tractor to use, 4026 is the area the first leaner was but cleaned up more and 4028 was that second semi broken off tree in the back gully over a walking trail we took down.

 

[swampy6]

I have taken time to buck up or split some trees/rounds that were down, maple, cherry, beech and some white pine.

Pictures 3935 & 37 are the maple rounds I s & s, 3989 are pine splits, 3993 are cherry splits and 3995 are the beech splits.

All the firewood pictured, mother nature put on the ground about a year or so ago.

 

[swampy6]

Today I bucked up more pine logs with the help of the 4540. There are two more left but they'll get cut & split and then brought over to the outside fireplace, once it's wet out again, we'll have a nice fire.

 

[TheJohnson]

Howdy from Texas. My 4540 just hit a whole 155 hours. I have been extremely happy with this tractor but recently noticed a trans oil leak. There is a line running from under the seat along the right side of the transmission and terminating into a banjo fitting on the bottom of the transmission. I haven't been able to find it on the parts diagrams anywhere. It's actually leaking at the rubber to metal factory crimp prior to the fitting. Any ideas on a name or part number would be appreciated. I haven't had time to down it and pull the seat yet. Keeping it topped off with fluid until I can get a replacement. Many thanks.

 

[SimpleSimon]

TheJohnson, that sounds a lot like this

Maintenance thread for Mahindra Owner's

Replacement fuel filter for 3016. Much, much cheaper than ordering OEM part. And they work just fine.

www.tractorbynet.com

I had to replace the line on my 4025. Don't remember where I got the part from, though.
Simon