Recent content by JonKioti

As the subject says. What are people's recommendations for a grapple for the CK-20S? Using it for small and medium branches, perhaps moving some logs within the capacity of the loader. Thanks! Jon

Hi everyone, I have a standard air powered grease gun, extra tubes of grease, rags, gloves, and a supply of replacement Kioti grease nipples. Yet, I still find this a bothersome job, as the grease gun does not always seem to be able to get the grease flowing into the joint. I have adjusted...

Well, don't stop there, how about some rims?

I won't call it your "real" job, but it seems many of us here do what we really want to be doing after regular work hours. So, what's your daytime job...and how little does it have anything to do with tractors? I'm an IT technology consultant. However, I occasionally recommend we install an...

Hi everyone, Has anyone found a better way to get diesel out of the container and into the tractor? The bendy plastic nozzles have developed splits in them, and I can't seem to find the correct replacements like you used to be able to get. I tried a third party one, but that leaked. :( I'd...

Well, I never expected this one, so I thought I would share it so you all can avoid the same thing yourself. I stepped off the backhoe while digging a few tree holes in the deep grass and didn't notice the Big Foot outrigger. I partially stepped on it and rolled my ankle - arrgh! I'm not...

..is under the stabilizers, pointing downward, with NO protection around it. It's one of the lowest items under the end of the tractor on the KB 2475 backhoe on the CK20. I did a complete grease job on Sunday, and found both of these had broken off. One was gone completely, the other looked...

Hi everyone, I have just finished putting in a drainage trench and some underground conduit. The area is somewhat level now, but with rough soil and a few rocks to smooth out. I have smoothed the space as much as I can with the backhoe, but I'm thinking a box blade would be the way to go...

Hi everyone, I am planning on putting lighting around the property starting this summer. I am looking for suggestions for a medium height (42" - 48"), 120v fixture to use along pathways. Ideally, the fixture would be downward facing and allow me to use standard LED bulbs. I need something...

Hi everyone, I've just finished a 20' x 22' storage barn for everything else I have around. My plan is to store the attachments not in use in it, namely the backhoe and loader during the winter; the snowblower and snowblade during the summer. I saw a company that supplies backhoe storage...

Hi everyone, Does anyone use any kind of spray to keep snow from sticking to your snow blade or snowblower? I've used the occasional application of turtle wax on my snowblade, but I was thinking something I could spray on the snowblower from time to time would help keep snow from building up...

Hi everyone, We have had mostly rain and drizzle for the last six weeks. It's too muddy and cold to dig in the dirt, and there is no snow to plow or blow. I'm starting to suffer from withdrawal from regular seat time! Hopefully this will turn around come January, as running the tractor up...

Hi everyone, I'm in the process of making a rotating trommel screen. I'm looking for a 4' x 8' piece of welded wire mesh screen, likely 1/8" wire spaced at either 3/4" x 3/4" or 1" x 1". Has anyone seen that sort of thing outside of specialty shops, say in Home Depot or Lowes? Also, if...

This one you can probably guess at. Has anyone put a sweeper (rotary broom) on their CK-20? I figured it could be powered with a hydraulic motor from the rear remotes, thus also allowing it to be run in reverse to pull back from corners. It could most likely take the place of the bucket (pin...

And...what happened? Keeping this discussion free of descriptions of live animals, I began to wonder what other people have put through their snowblowers, accidentally or otherwise. A few years back I picked up a thick doormat with my father's Kubota snowblower. That jammed and broke a shear...