Mahindra 5010 after Report -- 3 1/2 years running

[Deleted member 371759]

Glad your tractor has worked so well for you. These Mahindra tractors seem to be built pretty stout. I hope to get the longevity and use from ours as you have with yours.

 

[emcvay]

I'm sure you will! I use mine to move logs to the sawmill (often two or three at once if they are smaller) and it lifts a ton! I think it's rated at 3500lbs but whatever it is, I push it! I also use it to plow snow, grade the driveway, build fire breaks and mow etc etc....and all on rocky hilly ground.

It's a beast

 

[emcvay]

10 1/2 year update? Sure why not! Here are my original points from the 3 1/2year update with updates:

1. Buy heavier implements! Don't scrimp and buy a cheap plow blade. I broke mine twice three times and this last time also broke my three point which leads me to...
2. Don't plow in midrange 3rd gear!!! It's too fast and when you hit a frozen rock and the plow decides to stop your tractor which means something must give. Twice the plow gave and the 2nd time so too did the 3 point chain attachment (came off at the welds). -- and now the box blade but I was in mid-range and going slow....don't buy cheap!
3. Grease often (after every day of use I'm told). I've not had a problem but just something I tossed in.
4. If a grease zirt breaks, or should I say WHEN, have some spares on hand. Happened twice to me.
5. Check hydraulic fluid! I had mine almost empty once but no damage. after losing a seal and it took out a bearing making the 4wd stop working.
6. There are two drain plugs -- you use them both!
7. Get a funnel to put the oil in, it's too far a reach and don't try to fill the hydraulic fluid with a 5 gallon bucket or you'll throw out your back! at least with the box blade on!
8. Check water/coolant levels and make sure it's good to your lowest possible temp and then some (no problems there but I have had it get hot a couple times in the summer when mowing).
9. Mow slow. Engage PTO then raise the RPMs -- yes I had to learn that the hard way by breaking sheer pins a couple times.
10. Sheer pins are cheap -- get lots and prepare to change them when brush mowing in the woods!
11. Use Farm Diesel! It's cheaper I found a source in town (only one) and it's at least 50 cents a gallon less.
12. The lights suck and are useless, get ROPS lights right off, don't wait! I put on a set of LED's that work awesome.
13. Forks are great! I use them a LOT
14. It's an FEL not a backhoe

I had to replace the battery around the 5 year mark and took off the sides on the engine compartment to keep the rats out after they chewed the wiring. Seems to be working as it is no longer a nice dark safe place for me! Hat TIp to the local shop that gave me the suggestion.

All in all, after over 10 years the tractor is running great and when I get it back I'll be able to move logs to the mill again and haul stuff, plow again etc.

I think a grapple is the next implement I'll get as I'm doing a DNR thinning agreement and hauling slash in the bucket works but a grapple would be a LOT better!

Lastly, I learned this Mahindra (the 5010 back in 2012 when I bought the tractor anyway, was made by TYM. Not sure it matters but must admit I'm impressed.

OH and I broke my chains for the rear tires and need to get new ones that don't fall into the lugs as the roads get pretty icy in the winter and not having chains on the rear can sometimes be a pain and a little scary

 

[TractorTYMe]

Glad the Mahindra is keepin on tickin, I drove through Moses Lake over the Laborday weekend to visit my son in Bellingham.

 

[emcvay]

We moved back down to the Tri-Cities a couple years back (just fixed my location today in here) but I love Montana and need to get back there!

 

[3gunr]

I have your tractors baby brother with 1100 hrs, still runs like a top.

 

[Deleted member 371759]

I have your tractors baby brother with 1100 hrs, still runs like a top.

Seems like Texas, Arkansas, Missouri are pretty popular areas for Mahindra tractors. We live in Arkansas and we bought in Mo. We have 3 dealers within 50 miles and 10 within 100 miles. We chose the closest to us after doing some research on them. I'm 51 years old and they have been selling tractors since I was 1. I figured 50 years of selling tractors they have to have some idea whats going on. I had never really looked into Mahindra until I saw my neighbor drive by every few weeks with his on a trailer and a bale on the spike. His friends tractor broke ad he was delivering and setting out his hay. Nice guy.

 

[emcvay]

Truthfully, I think this tractor has held up well under the abuse I've given it LOL Other than the paint, it's faded to pink!

 

[YanmarFever]

I have a2011 5010 hydro with a cab, it has around 800 hrs on it, all I have had break is the ignition switch.
I use it for spraying our rows in the grove, it has a spray arm on the front.
Love that machine...

 

[emcvay]

For thise intered we got back out and did some plowing. It's nice to have 4wd back!

So far thise tractor has been awesome for our needs!

