Buying Advice CK2610 vs Kubota

[Adj301]

Hello everyone! I am brand new to the compact tractor market. We have just under 7 acre mini farm. I have been researching different options (Kubota,Kioti,JD). I think I have come down to a Kioti and I'm leaning towards the CK2610 manual transmission. I originally went to look at the 2510HST but after driving both I changed my mind. I will be getting a loader, bush hog, tiller, and possibly a box blade.
When comparing the specs between the 2510 and the 2610 there doesn't seem to be a big difference except for the size. The salesman told me the engine is actually a lot bigger and can be configured to actually get a horsepower in the upper 30's.

- Do you think this is a good size for my needs
- Am I getting a lot more with the 2610 over the 2510?
- I was originally looking at the Kubota B2601....am I gaining a lot with the 2610?

Thanks everyone!

 

[murphy1244]

Welcome to TBN. I thiink you would be happy with either machine. Both great machines but what fits YOU better.

 

[TripleR]

What Murph said, both are good machines, before the B2x01 came out with the position control 3PH, I'd say go with the Kioti. My brother bought a CK27 a few years ago and it's a pretty impressive machine. I'm pretty sure the Kioti weighs more and has a stronger FEL, so it's certainly worth thinking about, added weight can be good or not so much depending on your uses. I'd be happy with either.

If you want gears however, I don't think from looking at the Kubota website they are still offered in a B other than the B2320.

 

[RSKY]

Unless you intend to do large field cultivation I would not get a gear tractor. I use a loader more than anything else and am constantly forward/backward and having to stop, clutch and shift gears would get tiresome. I have done it before on larger tractors but a hydro is just more efficient. For my uses, bushhogging, tilling, moving dirt a gear drive would be a pain in the rear.

RSKY

 

[IslandTractor]

Unless you intend to do large field cultivation I would not get a gear tractor. I use a loader more than anything else and am constantly forward/backward and having to stop, clutch and shift gears would get tiresome. I have done it before on larger tractors but a hydro is just more efficient. For my uses, bushhogging, tilling, moving dirt a gear drive would be a pain in the rear. RSKY

What he said x2. With smallish tractors used for general duty rather than straight agriculture, HST is almost always the preferable transmission. Cost is a factor of course but I'd take a 3 range hydro over gear 99 times out 100.

 

[K man]

I agree with hst over gears for loader work etc but when it comes going up hills the hst sucks. With the gears you can find the right gear for going uphill. Hst you have H, M and Low and I found going up hill in low the best but takes forever to get there. That's me I would like to hear from others about this.

 

[IslandTractor]

I agree with hst over gears for loader work etc but when it comes going up hills the hst sucks. With the gears you can find the right gear for going uphill. Hst you have H, M and Low and I found going up hill in low the best but takes forever to get there. That's me I would like to hear from others about this.

I don't have any trouble going up hills even in high range on the road. Hills vary and there is one section of a field that has a 15 degree grade that I go up in low. Anything less than about 10 degrees is manageable in medium range even with a BH mounted.

My previous tractor was a mighty CK20 whose main, and possibly only real, weakness was a two range HST. Drove me crazy needing to mow in low range when moving up a moderate slope. You absolutely want a three range HST if there are any hills bigger than a very gentle slope.

 

[K man]

I don't have any trouble going up hills even in high range on the road. Hills vary and there is one section of a field that has a 15 degree grade that I go up in low. Anything less than about 10 degrees is manageable in medium range even with a BH mounted.

My previous tractor was a mighty CK20 whose main, and possibly only real, weakness was a two range HST. Drove me crazy needing to mow in low range when moving up a moderate slope. You absolutely want a three range HST if there are any hills bigger than a very gentle slope.

The incline has too be over 15 degrees. I mean I was coming full throttle in High and got up about 1/4 of the hill and the dam thing almost stalled on me and of course I went and put the clutch in to shift it to M and it started rolling backwards lol Slammed on the brakes and change to M and starting going up again but it still was bogging down so I put it in L and climbed her. Like I said it took forever to get home. My home sits at about 1500 ft and the hill is up in increments and is 2 km long. Now I stay on the property and will go down to the village with a cherry can to get my diesel.

 

[IslandTractor]

15 degree slope is steeper than most any road. There are usually warning to truckers at about 7-8 degrees. 15 is steep enough that most of us get pucker factor when turning a tractor around on such a slope and I therefore now up and down.

 

[Amvcane]

K man, not sure if you know so I will ask. The hst treadle is not like a throttle, stomping it to the floor when the tractor starts lugging will not make it go faster, letting off it slowly will give you more power and keep you moving.