Four cylinders instead of three is the real story at the top of the 1600 series - 166.7 cu in turning slower, for 38.7 hp and 29.9 at the PTO. Dealer books put the base synchro shuttle near $28,885; the HST is about $31,191 and is the only way to get the cab.
1.04 PTO hp per $1,000 of list price
As published by the maker
On the price: This maker publishes no price, so the figure comes from dealer listings. Regional dealers price the same machine differently.
Lift figures are the maker's and are quoted at whichever point the maker chose; the about page explains why two loaders with the same number do not lift the same pallet.
Comes with
From owner discussion and long-term write-ups
Gathered from owner reports
Owner reports on the 1640 are few but consistent, and they cluster on one theme: this is a tractor bought as a package. The accounts that exist describe a loader, a 60-inch grapple with third function, a five-foot rotary cutter, pallet forks and a 12-inch auger arriving together on a 25-foot car hauler for somewhere around the mid twenty thousands, with tire ballast thrown in - and in one case a lightly used machine with a couple of hundred hours that still carried two years of transferable warranty. Owners in that position say the arithmetic against the bigger brands is what sold them.
Use reports are positive and unremarkable in the best sense: hundreds of hours clearing an undeveloped ten-acre plot, building a thousand-foot driveway, cutting brush and running a post hole auger for fencing, with owners describing the machine as flawless over two years and a few hundred hours. Set against that, buyers cross-shopping it against a Kubota or a Deere keep raising the same two worries - long-term reliability and parts availability - and owners of this model push back on them rather than dismissing them. The one mechanical complaint that appears is a range gear selector that jammed badly enough to need a bar to move it back into place.
Summarised from public owner discussion, not from testing. Nothing here was measured by this site, and a report that recurs is not the same as a defect rate.
Cross-shopped against
Same brand or same size, nearest in price
Mahindra
A 2.7-litre mCRD engine with no DPF and a 2,646 lb hitch let this punch well past its 37 hp rating. Mahindra has retired the 2600 series in favour of the 2100, leaving the series brochure as the only maker document that still describes it.
Spec sheet & owner notes
Mahindra
Middle rung of the 1600 series, and the point where Mahindra stops publishing a price: the series figure belongs to the 1626, so this one is priced off dealer books at about $25,659 for the 8F/8R synchro shuttle. A three-range HST runs roughly $2,500 more, and a heated cab is offered only on the HST.
Spec sheet & owner notes
Mahindra
At 24.7 hp the 1626 is a compact tractor with a Mahindra 3-cylinder diesel and class-leading loader lift for the money, backed by a long warranty. It targets value buyers who want more loader muscle and coverage than the premium brands offer at the price.
Spec sheet & owner notes