Which to buy

[IslandTractor]

Originally Posted by canoetrpr

Hi Jimmy:.....
I think that the best buy in the lineup is the DK40 with the 401 loader. That loader on the DK40/45 is a MONSTER!.......

I agree with that!

[Bigboyskioti]

I have the CK20HST I don't think I could lift a round bale with the FEL. A couple weeks ago my son broke a tie rod on my 02 grizzly which weighs a little over 600lbs. I thought put the forks on and carry it to the barn, the 20 would not pick it up. Going on what you've said I would go with the 30. As stated this tractor is beefy. Hope this helps.

[IslandTractor]

Originally Posted by Bigboyskioti

I have the CK20HST I don't think I could lift a round bale with the FEL. A couple weeks ago my son broke a tie rod on my 02 grizzly which weighs a little over 600lbs. I thought put the forks on and carry it to the barn, the 20 would not pick it up. Going on what you've said I would go with the 30. As stated this tractor is beefy. Hope this helps.

A CK30 with KL130 will lift only about 100lbs or so more than a CK20 with KL120. I personally think that for lifting bales weighing over 600-700lbs with the FEL, that a DK40 with KL401 would be the place to start. Lots of reserve lift and ballast to keep a good safety margin. I would imagine that all the CKs could manage a 600lb bale on a 3pt mounted fork so long as you had counterweight in the bucket.

[BTI]

The biggest problem with forks, bale spears and the like, is that they put the load a good ways away from the pivot pins.
This severely limits what you can lift.
Especially when you figure a QA/Fork or Spear set-up can weigh between 100 and 300 more than the plain bucket non/QA set-up.
I have seen 600lb bales lifted with a CK20, it was using a bolt on bale spear.
Remove bucket add spear.
CK25-35 should lift the same amount reliably with the same set-up possibly a little more.
DK35/KL351 will handle 1000lb bales on a spear.
The DK40/45 with 401 will handle them with authority!
We have lifted off a crated 2485 BH with a DK35/KL351 combo using a set of heavy 48" WR Long Forks.
With a QA spear it shouldn't have any problem with the 1000lb bales.

BTI

[mark.r]

Originally Posted by BTI

DK35/KL351 will handle 1000lb bales on a spear.
The DK40/45 with 401 will handle them with authority!
BTI

I didn't have a spike and only had three to move so I had to chain them but this one weights some were about around 1200lbs. If you closed your eyes you wouldn't even know it was there, completley stable.

[BTI]

Mark.r---Redneck Bumper????

[IslandTractor]

Originally Posted by BTI

Mark.r---Redneck Bumper????

I'd say it looks more like a predeployed Redneck airbag.

[MessickFarmEqu]

Just note, that Mark.R is lifting directly below the pivot point and very close to the machine. If you put that bale on a spear, it would be a huge load for the tractor. Just like lifting anything yourself, the further away it is from the machine the less lift capacity is will have.. it drops fast, a good 30% for every 18". In round numbers, a CK20 has a published lift capacity over just over 1000lbs at the pins, about 650 in the bucket, and probably around 200lbs 3-4 feet in front of the loader where a bale would be centered. Don't think that it will lift the 1000+lbs that it says in the brochure.

[mark.r]

Originally Posted by MessickFarmEqu

Just note, that Mark.R is lifting directly below the pivot point and very close to the machine. If you put that bale on a spear, it would be a huge load for the tractor. Just like lifting anything yourself, the further away it is from the machine the less lift capacity is will have.. it drops fast, a good 30% for every 18". In round numbers, a CK20 has a published lift capacity over just over 1000lbs at the pins, about 650 in the bucket, and probably around 200lbs 3-4 feet in front of the loader where a bale would be centered. Don't think that it will lift the 1000+lbs that it says in the brochure.

So the question is, will the DK40/45 and KL401 loader lift that 1200lb bale on a spear?

[BTI]

No problem......