Backhoe backhoe for ck20hst

[VictorW]

Anybody have a price on these backhoes? I found a nice used Kioti ck20 a few hours from me with a FEL and midmount mower but no backhoe. I called my local dealer and he quoted me $6500 for the kb2465!!!!!!!!!! I have no basis for comparison but that seems very expensive.

Three years ago, my kb2375 was $5500. Try Islands advice before you buy. He's a great person to work with and only a five hour drive away and he does deliver if needed. You could have the bh in the crate easily put on a 5x8 trailer and install yourself. Mine wasn't hard at all.

 

[sevensandeights]

Thanks for the tip - Wallace is a four hour drive from me though so it would have to be a pretty good deal!

I didn't mean to imply that my local dealer was expensive but it seems like you would have to dig a bunch of holes and trenches to justify spending $6500 on a BH.

Also, do you know if you can use a mid mount mower with the backhoe subframe installed?

 

[IslandTractor]

Also, do you know if you can use a mid mount mower with the backhoe subframe installed?

Pretty sure you cannot use a midmount mower with the subframe installed. Kioti's are not the tractor for you if you really want a midmount mower as I don't believe they are available anymore (and were absurdly expensive when they were).

 

[jtpilch]

I have the KB2465 and so far it has been a great machine, I would recomend it.

 

[unhappykioti]

Last year on Wallace's recommendation I bought a Woods X70 with the factory thumb, very powerful machine. I am building a rock retaining wall and moved rocks with this thing that my loader struggled to lift. I have a CK20HST by the way. I also had a set of rear remotes installed much easier and more useful than doing a loop which is the normal method. Not sure about the Kioti but with the Woods the subframe stays on the tractor when the hoe is removed. If you are nice and level it only takes a few minutes to remove or install.

 

[wallace]

Thanks for the tip - Wallace is a four hour drive from me though so it would have to be a pretty good deal!

I didn't mean to imply that my local dealer was expensive but it seems like you would have to dig a bunch of holes and trenches to justify spending $6500 on a BH.

Also, do you know if you can use a mid mount mower with the backhoe subframe installed?

Is the mid mount mower a rear or side discharge?
Woods you can on the rear discharge Kioti you can not at all.

 

[sevensandeights]

I just got off the phone with the owner and he still has the tractor. It is a mid mount 60" rear discharge mower. He said he wasn't very happy with the way it cut though. The tractor is a 2003 model. Wallace, have you had any issues with these mowers?

 

[wallace]

I just got off the phone with the owner and he still has the tractor. It is a mid mount 60" rear discharge mower. He said he wasn't very happy with the way it cut though. The tractor is a 2003 model. Wallace, have you had any issues with these mowers?

Yes.
I never had an issue with the cut we just had issues with belts until they got them figured out.
You would have to give me one of those mowers.
The mowers were made by Mid West which has been out of business for I think2-3 years now. The owner died.
Parts are becoming very hard to come by.

 

[IslandTractor]

The tractor is a 2003 model.

I believe the 2003 was the first year for the CK20. It will not have a suspension seat (cost about $500-600) as that became standard a couple years later. There may be some other minor differences with 2004-2006 but I think it was 2007 when Kioti upgraded the engine a bit and now calls it the CK20S.

 

[sevensandeights]

Right on Island - the owner mentioned that it did NOT have a suspension seat.