buyerjohn
Silver Member
Ok - I've picked the machine I'm going to buy but not the dealer yet...narrowed it to 2 - my local dealer isn't interested in my business at competitive prices...
FYI, Wallace has been great with helping me on many pricing and newbie info items..
Here's where i stand:
CK30HST
Woods 1012 loader
Woods 80X hoe with thumb
Quick Attach
Canopy
Grill Guard
Woods 60" Brush Bull (clutch type)
Woods 72" Back Blade
Woods Landscape Rake 72 inch or 84 inch
So here are my dilemmas/questions...
Question #1
I like the Millonzi grapple and have a price of $1,749 for the 66 LD version. I don't know if that includes the diverter valve or not ( I should but I don't). Here's what I don't understand...when you add a second set of hydraulic outlets at the rear (called remotes??), you need to run hoses to the front to control the grapple open and close function...so far so good, but what do you use in your right hand to actually tell the grapple to open and close? a trigger on the loader stick?
Also, if you put a diverter valve in to control the grapple from the loader hydraulics - this disables the bucket curl function while the grapple opens and closes, correct?
So there seem to be 3 options to control the grapple:
a. unplug the hoe and run the new lines from the rear to the grapple. Control the grapple open/close via some sort of control by the loader joystick (cost is about $475)
b. add a second set of remotes at the rear and run the new lines to the grapple and control the grapple somehow at the loader joystick (cost is about $900)
c. add a diverter valve on the loader cross beam and alternate loader curl/grapple open/close (cost is $675)
I think that's right anyway! Which of the 3 options would you prefer and why??? Do these costs seem reasonable? Would they change substantially if i did it myself (i'm not interested in saving 30%!)...
Question #2.
I want to move snow this winter (which feels like it's arrived already) so I have 4 choices with the tractor that i can see:
a. plow (about $2,500?) on the front of the tractor but remove loader - this leaves the rear pto for a sand spreader
b. rear mounted blower ($2,300) and back up to blow...yuck...just how miserable is this for a one mile long road/driveway? Only bad when the wind blows?
c. rear mounted but front facing blower (Erskine)...don't know cost yet but looks like it could be a solution.
d. frount mounted Erskine ($5,100) powered off rear PTO...expensive but gets great reviews.
since all of the blower solutions use the rear pto, what could i do to run a sand spreader? i assume that they make a rear pto driven sand spreader but that goes out the window with a snow blower...ideas? JD and NH make front and mid pto blowers...but i don't know of any for the kioti frame...
Question #3
Should i get the 72 inch or 84 inch landscape rake...i'm more concerned with tight fit than covering large areas all at once ... anybody see any reason not to buy the 72 inch one? wheels needed???
any help is appreciated...thanks, John.
FYI, Wallace has been great with helping me on many pricing and newbie info items..
Here's where i stand:
CK30HST
Woods 1012 loader
Woods 80X hoe with thumb
Quick Attach
Canopy
Grill Guard
Woods 60" Brush Bull (clutch type)
Woods 72" Back Blade
Woods Landscape Rake 72 inch or 84 inch
So here are my dilemmas/questions...
Question #1
I like the Millonzi grapple and have a price of $1,749 for the 66 LD version. I don't know if that includes the diverter valve or not ( I should but I don't). Here's what I don't understand...when you add a second set of hydraulic outlets at the rear (called remotes??), you need to run hoses to the front to control the grapple open and close function...so far so good, but what do you use in your right hand to actually tell the grapple to open and close? a trigger on the loader stick?
Also, if you put a diverter valve in to control the grapple from the loader hydraulics - this disables the bucket curl function while the grapple opens and closes, correct?
So there seem to be 3 options to control the grapple:
a. unplug the hoe and run the new lines from the rear to the grapple. Control the grapple open/close via some sort of control by the loader joystick (cost is about $475)
b. add a second set of remotes at the rear and run the new lines to the grapple and control the grapple somehow at the loader joystick (cost is about $900)
c. add a diverter valve on the loader cross beam and alternate loader curl/grapple open/close (cost is $675)
I think that's right anyway! Which of the 3 options would you prefer and why??? Do these costs seem reasonable? Would they change substantially if i did it myself (i'm not interested in saving 30%!)...
Question #2.
I want to move snow this winter (which feels like it's arrived already) so I have 4 choices with the tractor that i can see:
a. plow (about $2,500?) on the front of the tractor but remove loader - this leaves the rear pto for a sand spreader
b. rear mounted blower ($2,300) and back up to blow...yuck...just how miserable is this for a one mile long road/driveway? Only bad when the wind blows?
c. rear mounted but front facing blower (Erskine)...don't know cost yet but looks like it could be a solution.
d. frount mounted Erskine ($5,100) powered off rear PTO...expensive but gets great reviews.
since all of the blower solutions use the rear pto, what could i do to run a sand spreader? i assume that they make a rear pto driven sand spreader but that goes out the window with a snow blower...ideas? JD and NH make front and mid pto blowers...but i don't know of any for the kioti frame...
Question #3
Should i get the 72 inch or 84 inch landscape rake...i'm more concerned with tight fit than covering large areas all at once ... anybody see any reason not to buy the 72 inch one? wheels needed???
any help is appreciated...thanks, John.