Re: MF 231 or Mahindra 450? Which is best?

Posted by Richard on September 25, 2003 at 05:32:13 from (67.33.249.44):

In Reply to: MF 231 or Mahindra 450? Which is best? posted by Curt on May 06, 2003 at 20:10:16:

I came oh so close to buying a JD 5105 but decided instead to save $2,000 and bought my 231S about a year ago. I know nothing about the Mahindra.

I've only put about 40 hours on it and so far so good. The hydraulics are slow but it will lift a 1200+lb round bale with little effort, thought it does get light on the front (hopefully getting weights soon). It pulls well, has plenty of torque, and does everything I ask: 6' cutter deck; 6 1/2' disc harrow (could go larger); 950lb capacity spreader and of course the hay spear. My tractor gets fairly light duty so I can't say what it would do under a hard load every day.

It can be tricky getting on and off this tractor with the gear/range shifters and pedals, but I've learned to live with it realizing this is a tractor and not a Lincoln Navigator. It is however easier to steer than my wife's Toyota RAV4.

Some like the clutch pedal, some don't, I have no prolem with it. IMHO, it may take a little more strength to operate this tractor than some but it should be no worse than most.

This is a very basic tractor that meets my needs well. Getting bang for the buck led me to the 231S.

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