rorischak
New member
Ok guys,
Just wanted to brag about my new Mahindra. haha.
Over the past couple months i have been doing endless hours of research on a new SCUT. I have read forums and looked at literature for what seems to be hundreds of hours. I was in the market for a SCUT between 22-25hp diesel. I needed a loader for sure but also wanted a backhoe attachment. In the near future I will be added a snowblower (front mount). I was looking online for a used unit that would meet my needs but truthfully there is really nothing out there that is of a reasonable price. They are being sold for a couple thousand less than a new one. HOnestly these things hold their value so quickly i decided that there was no point to getting into bidding wars on ebay or searching for hours on craigslist for anything new that comes up because it simply was not reasonably priced.
So i narrowed my search down to 4 tractors
1. Mahindra 2014 - max 22,max 24 tier IV or 2013 max 25 tier III
2. Kubota BX 25 TLB
3. Kubota B2320
4. Kioti CS2410
Quick History, my father owned a 45hp mahindra about 10 years ago. Great unit, heavy, very nice cab but the Hyd were slow at the time. Sold that and bought a JD of quivelent size but that was a problem child and was not very good on sidehills pulling trees with a winch. Finally ended up with a equivelent sized kubota which he has now. I dont have nearly the need nor the land. I have 5 acres most of it wooded and dont need a mower. I only need hoe and loader.
So out I went to test out the brands.
The first was the Kioti, they did not have any on the lot and that was the only dealer within a reasonable amount of distance. I did try a couple of their tractors and was pretty impressed. I liked the seating position and they seemed to be built well. I was keeping them on the list.
Next i tried a BX25 - I was not a fan of this tractor overall. They did have some very good points though... I thought the seat was best of any tractor i had sat on. it had arm rests and was pretty nice. They also had a nice dash layout on the 2014. The bad was it was a light duty tractor and as i drove around the dealers lots i took it on some side hills and it really was not as stable as i liked. I just did not feel the tractor was planted. Overall lighter tractor, light duty, small tires, not much ground clearance i was going to need to scrub this. That combined with the dealer was not helpful at all and acted like he had better things to do than wait on me.
Next B2320 - Different dealer than above and this one was more helpful. They did not have a TLB they only had one with a loader. I did like this tractor... much more stable and well built. Hyd were fast and I had no issues with it with one exception... price. The price they quoted me was much higher than the equivelnt kioti approx 24,500. I did not haggle much but that did not include sales tax.
Next was Mahindra - I arrived and was greeted right away (NO other dealer actually came out and talked to me i had to go to them and ask for a sales person). The person i dealt with was friendly and knew the machine well. This dealer had no 2013 Tier 3 machines which is something i wanted. I dont want to be the scapegoat for a new level of EPA regulations. HOwever, i drove around a Max24 and an EMax 22 both TLB and was impressed with build quality. It is a heavy tractor. I quickly dismissed the emax because of the smaller tractor and less heavy. It was approx the size and weight of the bx25. The dealer was nice and allowed me to spend as much time as i wanted driving them around. We sat down and talked warranty and numbers. They were competitive with Kioti and way less than Kubota. But they did not have a max 25. I found a dealer a couple hours away that had one and bought it.
Yesterday it arrived and man am i happy with my choice. The machine is nice and well laid out. I took out a couple trees and leved some ground in a short period of time. I only have 1 complaint and it is more operator error i stopped one time and put on the parking brake. I never took it off and drove around for a while with it on. I wish there was a audible warning or a dash light that blinked when driving with the parking break on.
Other than that i love it. I will report back soon with more info.
Just wanted to brag about my new Mahindra. haha.
Over the past couple months i have been doing endless hours of research on a new SCUT. I have read forums and looked at literature for what seems to be hundreds of hours. I was in the market for a SCUT between 22-25hp diesel. I needed a loader for sure but also wanted a backhoe attachment. In the near future I will be added a snowblower (front mount). I was looking online for a used unit that would meet my needs but truthfully there is really nothing out there that is of a reasonable price. They are being sold for a couple thousand less than a new one. HOnestly these things hold their value so quickly i decided that there was no point to getting into bidding wars on ebay or searching for hours on craigslist for anything new that comes up because it simply was not reasonably priced.
So i narrowed my search down to 4 tractors
1. Mahindra 2014 - max 22,max 24 tier IV or 2013 max 25 tier III
2. Kubota BX 25 TLB
3. Kubota B2320
4. Kioti CS2410
Quick History, my father owned a 45hp mahindra about 10 years ago. Great unit, heavy, very nice cab but the Hyd were slow at the time. Sold that and bought a JD of quivelent size but that was a problem child and was not very good on sidehills pulling trees with a winch. Finally ended up with a equivelent sized kubota which he has now. I dont have nearly the need nor the land. I have 5 acres most of it wooded and dont need a mower. I only need hoe and loader.
So out I went to test out the brands.
The first was the Kioti, they did not have any on the lot and that was the only dealer within a reasonable amount of distance. I did try a couple of their tractors and was pretty impressed. I liked the seating position and they seemed to be built well. I was keeping them on the list.
Next i tried a BX25 - I was not a fan of this tractor overall. They did have some very good points though... I thought the seat was best of any tractor i had sat on. it had arm rests and was pretty nice. They also had a nice dash layout on the 2014. The bad was it was a light duty tractor and as i drove around the dealers lots i took it on some side hills and it really was not as stable as i liked. I just did not feel the tractor was planted. Overall lighter tractor, light duty, small tires, not much ground clearance i was going to need to scrub this. That combined with the dealer was not helpful at all and acted like he had better things to do than wait on me.
Next B2320 - Different dealer than above and this one was more helpful. They did not have a TLB they only had one with a loader. I did like this tractor... much more stable and well built. Hyd were fast and I had no issues with it with one exception... price. The price they quoted me was much higher than the equivelnt kioti approx 24,500. I did not haggle much but that did not include sales tax.
Next was Mahindra - I arrived and was greeted right away (NO other dealer actually came out and talked to me i had to go to them and ask for a sales person). The person i dealt with was friendly and knew the machine well. This dealer had no 2013 Tier 3 machines which is something i wanted. I dont want to be the scapegoat for a new level of EPA regulations. HOwever, i drove around a Max24 and an EMax 22 both TLB and was impressed with build quality. It is a heavy tractor. I quickly dismissed the emax because of the smaller tractor and less heavy. It was approx the size and weight of the bx25. The dealer was nice and allowed me to spend as much time as i wanted driving them around. We sat down and talked warranty and numbers. They were competitive with Kioti and way less than Kubota. But they did not have a max 25. I found a dealer a couple hours away that had one and bought it.
Yesterday it arrived and man am i happy with my choice. The machine is nice and well laid out. I took out a couple trees and leved some ground in a short period of time. I only have 1 complaint and it is more operator error i stopped one time and put on the parking brake. I never took it off and drove around for a while with it on. I wish there was a audible warning or a dash light that blinked when driving with the parking break on.
Other than that i love it. I will report back soon with more info.
