wagnon89
New member
- Joined
- Nov 20, 2011
- Messages
- 17
- Location
- Hartselle, AL
- Tractor
- 2017 Kioti NX4510 HST, 1972 Ford 2000
Called and ordered a Kioti NX 4510 HST on Tuesday of this week. The dealer delivered it Friday afternoon and I spent most of today testing it out. I ordered it with 2 rear remotes, a 3rd function valve and hoses, a 6 foot cutter, a 6 foot land planer/grader, and Rim Guard filled tires. I'm going to be looking for a grapple soon and I've got plans to turn an old bush hog into a custom 3 point ballast/tool carrier. Seen some good ideas on this forum.
Initial thoughts on the tractor:
Good
- The Linked Pedal feature is awesome. Flat out awesome. The only disadvantage for me with a hydrostatic transmission was that the RPM's need to be up to move around and do any work. With this feature I can drive into a dirt pile with the power I need to get a full bucket and then once I've got the loader lifted and let off the forward pedal I immediately go back to idle and I can back out at whatever speed I choose. This is probably my favorite feature on the whole tractor.
- Either some improvements have been made or I got a good one, but I haven't noticed any of the forward to reverse lag in the transmission at all. I noticed several people had this complaint with their NX series tractors. It seems to about as smooth and seamless as it could possibly be on my machine.
- Good power to weight ratio. I tried several different scenarios to test the traction to power ratio and it performed very well. In low I was able to push over about a 12" diameter scrub pine on my property that I was tired of looking at. I was able to work it from a couple of angles and get the whole root ball up without making much of a stump hole. The power was there to do the job pretty quickly but the tires would spin on me if I got into to big a hurry. Once I finish my ballast box I think it will help a lot with any traction/weight issues I might come across.
Not So Good
- No armrests on the seat. Minor, but it would help to be able to rest my right arm on something while doing loader work.
- The HST range shifter is a little bit annoying at times, just like I have seen many others say.
- The handles on nearly all the levers will pop off in your hand if you're not careful. Gonna have to super glue them in place or something.
- The fact that you have to not only be in neutral but also have the parking brake engaged to get off the tractor without killing it is a little bit annoying, but I'm sure I'll get used to it.
- Like I've seen others complain about on here, my hydraulic lines going to the loader are rubbing right against a metal edge. I'm not sure why this simple fix has not been addressed, but I'll cut some rubber to protect the lines.
- These were all pretty nitpicky issues but I do have one a little bit more serious. When we unloaded off the trailer Friday afternoon I spent about an hour tooling around before parking it in my shop. This morning I wake up to find a small puddle of oil underneath the engine and another small puddle of hydraulic fluid near the rear of the tractor. The rear leak turned out to be a loose bolt on the remotes that were added. The oil leak unfortunately appears the be coming from the front seal. I'm going to do some more investigating tomorrow to see if I can confirm. Hopefully I am wrong because I really want to continue playing with this new machine.
I'll get some pics posted up of it also in the next few days.
Initial thoughts on the tractor:
Good
- The Linked Pedal feature is awesome. Flat out awesome. The only disadvantage for me with a hydrostatic transmission was that the RPM's need to be up to move around and do any work. With this feature I can drive into a dirt pile with the power I need to get a full bucket and then once I've got the loader lifted and let off the forward pedal I immediately go back to idle and I can back out at whatever speed I choose. This is probably my favorite feature on the whole tractor.
- Either some improvements have been made or I got a good one, but I haven't noticed any of the forward to reverse lag in the transmission at all. I noticed several people had this complaint with their NX series tractors. It seems to about as smooth and seamless as it could possibly be on my machine.
- Good power to weight ratio. I tried several different scenarios to test the traction to power ratio and it performed very well. In low I was able to push over about a 12" diameter scrub pine on my property that I was tired of looking at. I was able to work it from a couple of angles and get the whole root ball up without making much of a stump hole. The power was there to do the job pretty quickly but the tires would spin on me if I got into to big a hurry. Once I finish my ballast box I think it will help a lot with any traction/weight issues I might come across.
Not So Good
- No armrests on the seat. Minor, but it would help to be able to rest my right arm on something while doing loader work.
- The HST range shifter is a little bit annoying at times, just like I have seen many others say.
- The handles on nearly all the levers will pop off in your hand if you're not careful. Gonna have to super glue them in place or something.
- The fact that you have to not only be in neutral but also have the parking brake engaged to get off the tractor without killing it is a little bit annoying, but I'm sure I'll get used to it.
- Like I've seen others complain about on here, my hydraulic lines going to the loader are rubbing right against a metal edge. I'm not sure why this simple fix has not been addressed, but I'll cut some rubber to protect the lines.
- These were all pretty nitpicky issues but I do have one a little bit more serious. When we unloaded off the trailer Friday afternoon I spent about an hour tooling around before parking it in my shop. This morning I wake up to find a small puddle of oil underneath the engine and another small puddle of hydraulic fluid near the rear of the tractor. The rear leak turned out to be a loose bolt on the remotes that were added. The oil leak unfortunately appears the be coming from the front seal. I'm going to do some more investigating tomorrow to see if I can confirm. Hopefully I am wrong because I really want to continue playing with this new machine.
I'll get some pics posted up of it also in the next few days.