How many hours on your Mahindra?

[DavesTractor]

Just turned 800.1 hours today when I was lifting some logs with my forks. Just before heading back to the tractor shed, to my dismay, my right front tire is totally flat and the wheel is near the ground. I was unable to break the studs loose with hand lug wrenches, so I decided to risk slowly backing toward the shop, (about 160'), close enough to be able to use my air impact wrench. I made it there slowly, but my tool was able to only break one stud loose.

Thank God, it dawned on me I could wrap a ratchet strap around the tire while the wheel was mounted to the tractor. I started the tractor, and raised the front axle by pressing forward on the loader lever until I was able to put a jack stand under the axle next to the wheel. I put the strap dead-center around the tire, and hope for the best. This worked so well, so quickly, I had to pat myself on the back.

I could have ruined the tire on the way back to the shop, which is why I tried removing the wheel in the first place. I'm glad it all worked out the way it did. However, now I have a good reason to buy a powerful, cordless impact wrench for future needs.

Andy, my eleven year old 2615, has been a true joy to own, and operate. When I bought him, I had no idea how satisfied I'd be. My tractor, my Leatherman super tool, and my EGO cordless chainsaw are my three favorite tools.

If you backed up with your loader bucket down, you can hold the front tires off the ground entirely in a situation like this. As long as what you are backing across doesn't get damaged by the loader scraping along. Another trick is to raise the front end well off the ground with the loader, pivot the axle and wedge a piece of wood between the axle and the frame on the side with the good tire. You can limp a tractor along that way sort of three-legged. Probably putting strain where it shouldn't be, but an emergency measure.

With 800 hours, are you still on your original front tires?

 

[AchingBack]

If you backed up with your loader bucket down, you can hold the front tires off the ground entirely in a situation like this. As long as what you are backing across doesn't get damaged by the loader scraping along. Another trick is to raise the front end well off the ground with the loader, pivot the axle and wedge a piece of wood between the axle and the frame on the side with the good tire. You can limp a tractor along that way sort of three-legged. Probably putting strain where it shouldn't be, but an emergency measure.

With 800 hours, are you still on your original front tires?

Thanks for the tips, Dave. I had my forks on the front end. I thought about raising the front end and skidding back to the shop, but thought I'd probably dig a couple of trenches on the way.

I still have my original tires on all four corners, and they all look to be in good condition. I think my fronts were under inflated for too long. For some reason I made a note in my operator's manual to fill them to around 22psi. I put 30psi in them last night.

 

[rdinatal]

2.8hrs on my eMax25. Yup, still a virgin! Going change that this weekend!

-R

 

[hghvolt]

120 on my 4x4 4540, love it so far.

 

[RNeumann]

Love your tractor dog! I also love your barn. Please keep it up! We are loosing too many old barns.
Here is two photos of my friends dog, who adopted me and my tractor. View attachment 491325..............and excavatorView attachment 491326
hugs, Brandi

The new Mahindra I have has under 10.

Am I the only one who is noticing a FEL control "knob" that looks like it cost as much as the tractor! Nice work and a touch of class.

Not sure about the "operators" in the photos. If they are anything like mine they are smarter than the tractor's owner.......

 

[nosurprise]

Yes that is a very nice knob, is it billet aluminum? Like the Mahindra too. Looks like ol tractor dog is ready to log in some hours on either equipment.

 

[rockarosa]

I have 26 hours on my 4550, I like it so far but I still have to resolve the temp gauge issue.

 

[dickfoster]

I have 26 hours on my 4550, I like it so far but I still have to resolve the temp gauge issue.

My money's on the ECU coding.

 

[DavesTractor]

We sold a farmer about 17-18 Mahindras over a period of about 5 years. Many are in the 3-4000 hour range now. These were mostly 7520/8560 which we now call the mPower, and a few 6000 models, which are now the 55 series. All were pre Tier IV. They are in the shop occasionally for this and that, but overall have done pretty well. We have a 4025 that we sold a farmer that has nearly 6000 hours on it and it's needed about nothing other than normal service. But keep in mind that these bigger farms will have mechanics on duty and they service the tractors regularly and fix minor things themselves, so there has probably been some issues that we are not aware of. A farmer won't tow a tractor to our shop because of a bad battery cable or a leaky hose, so there well could have been some things along the way that we weren't aware of. But overall, that is a pretty decent record. It will be interesting to see these tractors when they start approaching 7-8k hours.

 

[bindian]

I was glancing at the posts, not 110% awake... and saw bIndian and a picture of a new tractor... Just about had a heart attack thinking she had got something for Big Red to cuddle with.. Then I noticed she was just replying. Sorry Sis.... !!!

Wake up or I'm gonna tell Mom!
hugs, Brandi