Broken again, loosing faith

[MossflowerWoods]

...or the girls driving over your BBQ grill, or something exciting!

This MUST be in video to be believed!
:laughing:
David

 

[beppington]

Strange, my dealer told me they got this one in last fall.

Maybe the actual build date doesn't correspond to their company fiscal date? Like cars ...

 

[Coyote machine]

Re: Build dates. I seem to remember they skip the letter 'I' for some reason, probably to eliminate confusion over the number '1'. IF I'm not mistaken then that would make the sequence as follows:'09=J,'10=K, '11=L, '12=M.
I'm NOT sure where I read this, but I'm fairly confident it is correct.

And this would explain why some tractors that people think are '12's are actually built in '11 and SOLD in '12. The fact is Kioti dealers go by the sold date regarding year purchased, NOT the factory's internal build date.
While on the topic of build date and date sold, etc., I think it's worth mentioning that a couple of hours on the tractor- 10~15 etc., will not affect it's longevity. And doing a 50hr service at 60 or even 70 hours will make no difference in the overall performance or maintenance of one's tractor. Many people, myself included do NOT change the transmission hydraulic FLUID at the 50 hour service. In fact I've got 450 hours on the fluid and NO plans to change it, unless it changes color or shows signs of failure. This is what my dealer has done for over 30 years with absolutely NO problems. Save yourselves some serious $ and just change the filters at the intervals required.:2cents:

 

[KubotainNH]

No, my dealer and I tried, I'm 1" to tall! It still fits in the car shelter I have in the back for the tractor, have to keep the sun off.

Ah, it's already got a home of it's own then. Besides, your wife should get the whole garage for at least all of 2012.

 

[kiotiken]

Ah, it's already got a home of it's own then. Besides, your wife should get the whole garage for at least all of 2012.

That was never in question :laughing::laughing: My side on the other hand...

 

[murphy1244]

Re: Build dates. I seem to remember they skip the letter 'I' for some reason, probably to eliminate confusion over the number '1'. IF I'm not mistaken then that would make the sequence as follows:'09=J,'10=K, '11=L, '12=M.
I'm NOT sure where I read this, but I'm fairly confident it is correct.

And this would explain why some tractors that people think are '12's are actually built in '11 and SOLD in '12. The fact is Kioti dealers go by the sold date regarding year purchased, NOT the factory's internal build date.
While on the topic of build date and date sold, etc., I think it's worth mentioning that a couple of hours on the tractor- 10~15 etc., will not affect it's longevity. And doing a 50hr service at 60 or even 70 hours will make no difference in the overall performance or maintenance of one's tractor. Many people, myself included do NOT change the transmission hydraulic FLUID at the 50 hour service. In fact I've got 450 hours on the fluid and NO plans to change it, unless it changes color or shows signs of failure. This is what my dealer has done for over 30 years with absolutely NO problems. Save yourselves some serious $ and just change the filters at the intervals required.:2cents:

What is the letter on your build date? Mine was K. Well CM, What is your code?????????????????????????????????

 

[Dingo Man]

justr a heads up, if your not hooking anything up to the remotes, place a loop in the lines so as not to accidently deadhead the hydraulic system. do this a few times and youll wreck a very expensive hydraulic pump.

Cost of hose loop and fittings about $40.00

Why do we want to do this. Could you explain a little.

 

[phiferpharm]

Why do we want to do this. Could you explain a little.

Dingo, if I'm reading this correctly, I think you are attaching the lines together so if you activate the hydraulics by mistake and don't catch the fact it is trying to pump, it would just circulate the fluids instead of pushing pressure against a closed connector (I'm not sure I'm saying this right). I'm thinking the loop is a small piece of hydraulic hose that has the correct ends for your setup (mine is male on one side, female on the other at the front of my DK to run the grapple).

I actually took the advice someone stated and attach the hoses on both the grapple when not using it, and at the tractor together. I think it may also serve the purpose of helping keep the connectors a little cleaner. I think I will purchase a short male/female hose setup though just for ease of use.

 

[aczlan]

Why do we want to do this. Could you explain a little.

As I understand it, Kioti in their infinite wisdom has a remote which will lock into position and stay there. This causes either a deadhead or all of the fluid going through the relief valve and has been known to cook the hydraulic pump.
See: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kioti-owning-operating/144079-getting-screwed-warranty.html for an example.

Aaron Z

 

[k0ua]

Why do we want to do this. Could you explain a little.

My dealer removed the detents on the rear remote lever so that you would not accidentally push the lever into the detent and not know it, and deadhead the pump. The loop sounds like a good idea if you want to preserve the detent function. Say if you wanted to operate a log splitter you would shove it into the detent. My dealer said that is why they invented bungee cords. With the detents removed you would have to intentially hold down the lever to deadhead the pump.. I guess they were tired of replacing pumps under warranty.

James K0UA