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Overview
An owner-operator who spent a year researching tractors before buying deliberately tests his Mahindra 4550's real-world lift capacity using his own firewood operation as the measuring tool. He hauls a load of green hardwood logs on four-foot forks, processes them into cordwood, measures the stacked volume, and back-calculates the weight at roughly 4,000 pounds, exceeding the rated 3,000-lb spec, without four-wheel drive engaged. Best for prospective buyers wanting an independent real-numbers lift test rather than a dealer claim.
An independent owner-operator who explicitly states he is not sponsored by Mahindra and bought the tractor after a year of personal research, posted by the Matthews Firewood channel.