Mahindra pulling out of dealership

[Bigfoot62]

Pure speculation but maybe New Holland pressured them to drop Mahindra.

Rick, you may be right.

A local dealer here was selling Kubota and NH. NH said all or nothing. Drop Kubota or NH. He dropped NH. Now, I have 2 blue tractors with no dealer support for 100 miles.

 

[RickB]

I am aware of a long time successful Case construction & Kobelco multi store dealership. Case brass expressed displeasure with the amount of Kobelco wholegoods on the dealers lots and suggested that needed to change. The dealer cancelled his Case contract.

 

[Molalla1]

So Burnips equipment stopped selling Mahindra, but they said they were going to continue selling parts. I went today to buy a little lining/washer for $10, they now want to charge freight for parts. So on top of the cost of the part they want $15 for shipping cost. It was bad enough to lose the dealership for warranty work, now I can稚 get parts anywhere within an hour drive. And being Mahindra I can稚 find much for parts online

Call Dave's Tractor in Red Bluff, CA he can help you.

 

[shooterdon]

My local Mahindra dealer was not very helpful when I was shopping for a new tractor earlier this year. It cost them a sale. Just silly to buy a machine from a dealer that does not know their product line and is unresponsive when you are ready to buy.

Blaming Corporate is easy to do but sometimes dealers are there own worst enemy. In the end, it is about sales and service. Fail on either count and a dealer will not last. Fail on both, and the end is quicker.

Not sure about this case, but not all corporations are as stupid as some want to believe. They would not pull the plug on a "good" dealer and would stay with a "poor" dealer until they found a replacement. This dealer will be replaced and I suspect owners will be better off in the long run.

 

[DMax82]

The two closest Mahindra dealers to me have closed in the last year. One was a shady little operation with limited inventory and unimpressive staff. The other was considerably larger with a great salesman. It had two locations, and the other one is still operating.

 

[johnsonauto]

So Burnips equipment stopped selling Mahindra, but they said they were going to continue selling parts. I went today to buy a little lining/washer for $10, they now want to charge freight for parts. So on top of the cost of the part they want $15 for shipping cost. It was bad enough to lose the dealership for warranty work, now I can稚 get parts anywhere within an hour drive. And being Mahindra I can稚 find much for parts online

We have parts look up and ordering online for your Mahindra tractor and would be happy to ship you the parts.
NewEnglandTractor.com

 

[jjk454ss]

We have parts look up and ordering online for your Mahindra tractor and would be happy to ship you the parts.
NewEnglandTractor.com

That逞ｴ great, thanks. Can I get a price on part number 15965120021? I can稚 IM here, so I sent an email from the website.

 

[Molalla1]

The two closest Mahindra dealers to me have closed in the last year. One was a shady little operation with limited inventory and unimpressive staff. The other was considerably larger with a great salesman. It had two locations, and the other one is still operating.

I hear you . . . Ernie? . . . you bailed.

 

[kthompson]

In my area there have been two Mahrindra dealerships. One is a good friend. The other was new to Mahrinda with their full product line. Both my friend and the Kubota dealership parts guy told me they will not make it with Mahrinda's way of doing business. Based upon what I have been "told" Mahrinda begins warranty when the tractor hits the dealership, the dealership is a big part of the warranty with Mahrinda not supporting the warranty as strong as other brands do. Know my friend is not able to get parts from Mahrinda any longer.

I have no problem with a company terminating a dealership nor the dealer terminating a product line. However when you see a company contracting with new dealers and not too long in future the contracting being terminated it makes me wonder.

 

[RickB]

In my area there have been two Mahrindra dealerships. One is a good friend. The other was new to Mahrinda with their full product line. Both my friend and the Kubota dealership parts guy told me they will not make it with Mahrinda's way of doing business. Based upon what I have been "told" Mahrinda begins warranty when the tractor hits the dealership, the dealership is a big part of the warranty with Mahrinda not supporting the warranty as strong as other brands do. Know my friend is not able to get parts from Mahrinda any longer.

I have no problem with a company terminating a dealership nor the dealer terminating a product line. However when you see a company contracting with new dealers and not too long in future the contracting being terminated it makes me wonder.

I am not a Mahindra fan, I worked for one of their dealers until the dealer dropped the line. But the Mahindra warranty start date info you repeatedly post is incorrect. Warranty starts at the sale date.

 

[bridge4]

I was at my local dealer yesterday and asked them about Mahindra wanting more space on lots and how it was being a dealer for them. Sales guy said they were doing some "auto ship" policy, and it was accidently flooding some of the dealers with stuff they didn't really want. So usually if they sell something they keep in stock, when it sold, Mahindra would just automatically send another, this was good for most tractors sold. However, if you special ordered one for a customer, Mahindra was auto-shipping those. Since they were special orders for other customers they started stacking up, and this led to big discounts early this year until Mahindra stopped doing that.

Says they like selling them though. I think this is about their 3rd year as a dealer.

 

[kthompson]

I am not a Mahindra fan, I worked for one of their dealers until the dealer dropped the line. But the Mahindra warranty start date info you repeatedly post is incorrect. Warranty starts at the sale date.

Thanks for the info. Could be something that changed or could have misunderstood him. I am certain he was clear the dealership was not supported for warranty the same as other brands they handled. I will ask him on this when I get chance but he was a dealer a few years back, maybe when they first were moving into our area. Funny saying that, now nearest is over 70 miles away. In that radius there are at least half dozen JD, four or so Case, NH, Kubota not sure on MF. and that radius takes into consideration I am only 20 miles from the ocean so basically little over half a circle.

 

[RickB]

I am certain he was clear the dealership was not supported for warranty the same as other brands they handled.

Not much question about that.

 

[sideskraft]

Strangely, the Mahindra website shows that the new Mahindra dealer is a trailer dealer south of Grand Rapids. On that dealer's website there's not one mention of Mahindra or tractor. I can't imagine that Mahindra would have dumped Burnips without having a solid replacement dealer lined up -- that's Business 101. My money is on Burnips dumping Mahindra, probably due to a combination of factors. Now I'm crossing my fingers that I won't have any need for warranty repairs.