Mahindra 4540

[thewoodlands]

Home area looks like it's coming around nicely!

I haven't been using the tractor much because I've been spitting and stacking along with sealing the concrete blocks on the outside of the new garage, tomorrow I'll get the last coat of Thompson's on and then the work tables and storage start on the inside of the garage in the near future.

I did use the 4540 near the end of the day to move some chips to this washout, it will help until the next heavy rain.

 

[heavy hammer]

I haven't been using my tractor lately either, I have been busy with work and fall fests with the girls. We even did a wagon haunted hay ride last night. It has been over a month since I fired it up. A couple of weeks ago we did get all my brothers and fathers fire wood split and stacked. Now I even have a buddy that wants to have a splitting and stack day to get his done. Just not enough daylight hours, days are getting shorter. Sounds like your projects are coming along nicely.

 

[thewoodlands]

I haven't been using my tractor lately either, I have been busy with work and fall fests with the girls. We even did a wagon haunted hay ride last night. It has been over a month since I fired it up. A couple of weeks ago we did get all my brothers and fathers fire wood split and stacked. Now I even have a buddy that wants to have a splitting and stack day to get his done. Just not enough daylight hours, days are getting shorter. Sounds like your projects are coming along nicely.

I'm seeing haunted hay rides in certain towns up here too. Nice work helping out your brother and father with their wood supply. We're getting close to being five years ahead with our hardwood so yes it's coming along pretty good. We do have some downed wood that I'll be getting this week which will help.

 

[thewoodlands]

We took down two tall but small cherry near the garage, we did get two bucket loads using the Mahindra. Maybe tomorrow I'll dig the stumps out since that will be a plow zone this winter.

 

[thewoodlands]

I pulled a few smaller cherry stumps today before we went to town. When we came back, I dumped a few loads of dirt in each hole and tomorrow I'll level it off.

The camera batteries were dead when we came back so I don't have pictures of the 4540 getting dirt or getting rid of the stumps with the pallet forks.

 

[Sodbuster]

I pulled a few smaller cherry stumps today before we went to town. When we came back, I dumped a few loads of dirt in each hole and tomorrow I'll level it off.

The camera batteries were dead when we came back so I don't have pictures of the 4540 getting dirt or getting rid of the stumps with the pallet forks.

I've actually pulled some of those Cherry stumps out with my Mahindra, Woodlands. I dig around a big root about 10 ft from the tree, hook a chain, and then just pull straight back, the roots and all the shooters come out from around 20 ft out. Very shallow rooted as I'm sure you know!!

 

[thewoodlands]

I smoothed out the dirt that I had put on the stump holes today and then packed it down good with the 4540. With the rain coming in, it should make the dirt settle even more.

 

[thewoodlands]

Since we have a pellet stove, we decided it was time we pick six bags up so we can make sure it works. The 4540 brought them to the window so we could put them in, we'll give it a test run tonight.

 

[heavy hammer]

We have not had real cold temps yet but the wind lately just seems to cut right through you. I have been working a lot of storm lately so with the long hours and bad weather I have not used the tractor in some time. But the stove has been getting used pretty frequently.

 

[thewoodlands]

We have not had real cold temps yet but the wind lately just seems to cut right through you. I have been working a lot of storm lately so with the long hours and bad weather I have not used the tractor in some time. But the stove has been getting used pretty frequently.

We haven't had a lot of wind but the rain has been pretty steady, tonight we have a combination of rain and snow.

I used the tractor for about an hour today moving some 3/4 inch crush gravel and then the snow and rain started so I called it a day. Before that we went shopping for our Thanksgiving day menu items.

 

[thewoodlands]

I haven't been using my tractor lately either, I have been busy with work and fall fests with the girls. We even did a wagon haunted hay ride last night. It has been over a month since I fired it up. A couple of weeks ago we did get all my brothers and fathers fire wood split and stacked. Now I even have a buddy that wants to have a splitting and stack day to get his done. Just not enough daylight hours, days are getting shorter. Sounds like your projects are coming along nicely.

