Maintenance: When Do you........

Travis_R · Feb 22, 2006

Spring is almost here! Time for bush hogging!!

My tractor has 1094 hrs. on it now (97' Mahindra 485 D.I.). I changed all the fluids and filters almost a year ago, at 920 hrs. which was when I first got it. So it has 174 hrs. on the "new" fluids and filters. When is it time to do it again??? It set up through the winter, except when I started it to charge the battery.

I just want to say that Mahindra Tractors are VERY tough and dependable. I have not had a minutes trouble or complaints out of mine. I WOULD PUT IT UP AGAINST ANY OTHER BRAND OF TRACTOR IN THE SAME CLASS OR HORSEPOWER WITH FULL CONFIDENCE.

Thanks,
Travis

grunewald · Feb 23, 2006

Change oil every 150 hrs. hydralic fluid every 300 hrs. Factory recommendations. Filters at same time.

hudr · Feb 23, 2006

I'm with the last post, factory reccomendations. Also, do you have a FEL on it? I try to grease mine every 10 hours or so (also the front end linkages). A FEL puts a lot of strain on the front end and even if you are not using it, they tend to wiggle around a lot. A little grease can help make sure you get all the lifting power out of it also.

Travis_R · Mar 3, 2006

No, I do ot have a FEL on my tractor.

P.S.... I'm not trying to start anything, but my uncle thought about getting rid of his 97' Massey Ferguson 231 tractor and go buy a Mahindra! /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif