Recent content by Rhino35

I put on 4" rear spacers when I bought my Kioti DK40 in 2013. I looked into it as thoroughly as you are doing. I have steep hills, and I was new to owning a tractor. My dealership wouldn't sell me a tractor without rear wheel fluid and so I had Rimguard put in (non-toxic). I thought about...

My most recent effort. We'll see in a week or two if it helped.

Yes, very thoroughly. When the dealership owner shook his head and told me rinsing it out was a mistake (years ago) I should have grabbed a pen and paper right then and there and written, "Tractors should never be used in rain", and said, "Be sure to alert future customers!" Maybe I'll still...

Yes, I understand this is a design feature. On some "thought level" of my "not all products are made right" realization of how even small cost margins can drive ultimate designs I have to wonder if the radiator in this Kioti tractor wound up just being too small. If it is too small then Kioti...

I hope so. Yesterday I blew it all out again with compressed air - and after only doing 45 minutes of work a few days ago was surprised how much of that brown dust was still in there. Then I sprayed that Nu-Calgon Evap Foam - used the whole large spray can - let it fulminate (it goes on white...

Hi Alan, It did for about a 45 minute workout, but it wasn't the tall stuff and the hills. Definitely blowing out the radiator and oil cooler helped because doing about the same work in May lead to overheating. But the margin between not overheating and overheating is pretty darn slim if all...

I haven't tried the flashlight, but I will after flushing it. I'm going out today to blow it out again and then flush the radiator with the AC cleaner (spray can) I bought. I'll rinse the living shiitake mushroom out of both the engine radiator and the oil cooler. My hoses should be okay -...

A few days ago, ambient temperature about 80F, I wanted to see if the coolant was circulating since a poster said to check that. So I started the engine and slowly drove out of my garage in hydro low gear and 1300 RPM. Engine had been running only 3-4 minutes when I opened the radiator cap...

"I keep the hoods open on all my vehicles. Mice/chipmunks do not like these open spaces and will stay out of the engine compartment." This is really important and I do it too, especially in my detached shop, and including my Kioti tractor's hood. My wife's 2009 Subaru Tribeca was parked in our...

Thanks for the useful identical configuration comparison. I have hills and when this overheating process begins I can watch the temperature gauge start going up going uphill and go down going down. The chaff building up sounds so similar. I do hop down and blow it off with a leaf blower and...

This is a great suggestion!

Good summation and thanks again! I'll be mulling all this over for the next few weeks. If I decide to go further in buying trailer I'll PM you - thanks for the offer of a phone call to ensure I have a full understanding. I always told my kids they would be smart to learn from their mistakes...

Glad to hear regular 8 degree Race Ramps would likely work with that full power tilt trailer. And good info about loading and unloading on level hard ground. I'm understanding that the lip of your dovetail ramps, or the lip of a hypothetical full tilt deck, when it is set down and rests on the...

Thanks for all the ideas - stirred my curiosity and prompted me to look around some more. This MAXX-D deck over tilt trailer is made by a small company in Texas. The one that would fit inside my garage with tongue length would be the 22' model - its entire deck tilts for a 15 loading angle...

I appreciate the suggestion to take off the hood. I keep the tractor parked inside. I bush hog most of my hillsides once a year in the fall. I do it then because the ground isn't wet and soft as it is in spring. The vegetation can get real thick and high and without a hood a lot of "stuff"...