NX series fule line dangling

[JimR]

I was under my NX4510HST today and noticed that the fuel line dangles where it comes out of the fuel tank. This is an easy to snag item by any branches you might drive over. I tied mine up to the hydro filter line with a tie strap. Easy fix for a few pennies.

 

[NC419N]

That's not the only thing that will be dangling after you get it into some tough bush hog applications. I wish Kioti would put skid plates on to help prevent entanglement's like several members have installed!!

 

[MinnesotaEric]

I was under my NX4510HST today and noticed that the fuel line dangles where it comes out of the fuel tank. This is an easy to snag item by any branches you might drive over. I tied mine up to the hydro filter line with a tie strap. Easy fix for a few pennies.

Yeah, way, way too easy to snag. I ripped the fuel nipple out of the tank on a red oak sapling in the first month. That led to my armoring up the underside of my tractor. Every single one of my breakdowns is related to the soft underbelly of the NX Series tractor. From ripping the fuel tank nipple off on a small sapling, to damaging the tank suction line, to puncturing the mid-point PTO output shaft seal, everything that has stopped me in my tracks has been related to a lack of hard underbelly skid plating on the underside of my tractor.

I continue to experience grief from running over the occasional sapling.

 

[JimR]

That's not the only thing that will be dangling after you get it into some tough bush hog applications. I wish Kioti would put skid plates on to help prevent entanglement's like several members have installed!!

I was extremely lucky recently and found a 4' x 4' piece of stainless steel for a give away price of $1.00. I have access to a bender and can weld stainless with my mig welder. I plan on fabricating a complete belly pan for the tank and every other place where a limb can climb up through and cause problems. I know what it is like to rip off fuel lines, tear up hydraulic hoses and break off a fitting or two on my old tractors that I used to own in the past.

 

[Ranchofla]

Yeah, way, way too easy to snag. I ripped the fuel nipple out of the tank on a red oak sapling in the first month. That led to my armoring up the underside of my tractor. Every single one of my breakdowns is related to the soft underbelly of the NX Series tractor. From ripping the fuel tank nipple off on a small sapling, to damaging the tank suction line, to puncturing the mid-point PTO output shaft seal, everything that has stopped me in my tracks has been related to a lack of hard underbelly skid plating on the underside of my tractor.

I continue to experience grief from running over the occasional sapling.

Eric, that's some seriously banged up skid plating you got there...

Rancho

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Eric, that's some serious banged up armor you got there...

Rancho

The plating isn't as thick as I would have liked to use, but was the thickest stuff I could bend without a brake (I've been shop-challenged as in I don't have one for some time). The last hydro change, I took all the skid plates off, and hammered them flat again, and back on they went, good as new(ish).

 

[JimR]

Yeah, way, way too easy to snag. I ripped the fuel nipple out of the tank on a red oak sapling in the first month. That led to my armoring up the underside of my tractor. Every single one of my breakdowns is related to the soft underbelly of the NX Series tractor. From ripping the fuel tank nipple off on a small sapling, to damaging the tank suction line, to puncturing the mid-point PTO output shaft seal, everything that has stopped me in my tracks has been related to a lack of hard underbelly skid plating on the underside of my tractor.

I continue to experience grief from running over the occasional sapling.

Eric, That was a really great video and you had me really laughing hard. Kioti doesn't care. You have no idea what I recently went through with them about a simple $46.00 hose that was put on incorrectly and got chafed through to the steel core. The local dealer said he would order me one under warranty and ship it to me. Once he found out I didn't buy my tractor there, "I figure he said screw you" He never ordered it. He never responds to my emails and I informed Kioti about this issue. They refused to send me a hose. The dealer refuses to send me a hose. Kioti finally got back to me and said take your tractor to the local dealer and have it replaced under warranty. First off, I don't have a trailer large enough to haul my NX4510HST to any dealer. Secondly, I'm not going to waste my time to drive 30 miles one way, wait to have my tractor fixed with a part that is not in stock and drive back. Or worse, leave my tractor there and make two complete trips for a lousy $46.00 hose. I told the Kioti rep that I would be very happy to bad mouth them on the internet if they refuse to send me a hose. Unfortunately for them I have done just that in several places already. As for the hose, I took the sharp bend out of it and filled in the chafed area with silicone. The side step had not dug into the steel core lining yet. I will gladly pay for that $46.00 hose when and if it begins to leak.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Eric, That was a really great video and you had me really laughing hard. Kioti doesn't care. You have no idea what I recently went through with them about a simple $46.00 hose that was put on incorrectly and got chafed through to the steel core. The local dealer said he would order me one under warranty and ship it to me. Once he found out I didn't buy my tractor there, "I figure he said screw you" He never ordered it. He never responds to my emails and I informed Kioti about this issue. They refused to send me a hose. The dealer refuses to send me a hose. Kioti finally got back to me and said take your tractor to the local dealer and have it replaced under warranty. First off, I don't have a trailer large enough to haul my NX4510HST to any dealer. Secondly, I'm not going to waste my time to drive 30 miles one way, wait to have my tractor fixed with a part that is not in stock and drive back. Or worse, leave my tractor there and make two complete trips for a lousy $46.00 hose. I told the Kioti rep that I would be very happy to bad mouth them on the internet if they refuse to send me a hose. Unfortunately for them I have done just that in several places already. As for the hose, I took the sharp bend out of it and filled in the chafed area with silicone. The side step had not dug into the steel core lining yet. I will gladly pay for that $46.00 hose when and if it begins to leak.

Jim,

I feel sorry for your bad experience. I've also experienced basically the worst possible experience and I've avoided making a video about the whole experience because the entire experience is upsetting to me.

 

[JimR]

Jim,

I feel sorry for your bad experience. I've also experienced basically the worst possible experience and I've avoided making a video about the whole experience because the entire experience is upsetting to me.

Sorry to hear that Kioti wasn't good to you either. Hopefully the messages will get back to Kioti and they will smarten up, but I tend to doubt it.

 

[DieselBound]

Yeah, this tractor scares me with all its snaggy things!

My B7800 has been through ***** and with the exception of a popped off hydraulic return line, broken radiator petcock and brush jamming into the lower fan cowling piece causing a bunch of racket, it has held up amazingly well. Don't think I could expect to expose this NX to half of this w/o breaking stuff. Just going to have to be a lot more mindful/careful, and look to one day construct some skid plating.

* Literally four-wheeling on top of brush, on top of stumps etc. etc.. There's a reason why these tractors were popular with rental outfits.

Regarding skid plates getting banged up, that's fine. What they're needing to do is to defect enough such that things don't take a direct hit, to keep brush and such from snapping back up after being bent over from the FEL or other. I think someone used some plastic material even. Slamming down on top of stuff is another matter...