@Dirtyboy @florida_condo_cleani you’re both missing out if you didn’t consider a Mahindra. I sold them for a few years back in Colorado and what they can out lift or out pull compared to a Kubota or John Deere is impressive. Not to mention cost, no DPF, and no waiting around for your engine to regen.
I often went toe to toe with the local Kioti dealer and they produce impressive tractors. Mahindra had the edge, I felt, with longer warranties, and once again the no DPF or regen processes.
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Mahindra is the oldest tractor company in the world but unfortunately they sold out years ago . Now they make almost non of there own parts or tractors. There assembled using parts forms several Different Korean Tractor manufacturers and some Mitsubishi. More of a mish mosh of parts than a quality tractor any more. . You get the same tractor if your buy a rural king / Bronson / TYM and several others . Just different stickers . The only tractors they still make of there own seem like something from the Stone Age compared to others . There main market isn’t America. It’s places like India. Mainly built to fit a budget. Super simple. No hydro drive bare bones tractor. Not much fun to use but.
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Absolutely. The reason I asked is because I have two trucks with their tripacs on them. One has around 15k hours and the other has 11-12k. Service every 2500 hours or so those things are absolute beasts. I’ve seen some that have 30-35k on them with no rebuild. How many engines do you have?
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I have 2 isuzu thermoking D201 2.2 ltr 35hp at 2200rpm constant duty . About 45hp at 2800 intermediate duty . The issue is the #6 bell housing. Nothing mates up to it. Everything has to be custom made .Because of that I just haven’t had the time .
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Mahindra is indeed the largest tractor corporation in the world. And yes, they have bought out many other tractor companies out there, including TYM and Mitsubishi, but Mahindra is the parent company. Not that I am a General Motors fan, but I equate it to that - they produce a lot of similar products with different stickers on them and some unique differences in each product line. I’m not a huge fan of the South Korean made units, but the Mahindra branded units out of Japan and their no frills models built in India were always my best sellers and the ones I never saw come back. One of the best parts about Mahindra as a dealer was that the tractors came to us fully assembled, just turn the key and drive them off the truck and onto our lot. Most of the other manufacturers out there ship components of tractors in crates and it is up to the dealer to install everything on them - wheels, loafers, backhoes, cabs, etc. We just liked the idea of all of that being done on an assembly line at one of the half-dozen or so distribution facilities here in the US.
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The company I bought my new tractor from also has mahindra so I looked at those as well. Pulling two 35-40 hp tractors next to each other was the best way to compare. The difference is everywhere. Even the thickness of the metal in the frame and loader was much more in the kubota. Also i was looking at a GRAND L kubota and mahindra didn’t really have anything similar. The sales man said his biggest issue is the rural king across the street selling RK tractors. “ same thing “ for less money. Unfortunately they have become the budget tractor. Nothing really wrong with that other than the money was saved in build quality. If I only planed I’m keeping for a few years I probably wouldn’t mind as much. But I keep things until the not work keeping. And hopefully that’s a really long time
Idk how you would make a generator out of it though. Diesel generators are designed to turn at exactly 1800 rpm to make 60 Hz. I’ve never seen one with a reduction gearbox. If you figure it out and make one let me know. You could probably get a 15-16Kw with that kind of power.
These engines have a range of 1600-2200 constant duty. There perfect for a generator . Assuming you can fab up a belhousing . Others I’ve seen run 20k units . I’m looking that direction
Also generators in Florida are big business. I used to work for a company that sets up the lineman camps for Florida power. When hurricanes hit your guys they hit hard.
Yes I have a kubota motor and diesel burner. I won’t run diesel trucks any more ever since smog equipment ruins them. Awesome idea sharing the tank with the truck though. I have 2 18 gallon diesel tanks under the skid and a tube between them so that the burner doesn’t use more than the machine and leave one half full.
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@florida_condo_cleani what do you estimate one these diesels weigh? Setup and running? I’ve been thinking long and hard about building one on a trailer specifically for large concrete work when they come. I like the idea of not dedicating a truck to it.
I’m at 280 roughly for the engine, frame shouldn’t be more than 50. The hotbox is like 550, pump 50-100? I’d guess a little over 1k for what I got going so far.
@dperez Dez is one to talk to about running the machines from the truck. I think he had an auxiliary tank since he ran the big GM 5500.
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Luckily we don’t test diesels here… First thing I do when I buy it is make sure all of that falls off. 
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The Kubota Grand is a nice series, no doubt. Perhaps the dealer pulled up a Mahindra 1500 or even 2500 series next to that Kubota you fell in love with. But straight off Kubota’s website you can see that Kubota chooses to compare alongside the Mahindra 3500 series…which when comparing just the sheer weight difference between the two, there’d be no way the Mahindra wouldn’t have thicker steel on it! https://www.kubotausa.com/docs/default-source/product-comparison-pdfs/grand-l-comps4df2dafc86c943cfa6d1d48d6a141873.pdf?sfvrsn=d43d1e1d_4
Here’s a video of a smaller series that I made: Kubota B3350 vs Mahindra 1526 loader lift test - YouTube
Regardless, your Kubota should last you many, many years and I’m sure it’ll do everything you want it to.
On a 3cyl kubota your going to add about 100-150lbs total weight. For the small 4cyl you’ll add about 200ish lbs. The bigger ones V series will add over 500lbs with the cooling system.
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I mainly bought the grand L so I could get the bigger loader and extra weight . I didn’t realize how much different it was vs a standard L series. Until i started to use it . It’s a little beast. Mainly because it over 6000lbs with ballest
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Interesting, when I test drove every model of 50hp tractor I could find, I found many tractors fairly similar, but prices and steel is where they really differ. I might be prejudiced, but the price you pay for a green and yellow tractor and what you get are no where close to equal. My kioti came with telescoping links, something I use a lot, but many other manufacturers want you to pay extra for them.
A grand L is like comparing a lambo to a corvette, no comparison, but you also pay the premium for it.
I’m not knocking mahindra, I looked at them hard before going back to Kioti. Their no DPF system is nice, but there is a catch to it, it’s a system that burns diesel particulates and gases in a rare earth ceramic catalyst. It is considered a minimal emission system and should the EPA ever increase their diesel particulate (DP) standards, Mahindra will be forced into the world of DPF.
Kioti, after it got established in the U.S., started bactracking a little in terms of bang for the buck. In 2008 I bought a tractor that had every bell and whistle, standard. They have since reduced the number of bells and whistles you get for free. All part of doing business in the U.S… That is why the grey market tractors always sell over here, because they put all the bells and whistles on them overseas.
I looked really hard at yanmar, but the nearest dealer was being an asterisk, so I wrote them off.
You will love it !! I know I love mine.
Congratulations sir .
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