Mahindra Tractors?

[Tight Lines]

Hard to beat a Kubota!

 

[Dirtroad Johnson]

no tractor under 74HP requires DEF by federal regulations

Hmmm, I wasn't aware of that. I bought a new Kubota M 7060 (71 HP) in 2019 that has DEF.

 

[sleepr71]

Good choice & good way to break it in a little

 

[NE GA Pappy]

Hmmm, I wasn't aware of that. I bought a new Kubota M 7060 (71 HP) in 2019 that has DEF.

Smaller is Better: T4F engines under 75 hp don’t sacrifice torque, require less maintenance

With the emergence of the Tier 4 Final era, most of the big changes in diesel engines have been on those above 75 horsepower. They required new emissions reduction systems using selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and diesel exhaust fluid (DEF). But in most cases, engines below 75 horsepower hit...

www.equipmentworld.com

 

[doomtrpr_z71]

That article is out of date, anything over 25hp is going to have to meet tier 4 emissions, Mahindra uses a doc filter in the place of Def it's more like a catalytic converter since it doesn't use def fluid, the trade off is the doc has to run hot at all times or it stops up. Most other manufacturers use def and scr as it tends to require less specialized maintenance than doc filters. A 74hp Mahindra won't have a def system but it will still have a bunch of emissions junk on it.

 

[ssramage]

That article is out of date, anything over 25hp is going to have to meet tier 4 emissions, Mahindra uses a doc filter in the place of Def it's more like a catalytic converter since it doesn't use def fluid, the trade off is the doc has to run hot at all times or it stops up. Most other manufacturers use def and scr as it tends to require less specialized maintenance than doc filters. A 74hp Mahindra won't have a def system but it will still have a bunch of emissions junk on it.

This is the main reason I decided on the 2502 vs the 3302. Might not be a big deal, but I didn't want to have to deal with the DPF regen.

 

[mattb78]

I have 50 hours on that exact tractor and will tell you what I know:

1). Its a beast. It makes the Kubota L39 look like a toy. I think the breakout force on the FEL is like 2x the Kubota. It pulls like a freight train.

2). Its significantly less refined. No hydrostatic can be a pain. Not a synced transmission so you have to be careful changing gears.

Bottom line its an old school powerful farm tractor. If you are discing, mowing, plowing (not really changing gears) and need a powerful tractor its an easy choice. But picking up things with the grapple, going back and forth, the HST would be preferable or if you don't need that much power and prefer refinement.

 

[NE GA Pappy]

That article is out of date, anything over 25hp is going to have to meet tier 4 emissions, Mahindra uses a doc filter in the place of Def it's more like a catalytic converter since it doesn't use def fluid, the trade off is the doc has to run hot at all times or it stops up. Most other manufacturers use def and scr as it tends to require less specialized maintenance than doc filters. A 74hp Mahindra won't have a def system but it will still have a bunch of emissions junk on it.

mine is 5 years old, and it has nothing for emissions... I guess they changed it, but in the winter when I was shopping for a skid loader the Takeuchi salesman told me they only put in 72hp motors so they didn't have run DEF, and that is on the 2023 models

 

[Buford_Dawg]

Have 3 buddies who own Mahindra, they are extremely satisfied with them. Several running on 10 years with the tractors, other abuot 5 years. I believe one of them told me Mahindra is the largest small tractor company in the world, so sounds like they doing something right. With that all said, If I was in the market, I would likely go Kubota. My FIL worked 15 years for them and I know the quality is there according to him.

 

[earlthegoat2]

You will like the under 25 hp. No DPF or regen which is the main part of 90% of the nagging problems of modern diesels.

Some need more than 25hp but if you can manage without don’t go over that. I tell folks if you need 30 or 40 then you might as well just get 50. Your already in for a penny at that point so you might as well get the pound.

 

[doomtrpr_z71]

mine is 5 years old, and it has nothing for emissions... I guess they changed it, but in the winter when I was shopping for a skid loader the Takeuchi salesman told me they only put in 72hp motors so they didn't have run DEF, and that is on the 2023 models

You have doc filters and egr for emissions just like the sub 75 hp takeuchi on a 2017, they just don't take def. A doc filter runs hot at all times vs scr is only hot while it's in Regen. Mahindra marketing fooled a lot of people into believing they were so advanced they didn't need emission equipment when that's not the case.

 

[ssramage]

Since everyone likes pictures! 4' brush cutter has been sold and I'm picking up a 5' Dirt Dog cutter this weekend.

 

[sghoghunter]

If your like me that grapple will be the next best thing since sliced bread