Well, I stopped by my dealers this weekend (this was a long weekend here) to take a look at the new tractor. WOOOOOWWWW. I thought the specs and pictures make the CK and DK series look pretty close in size, at least to me. NOPE, they're not. I would NEVER have bought this tractor without having moved through the CK30 first, I would have taken one look and had one word for it, overkill. Having maxed out the CK30 and wanting a little more, I'm OK with moving up to the DK, but it's going to take some time to get used to the extra size.
Now for the cab. Well, it's VERY VERY VERY nice!!!!! Firing up the 4 cylinder engine, which I can tell is going to make a huge difference, it is already significantly quieter than my CK cab. Closing the door seals out so much more noise. I can see listening to the radio peacefully without having to turn the radio up to where my ears hurt (it still has 4" speakers, I don't understand why they can't put better ones in). The rest of the cab feels very much like the fit and finish you'd find in a car. My Kioti cab was nice, but nothing like this.
I love the two pedal hst set up and I'm used to it from my JD955, I never really did adjust to the rocker pedal in the CK30, even now I'll find myself pushing the brake wondering why it won't move back! I also love that the brakes are on the left side and they can easily be separated. I used steering brakes all the time with my 955 clearing and flooding my rink in the winter, and it just wasn't possible with the CK30 set up.
The CK30 was a luxury tractor when comparing it to others in the same hp and $ range, the DK addresses all of the issues I had with the CK series and has many upgrades on top of that. In reality, the CK is a much better fit for my property physically, but I look forward to maxing out what the DK can do.
:drool::drool::drool:
