MF2615Fred
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I'm researching new tractors to relieve 'Ole Joe, my Dads' bought new in 1960, MF35, now w/16K plus hours and am looking at the 2615, AWD with Shuttle shift. The styling is very modern and have design features that appear better than JD, NH and Kubota. But they all build good equipment.
I'm also retired back on our hilly WV farmland, using 'Ole Joe for clearing old hay fields, grown in pastures and lane grading; no farming.
The 2600 series started in 2008, is assembled in India, as is Mahindra and appears to have more QA issues than models built in Japan. As big as MF is worldwide and owned by AGCO Inc, the issues I've read about, would seem to be very few and may be the infamous 'Monday' produced tractors. Opinions are the build quality has diminished on units coming out of India.
Getting a 2WD tractor to steer on these hills requires a lot of single sided braking, more of an issue than traction, IMO and would be less wear and tear on an AWD tractor.
I am Honda loyal and seem to be MF loyal, as well, because of 'Ole Joe.
My loyalty to Honda is not only for their high QA standards, but for their service manuals, that are 2nd to none. Not having this manual is a deal breaker for me and haven't looked into that yet.
Opinions are welcomed.
I'm also retired back on our hilly WV farmland, using 'Ole Joe for clearing old hay fields, grown in pastures and lane grading; no farming.
The 2600 series started in 2008, is assembled in India, as is Mahindra and appears to have more QA issues than models built in Japan. As big as MF is worldwide and owned by AGCO Inc, the issues I've read about, would seem to be very few and may be the infamous 'Monday' produced tractors. Opinions are the build quality has diminished on units coming out of India.
Getting a 2WD tractor to steer on these hills requires a lot of single sided braking, more of an issue than traction, IMO and would be less wear and tear on an AWD tractor.
I am Honda loyal and seem to be MF loyal, as well, because of 'Ole Joe.
My loyalty to Honda is not only for their high QA standards, but for their service manuals, that are 2nd to none. Not having this manual is a deal breaker for me and haven't looked into that yet.
Opinions are welcomed.