I was at a Kubota dealership today with a friend who is looking to buy a tractor. Just tagging along so to speak. While there, I asked the Kubota salesman to give me his honest opinion of the worthiness of my 2005 Mahindra 2615 hst w/ fel. He basically stated that Mahindras will only last about half the life of a Kubota and are cheaply made for their cost. He stated that buying a Mahindra was like flipping a coin: either you got a good one or a lemon. He stated that the hydraulics are subpar and the drive train is inferior. They overheat routinely and the transmissions hang up constantly.
I told him I must have gotten lucky since my tractor had 170 hours already and I have had no problems so to speak. He said that my problems would start at 300 to 350 hours when my hydraulics would weaken and my tractor would probably become sluggish due to transmission issues.
Has anyone else heard of these issues? I sure hope he was mistaken or simply partial to his tractor line because I plan on having my tractor for several years and hope that I did not spend unwisely.
I told him I must have gotten lucky since my tractor had 170 hours already and I have had no problems so to speak. He said that my problems would start at 300 to 350 hours when my hydraulics would weaken and my tractor would probably become sluggish due to transmission issues.
Has anyone else heard of these issues? I sure hope he was mistaken or simply partial to his tractor line because I plan on having my tractor for several years and hope that I did not spend unwisely.