Recent content by wade simpson

I have a ck20 and noticed the other day that the engine temp indicator was showing the engine was cold when the tractor was idling. It had been running for a few hrs. The ambient temp was around -5 C. I put some tar paper in front of the fan and it was fine. Anyone else noticed this?

I was using the tractor yestersday and suddenly noticed a hissing sound from the lower front right of the tractor. I thought it was the front tire at first but nothing was wrong there. I looked all over the area and couldn't see anything obviously wrong or feel any air blowing anywhere I could...

I was on the west coast (Victoria) for most of Jan. I was looking fwd to getting home, going to my property in tatamagouche, using the tractor to clear whatever snow there was then skiing or snowshoeing. Well, I discovered that in 2 plus ft of snow my tractor will move and actually clear the...

I just bought a 5' box blade on Fri and used it for about 4 or 5 hrs. Everything worked great. Later on that night I went out to start working on a new part of the road. everything was working fine then I noticed the tractor seemed to be bogging down more, I just thought I was losing traction ...

When I went to start my tractor this weekend I followed my normal routine, turned the key, waited for the glow plugs to go out and then turned the key to start it....nothing.. the whole start system shut down like I had no battery. I checked the battery connections, fuses and eyeballed the...

This Sat evening I finally had enough rain to find the low spot in a section of my road. This area has p***ed me off for a few years now as one of a few spots that gets very soft in the rain. I've used the tractor to add about 6-7 inches of dirt and used my blade to make a ditch. An...

I was scanning google looking at various tractors and saw an article about the most hours on a tractor. One of the guys that answered reported 18000 hrs !!! There is a thread here where Dargo asked what was the most hours on a Kioti. Unfortunately the discussion veered away from the...

Geez, I got to see what 22 hp diesel can do this morning. I was heading up a steep hill on my road, in my mazda b3000 2wd this morning on my way home. It rained this morning and the road was greasy. Part way up the hill it just stopped going fwd so i backed down the hill to give it another...

I've read many threads hear about the proper use of hst and it seems that an operator should keep the revs around 2000 or higher to get proper operation of hydro pump. I have a gear tractor (ck20s) and very rarely go past 1800. For just general moving around I keep it around 1500. When...

I noticed when I'm doing something and have to stop the tractor I hear a ratchety or clicky sound from just behind and beneath the seat of my ck20s. It occurs as soon as the clutch disengages the power from the transmission An example is when I'm using the FEL and the tractor can't move fwd and...

I tackled the 50 hr service this weekend, weather was good, bugs were bad and I had everything I needed. Things went great until the tran oil filter. What fricking hamfisted gorilla put that thing on? I wrecked a strap wrench and several layers of valuable finger skin trying. Then I tried the...

I had been wanting to get this downed birch since the winter but couldn't get close enough with my old truck and it was too long and heavy to move in good sized pieces. That little tractor made its own road, hooked on and slipped that puppy outta there so easy. It must have weighed around 500...

IN the manual for the kl120 it said not to tip the bucket fwd to pull earth while going backwards. It said it could damage the tipping cylinders. It seems as tho everyone does it tho. Is it a common sense issue or is there a good chance of damage?

Do I have to wait for the glow plug lite to go out when the engine has only been shut down for 5 -10 mins?

Hi My name is Wade. I just bought a ck20s kioti tractor a few weeks ago to use maintaining my cabin road and odd jobs that I'm getting to old to do manually. I've gleaned a ton of good info here before I joined and thought I would enjoy being a member.