Kioti serial number decoded?

DieselBound · Oct 20, 2016

RickB said:
What has been offered regarding Kioti serial number decoding is valid.
The first character is the model year, the next three designate the model itself, the rest are the individual tractor serial. Some of us here have dealership experience and work with this information on a daily basis. Kioti provides a comprehensive chart within the dealer manual that lists all year and model information, and updates that chart periodically.

Yes, I choose facts, thank you! Didn't think I implied I disputed what was presented. I only asked for clarification on my reading of my SN as being a 2017 model: I wasn't expecting to be questioned about WHY I wanted to know.

inthe country · Apr 3, 2017

Did something change for the year 2016? My first letter is R, good for a 2016, but the next characters are P93. Everything I have says it a CK3510. Did I miss something?

Looking4new · Apr 3, 2017

My serial number starts with X. Mine hasn't been built yet.

But it has 400 hours on it.

GregP27 · Apr 6, 2017

Looking4new said:
My serial number starts with X. Mine hasn't been built yet. But it has 400 hours on it.

I don't care WHO you are. THAT's funny! Maybe it's that new "Phantom" model?

DieselBound · Apr 7, 2017

GregP27 said:
I don't care WHO you are. THAT's funny! Maybe it's that new "Phantom" model?

Greg, pay attention! his is an 2012, it's the OLD "Phantom" model. :laughing:

GregP27 · Apr 7, 2017

That is a good one, too! Why, I almost busted a gut ...

When I get to Washington, I'll buy you a beer and we can laugh about it. Maybe YOURS has a serial number that can be decoded? It's ORANGE, at least. It ain't faded red, is it?

I bet if you were closer to the coast, you'd have a cab, just to get out of the rain. My sister lives in Monroe, just east of Everett, and it's WET! When I visit, it rains a lot. I swore that if I lived there, I'd try to find an off-road motorcycle with a "cab" cockpit! I think it's called a Kioti cab compact utility tractor ... but might be wrong there.

Sorry Gonzaga lost ...

DieselBound · Apr 7, 2017

I'm very close to Monroe: that's where my NX came from. If you think it's wet there you ought to see how wet it is where I am! July though the end of September there's little rain, so that's the best time to avoid the rain. Food, Shelter and Water: I have the Water part fully covered!

Tractor IS cabbed!

Also have a Polaris that is cabbed (though w/o doors).

Looking4new · Apr 7, 2017

There was no way I was going to have another open station tractor. I had the opportunity to get the cab on the Kioti and went for it. My criteria was in this order; cab, front mount snow blower, 4 wheel drive.
I had enough of that open station, 2 wheel drive crap with the Farmall.

GregP27 · Apr 7, 2017

Hey Deiselbound!

You must have gotten it from Town & Country Tractors in Monroe. You're JUST the guy I want to talk with. Town & Country's reviews on the web aren't all that great. What has YOUR experience been with them?

Their review were so mediocre that I was seriously looking at other brands, should I happen to move into the area (possible). So, I started looking and see there is a Deere dealer in Snohomish, and Sound Tractor with Kubotas in Everett. The nearest LS dealer seems to be a ways away in Enumclaw. Maybe they had or have a not-so-great salesman, and that's OK. I'm more concerned about support after the purchase.