CLUB "25"

[AchingBack]

will someone help me, and tell me how to get pics on here? ty

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[m4hindra m4n]

we just bought a mahindra 5525 and love it. its a beast. we use it for pulling up fence posts to moving dirt and grading our driveway. it will do anthing iask. the only thing i can tell about it is when doing dirt work it gets light in the rear end and sometimes is hard to get traction.

 

[flusher]

Just a thread for owners of Mahindra "25" series tractors.

Check in, post pics, discuss. Run with it! HAVE FUN!

WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKIN' 4WD!!!

Got my 5525 a few weeks ago from Dave's Tractor

That's a 6-ft Hawkline heavy duty brush hog.

Dave welded chain hooks on the bucket

and a nice triple remote setup

Got all of 10 hours logged so far, mostly brush hogging and moving fill dirt around my 10 acres of pasture land. Need to disc along the fencelines before the fire season starts up here in the North Valley.

 

[xlr82v2]

Well, I took my FEL off for the first time today... I wanted to use the 3525 to mow grass instead of the 8N, and the ground is still fairly soft, so I figured that was a good enough reason to do it. If I had known way back when that it was that easy to take on and off, I'd have done it a long time ago!!!



Let me tell you, that FEL is HEAVY!! Without it, the 3525 didn't leave any more footprints than my 8N, and I mowed the entire front part of our yard without hardly any marks at all from turning. I was really impressed... I figured with the new tread on the front tires, I'd at least make some marks turning around, but I kept the speed down and made gentle turns, and so, hardly any marks at all.



After the mowing was done, I put the FEL back on, which posed a little difficulty. When I took it off this morning, the temps were in the 30's... but by the time I was done, the temps had risen to the upper 60's, plus the sun was shining on the loader as well. So, the hyd fluid in the lines and cylinders warmed up, expanded, and with nowhere to go, there was pretty good pressure in all of the lines, and I couldn't get them back into the quick couplers on the control valve... So, I had to bleed the pressure off of all 4 hoses, and after that, they hooked up easily. After I got everything hooked back up, I had a couple of chores for the FEL, and I was suprised at how much more of a track I was leaving with the FEL on than with it off... the ML230 FEL is HEAVY!!!

I'd say it took about 5 minutes to take the loader off... maybe less than that. Since I've done it now, it will certainly take less time the next time. To put it back on, not counting the pressurized lines, took almost the same amount of time. It's much easier than I anticipated... and you can bet I'll take it off more from now on for mowing... it was MUCH easier without the FEL sticking out up there, and much easier on the grass in the turns without it.

 

[D Miller]

Here's a photo of my father baling second crop hay with a 50 year old JD 14T baler and 1 year old 5525.

 

[xlr82v2]

Lookin' Good!

 

[mahindraman]

here is my 5525. bought it last march and has done pretty well.

Srry bout the darkness. iwill try to get some more while working.
P.S. I dont know about yall but i would like to see some more pics of 25's at work!!

 

[mahindraman]

here' s another of us pulling up metal fence posts

 

[JDeerekid]

here' s another of us pulling up metal fence posts

I don't know about anyone else but I dont like this picture at all. This is just an accident waiting to happen.

 

[grfok]

Well, I took my FEL off for the first time today... I wanted to use the 3525 to mow grass instead of the 8N, and the ground is still fairly soft, so I figured that was a good enough reason to do it. If I had known way back when that it was that easy to take on and off, I'd have done it a long time ago!!!
Let me tell you, that FEL is HEAVY!! Without it, the 3525 didn't leave any more footprints than my 8N, and I mowed the entire front part of our yard without hardly any marks at all from turning. I was really impressed... I figured with the new tread on the front tires, I'd at least make some marks turning around, but I kept the speed down and made gentle turns, and so, hardly any marks at all.
After the mowing was done, I put the FEL back on, which posed a little difficulty. When I took it off this morning, the temps were in the 30's... but by the time I was done, the temps had risen to the upper 60's, plus the sun was shining on the loader as well. So, the hyd fluid in the lines and cylinders warmed up, expanded, and with nowhere to go, there was pretty good pressure in all of the lines, and I couldn't get them back into the quick couplers on the control valve... So, I had to bleed the pressure off of all 4 hoses, and after that, they hooked up easily. After I got everything hooked back up, I had a couple of chores for the FEL, and I was suprised at how much more of a track I was leaving with the FEL on than with it off... the ML230 FEL is HEAVY!!!
I'd say it took about 5 minutes to take the loader off... maybe less than that. Since I've done it now, it will certainly take less time the next time. To put it back on, not counting the pressurized lines, took almost the same amount of time. It's much easier than I anticipated... and you can bet I'll take it off more from now on for mowing... it was MUCH easier without the FEL sticking out up there, and much easier on the grass in the turns without it.




I have to agree my poor 2N just sits now, I use it for the landscape rake, but it developed a nasty head gasket leak so the Mahindra gets used for everything. The FEL is about 1400lbs +/- so yes it does add a lot of weight.
I really was hesitant the first time I took off the loader but it is VERY easy to get off and on.