Choosing the right Mahindra dealer.

[EddieWalker]

All I'll say is that if there is another dealer in the area, I would give them a try before going to that one. It's not just the one friend who bought his tractor there, I have another friend who had some financial dealings with them that went bad. I wont go into details because I'm not going to name names, but it's not who I will do business with.

But if I buy a Mahindra, I'm probably going to buy used, pre Tier 4. J & K Sales, Ltd has some great prices and they get new stuff all of the time. They sell hundreds of tractors at the auction, but some get listed on their website that for whatever reason, either don't sell at auction, or are just for sale on their website. I've been there a few times and it's amazing to see all the different brands and models there. You can really compare quality and fit there all at once. In an hour, I bet I sat in and started up at least a dozen different cabbed tractors there.

 

[dickfoster]

All I'll say is that if there is another dealer in the area, I would give them a try before going to that one. It's not just the one friend who bought his tractor there, I have another friend who had some financial dealings with them that went bad. I wont go into details because I'm not going to name names, but it's not who I will do business with.

But if I buy a Mahindra, I'm probably going to buy used, pre Tier 4. J & K Sales, Ltd has some great prices and they get new stuff all of the time. They sell hundreds of tractors at the auction, but some get listed on their website that for whatever reason, either don't sell at auction, or are just for sale on their website. I've been there a few times and it's amazing to see all the different brands and models there. You can really compare quality and fit there all at once. In an hour, I bet I sat in and started up at least a dozen different cabbed tractors there.

But how are their service and parts departments? I think choosing the right dealer is as important as the tractor itself if not more so. No tractor is going to do you much good or get any work done if it isn't running.

 

[EddieWalker]

For years, I said the same thing. Parts and service department where all that mattered, Brand was secondary. But with so much available online, and doing all my own repairs, I'm not so sure that's the main reason to choose a dealer anymore. I'm getting Wix filters from Amazon a lot cheaper then the auto parts stores, and they where cheaper then the dealer. I bought an replacement metal hydraulic tank from a dealer online that had them in stock to replace my plastic one that came on my tractor, when my local dealer fist said they didn't exist, then said it would take a few weeks to get one, and then came in a lot higher then the price listed online at the other dealer.

Here's what I'm day dreaming about buying J & K Sales, Ltd Price is fantastic, especially with so few hours on it!!!!

 

[dickfoster]

For years, I said the same thing. Parts and service department where all that mattered, Brand was secondary. But with so much available online, and doing all my own repairs, I'm not so sure that's the main reason to choose a dealer anymore. I'm getting Wix filters from Amazon a lot cheaper then the auto parts stores, and they where cheaper then the dealer. I bought an replacement metal hydraulic tank from a dealer online that had them in stock to replace my plastic one that came on my tractor, when my local dealer fist said they didn't exist, then said it would take a few weeks to get one, and then came in a lot higher then the price listed online at the other dealer.

Here's what I'm day dreaming about buying J & K Sales, Ltd Price is fantastic, especially with so few hours on it!!!!

I guess if you're not concerned with warranty work or service then the dealer doesn't matter anymore and it boils down to price as long as you get what you pay for.

 

[Navasot]

hello everyone have i got a story for yall and also need advice i bought a M85P mahindra in jan of 2014 the reason being i also own a 7520 which i have put through plenty of hard ship and had no promblems and needed a larger tractor with more hp and a cab since my 86 year old father is still helping with the hay i thought a cab would be nice well thinking i bought a 2015 which was the price i paid we was ready to go upon dev of my new tractor the dealer unloaded it and left so i fired her up and moved the forks and hay spear and decided to run it up the road to see how she run couldn't hardly sit in the cab from from all the wobble and vir so i called dealer and he said drive it a little and see if it get's better so i did and it didn't so he said the rims or bent so after a month wait on each they were changed and no better so i said it's the tires well the dealer i bought from went of of mahindra business so i called the region man and he had another dealer come and pick it up they had it for a month brought it back and guess what no better i also sent a list of other things wrong and they said fixed them all and guess what they fixed nothing so i called region man again and he agread to change tires guess what it fix the wobble also i had air cond that when i cut hay had to open windows they said to much freon in it well started bus hogging and it was 80 outside and 78 in cab with air wide open so i called region man again he said send it to local dealer so i called them and they come and picked it up and said we got it fixed and brought it back charged me 120.00 for hauling it 13 miles so not happy i started bush hogging again and guess what 83 outside and 80 in cab with air wide open i know this is long but i wanted to tell my store and maybe get some advice from yall to top it off went to change oil and filters in it and they weren't the same so i called the region man said hey something fishie here he said your tractor is 2015 so they should be right well i checked ser num and guess what it was a 2013 so i called him back and he said it's 2015 like he said well come to find it was a 2013 so he gave me number in Tex to call and i did talked to woman and told her store she said what did i want mahandra to do well i said you wouldn't go to a car lot and buy a 2013 and pay 2015 price would you she said no so i said me nither so she took down all info from me and said she would get back with me that was 8mths ago and haven't hear from her i called her 18 times but not answer just machine so i leave message and no reply back i know i was stupid to buy from someone i didn't know but thought mahindra would back their product well that's the story so far how about some advice men

model of the tractor it is will not reflect the year it was made... if your tractor was bought in 14 its going to show 2014... but doesn't mean it was built in 14... Vin# will show when the tractor was built lol.... They don't print specific year models on the tractors either way its just posted as what year it was purchased... I doubt you get very far with the complaint

 

[tkevan]

model of the tractor it is will not reflect the year it was made... if your tractor was bought in 14 its going to show 2014... but doesn't mean it was built in 14... Vin# will show when the tractor was built lol.... They don't print specific year models on the tractors either way its just posted as what year it was purchased... I doubt you get very far with the complaint

So, when the dealer pulls out the "blue book" to get a value for your tractor, does he use the year you bought it or the year of manufacture? The book is broken down by year, and the difference between a 2012 4025 and a 2014 4025 is about $2100 msrp, so it seems the trade in value would reflect the difference in starting prices.