 

[emcvay]

Here we are in 2023 and almost 11 years from when I bought this beast and I'm still using and abusing it! But soon I'm going to protect it from lightening and or EMP! Woot! I hate the idea of losing equipment do to something I could have protected it from. Anyone else do this? I think lightening nuked my control panel on my sawmill (no direct hit but something injected gremlins and lightening can do that from a mile away) and I'll be doing something for it as well

Anyway, I'm around 700 hours which I realize isn't a ton for a tractor but this ones been used hard and hung up, well you get the idea.

What I wonder is whether or not anyone's had the actual TYM branded version (or if there is one?)? as it might share parts since this Mahindra was/is really a TYM. Thoughts?

 

[Darth_DMack]

This is a great thread. I just purchased a 2023 Mahindra 5155 as my first tractor. I know it's a different model, but it's good to see that these tractors are rugged and can withstand harsh use in less than perfect environments. The lack of DPF / Regen is the main thing that attracted me to the brand. Once I started researching the tractors, I was set on my purchase. Thank you for capturing the good, bad and the ugly.

 

[emcvay]

Cool! I love my 5010 Can't beat the 4WD and it's definitely a rugged tractor that takes a lot of abuse!

Happy tractoring!

 

[RedDawg]

Just came across your thread and videos. Thanks for the effort you put into that. I have the exact same tractor you have - 2012 Mahindra 5010 gear drive. I bought it used here in Tennessee two years ago with 500 hrs on it and now have about 700 hrs kind of like you. Although I'm a Montana native, I've been in Tennessee for 32 years. We don't get quite the cold you get up there in Washington but this red clay is what stresses machines down here. Try to break ground or put in food plots and you'll use all the horsepowers! Only issue so far is that I lost any kind of pulling power a couple of months ago. Couldn't pull an 8' Woods mower through a field without killing the engine. Found two things. First, the gasket behind the fuel selector switch on the fuel filter assembly (Off-On-Air) went bad so it was pulling some air when it was only supposed to be pulling fuel. You can't buy just that gasket - you have to buy the entire filter assembly for $90. So I made a gasket!

And the little lift pump next to it went bad. Tried the cheap generic brand off that jungle website ($15) but ended up having to get the actual Mahindra pump ($253) once it was back in stock. It is a really good machine. Can't believe I was doing a lot of things around my 70 acre farm (I'm not a cash crop farmer) with a 1955 Ford 640 with a trip bucket! It still runs and is handy in a pinch.

What I wonder is whether or not anyone's had the actual TYM branded version (or if there is one?)? as it might share parts since this Mahindra was/is really a TYM. Thoughts?

As for the 2012 Mahindra being built by TYM, I've heard rumors but have never been able to pin it down. Still learning about this machine. Keep up the good work on your place and the channel.

 

[emcvay]

Thanks for the reply! Good to know about those issues.

My biggest struggle of late is the PTO -- something keeps stopping it from working but I won't have to look at it again now until spring as it's plowing season
Cheers! and thanks for the kind words!

 

[RedDawg]

Thanks for the reply! Good to know about those issues.

My biggest struggle of late is the PTO -- something keeps stopping it from working but I won't have to look at it again now until spring as it's plowing season
Cheers! and thanks for the kind words!

Don't know if it is the same problem I had with my PTO but I lost it as well. Look just in front of the right rear tire. I found this one wire with a connector. The connector had come loose as it got hooked on some brush. (poor design in my estimation by Mahindra). Once I plugged that in, my PTO shaft engaged just fine. In this picture, the very front of the right rear tire is shown on left of the picture frame. Maybe yours will be that simple to find. Good luck.

 

[YanmarFever]

I have a 5010 hst cab, the only thing I have had to replace was the ignition switch, yes it went to pot, and Dave's tractor supplied me with a new one.
It has 750 hrs on it.
I do change the oil every 50 hrs and hyd fluid every hundred hrs.

 

[emcvay]

Thanks!! I'll check that! Would be nice if that was the issue!!!

Watermellon! lol yup, I suppose so! I beat mine like a red headed step child and it just takes it and keeps on trucking. I hope some day to get it out of the weather too but just haven't had the time and energy yet!

It makes a cameo in this vide:

Funny thing, I didn't video the beating I gave it except in timelapse but man, that ground was so frozen it just wasn't moving! I managed to get some of the dirt moved away from where I needed it and can make this work until spring thaw but now, until late April it will be hauling brush and logs or plowing snow.

 

[emcvay]

I also just added an EMP Shield to it. I've had trouble with lightening on my sawmill (and someone in one of my other forums had their sawmill electronics all nuked by lightening) and since EMP Shield protects from lightening as well I decided to spring for it and install! Video coming on Thursday for those interested.

 

[emcvay]

As promised! Here's my empshield video.

Had someone on FB lose all the electronics on their sawmill because of lightening! Since my tractor and sawmill sit out at the cabin where I've had trouble already, I'm not taking any chances!