I have a family member who just received their 2638 HST, since I don't have an HST, is there anything they should watch for when running it when it's real hot out? I think that I read that certain HST's can run hot.

The picture is off Mahindra's site.

 

[heavy hammer]

I don't know a lot about the HST, but just always keep an eye on the gauges. I believe the thing with HST is the constant changing direction forward to backward, that can get the fluid hot, but like I said I'm not sure. A friend of mine has a Kubota HST and he loves it about 400 hours on it, he plows fields bales hay. He has no complaints or issues, just do the required maintenance and try not to beat on it I'm sure it will be fine. Your family member could always look up reviews and issues associated with there tractor model to see what people that have one are saying. remember to its a mahindra.

 

[thewoodlands]

Since we bought our tractor, it has been outside with a cover on it all year until this year where it is inside in the new garage. Once the colder temps hit, I always put the battery maintainer on it so even though it's in the garage, I put the maintainer on it since with the windchill it will be -6.

Our garage isn't heated so I was wondering if I really still need to put it on the tractor battery at these temps.

 

[Sodbuster]

I keep mine on a maintainer all the time, have you priced batteries lately?

 

[heavy hammer]

I don't think it would hurt to keep the maintainer on in these cold temps. It will help the life of the battery when it is cold don't you think?

 

[thewoodlands]

I don't think it would hurt to keep the maintainer on in these cold temps. It will help the life of the battery when it is cold don't you think?

I'm hope it will @heavy hammer , it was nice putting it on inside the garage compared to outside in the wind & snow.

 

[heavy hammer]

My 2540 has been in the garage since the day I got it. It is nice having your stuff inside dry and not covered in snow or ice this time of year. I know they can spend their whole lives outside but it is nice having somewhere inside under roof to keep them. Makes it easier to work on and do the maintainence as well.

 

[thewoodlands]

I keep mine on a maintainer all the time, have you priced batteries lately?

Not a tractor battery, how much are they?

 

[thewoodlands]

We received 6 plus inches of snow overnight so I plowed our driveway, the neighbors and some of our trails.

 

[Sodbuster]

Not a tractor battery, how much are they?

$130-$150 bucks.

 

[thewoodlands]

@heavy hammer , @Sodbuster , I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.

It looks like things will get messy around here with a quarter inch of rain and then 3-6 inches of snow coming in after the rain.

 

[heavy hammer]

I know the weather here has been interesting. 20's and snow one day two days later 47 and all day rain. Thanksgiving was good just cold, bit I'll take frozen over mud. I'm about done with this rain and mud every day I'm ready for some cold, and that is tough for me to say because I'm not a fan of the cold. But this has been a wet fall.

 

[thewoodlands]

I know the weather here has been interesting. 20's and snow one day two days later 47 and all day rain. Thanksgiving was good just cold, bit I'll take frozen over mud. I'm about done with this rain and mud every day I'm ready for some cold, and that is tough for me to say because I'm not a fan of the cold. But this has been a wet fall.

They say we'll get rain tomorrow and then it will change to snow with a possible 6-10 inches falling. I'm with you on making up its mind on the rain or snow.

I did some scraping down of the driveway today with the 4540, I removed lots of slush hoping the rain will get it down to the stone.

 

[heavy hammer]

I just pulled my tractor out for a quick spin last night to just get all the fluids moving since I have not used it in so long. Work and lousy weather have been putting a big damper on tractor time. I'm hoping the freeze comes soon, or spring!

 

[Sodbuster]

I don't think it would hurt to keep the maintainer on in these cold temps. It will help the life of the battery when it is cold don't you think?

Not only does it not hurt, but that's what they were designed for. I have a pigtail attached to my battery, then route the wire out through a seam in the hood. Makes attaching and removal much easier.