Loader Can you lift round bales with a Kioti DK35SE?

[markfalpha]

Was looking at the Kioti DK40SE to move round bales with. Decided I really needed to buy used and the dealer I am talking to just got in a DK35SE that he says will do the job. The round bales in my area are 800 to 1200lbs typically. Am wondering if anyone knows for sure if the 35 will handle the job. I hate to spend this kind of $$ and find out I undersized the tractor for what I want to do.

 

[bigbull338]

it will prolly lift them on the rear.but i wouldnt try it on the fel.you might be better off looking at 50 or 60hp tractor for feeding round bales.now i did move 2000lb 5 by 6 round bales with a mx5100hst 4x4 fel.but i only did that for 1 cutting of hay an then traded for a 7040su 4x4 fel.

 

[Tx Jim]

I think picking up 1000# rd bale would be iffy because the bale sticks out further than the bucket.

 

[k0ua]

In my opinion it will do it. The loader has a lot of breakout force. You can curl over 2600 lbs. Now are you going to be trying to stack these bales high? You mention the word move. But I did not hear stack..The lift is for 1415 lbs at the pins to full height. It will lift more than that down low, but when you talk about stacking, you would have to derate that figure considerably because the bale is going to be stuck out there on a spike and the center of the weight is a good long ways from the pins, but you can curl back and shift the weight vector more towards the pins. But as far as picking up a 1200 lb bale, and transporting it I have no doubts. It will do that all day. It is a good heavy tractor and will handle loads like that with ease. Now as for stacking that 1200 lb bale to full height, I have some doubts. What ever you do, make sure you have the required 1047 lbs on the 3pt. I run about 850 on the 3pt, but could use more. I also have loaded tires. By the way, it is a great tractor, very convenient to operate and has a lot of nice features.

 

[markfalpha]

I don't anticipate any stacking. Probably won't lift them any higher than a foot or so, may need to stack one row on a trailer, but that is it. Sounds like you have no doubts it will handle the load. I have a neighbor with a kubota l3400 and he can't get them any higher than a couple of inches off the ground. I really wanted to hear someone BESIDES the dealer say it was do-able! Am trying to figure out if I want to hold out for a DK40SE to come up for sale or purchase the DK35. The one I am looking at has the shuttle shift.
Thanks for your help!!
Since you own the same tractor your answer is not just an opinion, which helps alot.

 

[rd_macgregor]

I think you could do it with the smaller unit, but I think you'd be operating right at the limit for a 1200# bale. Last summer, using my DK45SC I made stacks of 5' round bales three tiers high (3, 2, 1 bale stacks), but was right at the very limit of my lift height for the top bale. I'm pretty sure the DK40 has the same lift capacity as the DK45, so you'd have considerable leeway with the DK40 compared to the DK35...plus I'm sure you could find other jobs around the place that would benefit from the greater capacity.

 

[k0ua]

Well I have no doubts the DK35se will move the bales a foot or two off the ground, but like I said, I have real doubt about stacking them to much height. But let me ask you this, how much difference in price is his DK35se vs the DK40se? you might want to stack bales some day..it never hurts to have more capacity. The size of the two tractors are nearly the same with the DK40, just ever so slightly larger. 1 inch in length. (wheelbase is 4 inches longer), and 1/2 inch more ground clearance (larger tires). and about 200 more lbs. The DK40se cylinders are larger, and the loader is slightly "slower". The DK35se is a very "fast" loader. the pumps are the same 10GPM for loader and valve operations. the Power steering section is separate. Keep that in mind when you tie into a one of those big bales, that the loader response is very fast, and requires a light touch on the joystick. I have gotten used to it and enjoy it now, but when I switched from a L3400hst I noticed the loader was much faster on the Kioti than the 6.8 GPM Kubota. The L3400hst lift is about 1100 lbs. so the DK35se extra 300 lbs is what you are looking at, plus a much larger curl power. You can really pry out a chunk of materiel out of the pile or curl some pretty impressive weights down low.

 

[batwing]

I do not own a Dk35 but I think it would be easer and safer with the DK40

 

[Industrial Toys]

Just remember. Things can often appear to do things that result in big cost a little down the road. Like broken axles!

 

[GManBart]

Oops, I was looking at the wrong loader. The KL135 would probably do the 800lb bales without a problem, but 1,200 might be hard to do more than just lift a little to move around. The KL401 loader on the DK series would handle 1,200lb bales with no problem.