Mahindra vs. Kubota - Final post

[jasperab]

Just wanted to follow up and thank all who responded (pro and con) and let everyone know the final outcome.
The Mahlindra is home and runs great, spent the afternoon in the wood lot breaking in the new engine gently.
Mahindra provided the new model engine (short block) with a few changes that necessitated some extra work and time for my dealer, but it is done.
Thanks to Brautigam Implement and Mahindra for going the extra mile to help me.
God bless all and thanks again.
Jasper

Just a follow up on the Mahindra. Been dead in the field since October. Same fuel problem, small orifice in the shutoff valve. Local dealer worked on it four times, still has same problem. When I contacted him last week his response was "if you don't like our service, go somewhere else". I advised him I have tried going somewhere else and no one in our area will touch a Mahindra. This is by far the sorriest POS I have ever owned. 3 starters, 2 alternators, 3 neutral safety switches, rod through the block with 186 hours, has spent more time broken down than working since I have owned it. Just bought an old MF TO35 that is almost as old as I am and it is a better tractor than the Mahindra. Now I have the MF 230 to mow with and the 35 to blade the road without having to change implements. Maindra is to quote a local dealer "4 tons of scrap metal". When I tried to get a starter rebuilt I was told "the only thing that's good for is a boat anchor". A good American company used to make these tractors and were driven out of business by labor unions, now they sold the patent and they are being made in India, more imported junk.

 

[BRMyers]

Wow, sounds like it was a bad buy. Hate to hear that anyone is having so many issues with such a big purchase.

 

[coobie]

Just a follow up on the Mahindra. Been dead in the field since October. Same fuel problem, small orifice in the shutoff valve. Local dealer worked on it four times, still has same problem. When I contacted him last week his response was "if you don't like our service, go somewhere else". I advised him I have tried going somewhere else and no one in our area will touch a Mahindra. This is by far the sorriest POS I have ever owned. 3 starters, 2 alternators, 3 neutral safety switches, rod through the block with 186 hours, has spent more time broken down than working since I have owned it. Just bought an old MF TO35 that is almost as old as I am and it is a better tractor than the Mahindra. Now I have the MF 230 to mow with and the 35 to blade the road without having to change implements. Maindra is to quote a local dealer "4 tons of scrap metal". When I tried to get a starter rebuilt I was told "the only thing that's good for is a boat anchor". A good American company used to make these tractors and were driven out of business by labor unions, now they sold the patent and they are being made in India, more imported junk.

10 years later you follow up with this post.I always CHUCKLE when folks are Pi$$ed off & its the labor unions fault.Sell your tractor and move on don"t blame the unions.Try to make better tractor choices moving forward how about that for a starters.I am sure there is more to this story 10 years after the fact.

 

[RickB]

A good American company used to make these tractors and were driven out of business by labor unions, now they sold the patent and they are being made in India, more imported junk.

The only thing I know of that was sold to Mahindra by an American company was a bunch of worn out tooling from an obsolete manufacturing facility in Great Britain.