My NX6010

[ishiboo]

Do you have any plans for the mid PTO? I know the snowblowers are not out yet, and there's no mmm.

The mid PTO simply bolts on there, you could remove it and replace it with the block-off plate. Probably a very inexpensive part. And you'd have it if you ever needed it. Not a big deal, but you seem to do a lot of stuff in the woods with the grapple... so it would eliminate that as an issue and give you some more clearance

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Do you have any plans for the mid PTO? I know the snowblowers are not out yet, and there's no mmm.

The mid PTO simply bolts on there, you could remove it and replace it with the block-off plate. Probably a very inexpensive part. And you'd have it if you ever needed it. Not a big deal, but you seem to do a lot of stuff in the woods with the grapple... so it would eliminate that as an issue and give you some more clearance

Although I have no foreseeable plans to use it, I ordered the mid-point PTO while it is still available when I purchased the tractor and the dealer put it on. Sadly, the dealer never gave me the stock block-off plate, so I've had to order the stock block off plate, a new seal for the mid-point (which I'll throw on the shelf after I repair the seal), three pails of Mobilfluid 424, and a tube of Toyota's form in place gasket (FIPG) 00295-00103, since Kioti doesn't use a gasket.

All in all, likely about $400 in parts and supplies, my time, plus about 400 miles in transporting because it is easier to bring my tractor to my tools than to bring my tools to the tractor in the field.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

In the running out of things to do with the tractor stuck on my trailer until parts arrive, I looked at my smashed, plastic grips that shattered in the cold this past winter and thought, kung-foo, rubber, bicycle grips! $8.00 and a round trip to my local bicycle dealer later and I popped my new bicycle grips on using compressed air to make the new grips easy to slide on.

Oh the decadence, the luxury!

 

[MinnesotaEric]

The parts are in!

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Mid-PTO delete.

 

[countrybumpkin]

I'm surprised it doesn't have a screw on cap , that goes over the shaft and seal. My kubota has that and with out it would be very easy to get a stick or something into the seal as yours did.

 

[k0ua]

I'm surprised it doesn't have a screw on cap , that goes over the shaft and seal. My kubota has that and with out it would be very easy to get a stick or something into the seal as yours did.

What is interesting is that the Kioti's come with an excellent screw on hard cap for the rear PTO that really protects it. I don't have the mid PTO option on my tractor, so I don't know if there is a cap for it or not.

 

[countrybumpkin]

Yeah I noticed that, wonder if the housing is threaded on the mid plate for one but it too has to be ordered separate.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

The mid PTO has no provision for a threaded cup like the rear, but that would be a good upgrade for the next version and easy enough to change given rapid prototyping and the ease to make match plates for production casting these days.

No leaks and time to put the missing belly armor plate back on.

Also got the radio upgraded which means I have a stock radio for sale if anybody is interested.

 

[EverythingAttachments]

The parts are in!

That's a priceless pic!
No offense, but I bet that poor dog often has that look when hangin around you! :laughing:
Travis