Should have listened better

[Smokerdude]

So he went in to buy a cut with a HST and left with a 85 hp shuttle shift tractor? Some sales talk that was.

I wanted a bigger one in the first place but wanted the HST for all of the loader work. So it wasn't too hard to convince me to go to the shuttle (not needing the clutch). Wasn't aware they don't even make that shuttle in the 85. Only the 105.

 

[Smokerdude]

I believe the 2555, at 55 hp, is the highest horsepower model available with HST.

It better. That's why I picked mine!

That's the one I originally went to look at and wanted to buy.

 

[MossRoad]

No problem Moss. I originally settled on a smaller unit w the HST. After several conversations with the salesman I upgraded to the larger unit based on his recommendation over the phone and he immediately put in the back and started working on the third function valve, so I never got to drive it.

Bummer. Hope it works out for you. :thumbsup:

 

[Smokerdude]

Bummer. Hope it works out for you. :thumbsup:

Thanks Moss!!

 

[Infinite Wisdom]

The dealer won't just take it back and get you into a HST machine?

Under the circumstances I think the dealer needs to first and foremost get you into an HST and resell your "new" MPower machine as a low hour demo. I further think Mahindra corporate could and should provide a little assistance ($$$) to help get this done.

 

[TripleR]

As mentioned, synchronized shuttle and hydraulic shuttle are indeed two very different things. Understanding Tractor Transmissions - YouTube

We have a Kubota M8540 with hydraulic shuttle and it's the next best thing to an HST for loader work. I don't know of any tractor over 60HP with HST.

I love my L5740HSTC, but bought the M8540 first and if I could only have one, it would be the M8540HDC.

I sure hope you can get a satisfactory resolution to your issue.

 

[Jabonee]

This is a great example of sales departments crapping out on there training or lack of. I have the same problem here. Remember its SELL,SELL,SELL. They don't worry about how to operate the tractor or what in can or can not do.If you people could only see the Mahindra dealer portal you would be amazed at how much is put into selling and how little is put into dealer tech support.

 

[kevin37b]

A little research on both ends of this deal would certainly have helped . If that dealer is any good at all , I would think they would work with you on this . You seem to be a patient person , use some charm on them ! Good luck ,Kevin . BTW is it too late to stop the check ?

 

[teg]

Sorry this has happen, hopefully, others reading this will learn a lesson.

Here's one we are learning this month! At work, we have a new $135k planter that does NOT do what the salesman told us it would do... We did not get it in writing (what we were told it could do), salesman was "let go" and the we have no recourse and the builder sold us what we had asked for, so he's not on the hook to make it right.

Regardless, NEVER trust a salesman and get everything in writing. Buyer beware....

 

[flusher]

Actually, you violated the prime directive in tractor purchasing--drive before buy.

Can't believe anyone would drop $55K on a machine without at least 30 minutes of seat time before purchase, especially since this was your first tractor purchase. And if FEL work was a big issue, I would have made sure that the test drive included that kind of operation so I could get the feel for the shifting peculiarities of the tractor.

That's what I did when I bought my first tractor--a 2005 Kubota B5710 HST that had a hydrostatic tranny. The sales guy showed me how to operate the tractor for FEL work and then I tried it out for 10 minutes or so on his parking lot. When he delivered the tractor, he spent a half hour instructing me how to use the FEL to move a pile of gravel I had laying around on my place.

Maybe the sales guy was deceptive, poorly trained or just plain stupid. But it's on you to do the due diligence before you buy.

My guess is that in the case of car and truck purchases, you test drive before you buy.

Full disclosure: I owned a 2008 Mahindra 5525 tractor (55 hp engine) for 7 years. Did a fair amount of FEL work with that tractor, which has a simple partially synchronized, bare bones transmission. Clutching between forward and reverse was never an issue for me. It took 10 minutes to get used to that tractor's peculiarities. But that's just me.

Sorry you had this bad experience. Good luck.