Something suspicious about King Kutter

[Baby Grand]

... if King Kutter is no good ...

You presume wrongly - at least in my limited experience.

 

[yankeerider]

So I'm in the market for a Tiller for my L3240 if King Kutter is no good, name some brands I should check out?
I did read some good reveiws about Befco tillers, anybody here have experience with this brand?

Why are you drawing the conclusion KK is no good? The only complaints here are about the quality of the paint, and they're not talking about paint that flakes off and leaves the machine to rust. On mine, the paint is thick and heavy, with a few runs. It's a tool that thrives in the dirt, for crying out loud!

 

[jbrumberg]

So I'm in the market for a Tiller for my L3240 if King Kutter is no good, name some brands I should check out?
I did read some good reveiws about Befco tillers, anybody here have experience with this brand?

botayota:

You could also check out CCM: Carter and Carter Machinery, Hay Equipment Headquarters. They retail a pretty decent product and offer great customer assistance/support. Jay

 

[DK35vince]

So I'm in the market for a Tiller for my L3240 if King Kutter is no good, name some brands I should check out?

Not sure how you came to the conclusion that King Kutter tillers are no good ???
Most posts I've ever read about KK tillers tells me just the opposite.

 

[botayota]

botayota:

You could also check out CCM: Carter and Carter Machinery, Hay Equipment Headquarters. They retail a pretty decent product and offer great customer assistance/support. Jay

Jay, thanks for this web link, I'll check out CCM.

Clint

 

[davesalisbury]

Hi Folks,
I got my KK II owners manual out before I tilled with it. If someone needs a PDF of the manual, let me know. I'll scan it for you.

You can save yourself some work. KK also have .pdfs of their manuals online (King Kutter Incorporated). It's on the LH side of the screen at their homepage just below the "order parts" button. Actually, I've noticed that just about everybody whose products I've researched lately has their manuals posted online, although I haven't been able to find this feature at Kubota - guess I'd best take care of the manuals for my BX2230 .

Best to all.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Not sure how you came to the conclusion that King Kutter tillers are no good ???
Most posts I've ever read about KK tillers tells me just the opposite.

After 7-1/2 years of hammering the daylights out of a KKII 6' tiller, usually on a tractor much larger than recommended, I'll say you'd have to spend a LOT more money to get one any better. They don't have a show car paint job. They DO have all the strength, integrety, durability, and reliability a user should ever need. They're available in just about all areas of the country without additional cost of shipping to your door. Parts, if ever needed, are easy to come by. As far as I'm concerned, they ARE the "best buy" in a tiller.

 

[N1ST]

I've had 2 KK's and I think they're a very good value. Zero problems so far.

Now, an observation... I use mine for about an hour at a time. After each use, it takes about 10-15 pumps of greese. I don't know where the greese is going or if the Mystic red I'm using is melting and dripping out, or what. But I'm sure glad I checked it, because it can take more than it has in it. I'd suggest other owners check their's before each use. Anybody else notice this?

 

[Baby Grand]

Re: Something suspicious about King Kutter

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I've had 2 KK's and I think they're a very good value. Zero problems so far.

Now, an observation... I use mine for about an hour at a time. After each use, it takes about 10-15 pumps of greese. I don't know where the greese is going or if the Mystic red I'm using is melting and dripping out, or what. But I'm sure glad I checked it, because it can take more than it has in it. I'd suggest other owners check their's before each use. Anybody else notice this?

I had a similar observation - maybe related. After the last time I used it, I greased the rotor blade assembly's outboard bearing hub. It only took a very few squirts before the grease started oozing out of the bolted (& gasketed?) flange. I have been working on the assumption that the bearing compartment is "too tight". In other words, the double lip seal won't let the air in the compartment escape, so the pressure builds up until it separates the flange and sneaks out that way. I should probably pop the cover off and take a look in the hub ***'y to see what's going on in there. It may be loose flange bolts or a missing gasket (if it ever had one). Thanks for reminding me!
-Jim

 

[Baby Grand]

hub ***'y

Apparently the hall monitor didn't like my abreviation for "hub assembly"