Another Happy Kioti Owner

[rcrcomputing]

Nice setup! Interesting, to make the decisions and buy, you did not need to join. But later on became interested in joining.. I don't mean anything other than I find it interesting..

 

[JoelD]

Welcome to the pack and congratulations on a terrific set up.

I also have a thumb and I use it all the time. Nothing better at moving logs and rocks around.

Keep your belt on (son to) and have a great time with your new machine.

Sincerely,
Joel

 

[Dargo]

I'm jealous. Even though my wife claims I'm all thumbs, I don't have one like yours. I'm really curious as to how well you like that chipper. I almost bought the next higher size (I think, it was larger and said it accepted up to 6" in diameter material) with the hydraulic feed for my tractor. Unfortunately, my wife thought we needed to buy her grandparent's farm instead.

 

[John (Toronto)]

Interesting, to make the decisions and buy, you did not need to join. But later on became interested in joining.. I don't mean anything other than I find it interesting..

RCR:
I found it interesting myself that I didn't need to join the discussion until well after making a decision. I doubt that I'm the first or the last. This highlights the fact that some very small percent of people actively particpate in discussions in these forums. The majority are lurkers. Look at this posting, 288 views and 10 unique repliers at this point or ~3.4%. The majority of people read and appreciate but remain silent (let's call them "the silent majority") unless they have something worth adding to the discussion. Nothing wrong with that.

I hope my experience is informative to you or other frequent participants, you may well underestimate the impact or value of your participation. Did you happen to notice that I didn't forget to resize my pictures despite this being my first post?

But really, why join the discussion (to clarify I did immediately join TractorByNet but didn't post 'til now) when I had nothing to contribute but questions. More to the point, what question could I ask that hadn't been asked before. I mentioned that I read deep into the archive as part of my purchasing research. I really felt my questions (how is Kioti with parts, reliability, frequency of defects, what design flaws exist, How well does Mfr response to problems) were answered without having to ask for a personalized answer. In all, the posts were reassuring, not all positive but it never is.

Hope that helps your understanding.

John

 

[JoelD]

RCR:
I found it interesting myself that I didn't need to join the discussion until well after making a decision. I doubt that I'm the first or the last. This highlights the fact that some very small percent of people actively particpate in discussions in these forums. The majority are lurkers. Look at this posting, 288 views and 10 unique repliers at this point or ~3.4%. The majority of people read and appreciate but remain silent (let's call them "the silent majority") unless they have something worth adding to the discussion. Nothing wrong with that.

I hope my experience is informative to you or other frequent participants, you may well underestimate the impact or value of your participation. Did you happen to notice that I didn't forget to resize my pictures despite this being my first post?

But really, why join the discussion (to clarify I did immediately join TractorByNet but didn't post 'til now) when I had nothing to contribute but questions. More to the point, what question could I ask that hadn't been asked before. I mentioned that I read deep into the archive as part of my purchasing research. I really felt my questions (how is Kioti with parts, reliability, frequency of defects, what design flaws exist, How well does Mfr response to problems) were answered without having to ask for a personalized answer. In all, the posts were reassuring, not all positive but it never is.

Hope that helps your understanding.

John

Very good point that there are more "reading" than "writing". For the record, I hope those reading realize that most of us writers really like to write (sometimes regardless of wether or not we understand what it is we are writing ) and look forward to questions.

Readers are always great and much value is gained by the readers, with that said, the more writers the better in my mind, I learn a little something almost everyday on this forum.

Joel

 

[jimmyj]

Welcome John and thanks for sharing (from another Ontarian). Beards is actually only a few minutes from my parents place so it's good to hear of your experience there.

I like the thumb on your BH, if you don't mind, what did it cost?

 

[John (Toronto)]

I like the thumb on your BH, if you don't mind, what did it cost?

Jimmy: Sure I don't mind.

I looked at a couple of thumbs. I contacted Bro-tek who are mentioned on this site and their cost was $430 USD including shipping within US. I think Etienne at Beards asked either $450 or $475 CAD (~$415 USD) for the Wallenstein thumb (it got hidden in the final price of the Tractor/BH purchase). I liked buying local, liked the look of the Wallenstein and it was in Kioti colors!

It's more than I would have expected but it was worth it to me as I just don't have the time to fab something myself.

If you're visiting your parents, I think he still had two in stock from the original 5 he had made.

Regards

 

[Gil Case]

I too like the looks of that thumb. but I have CK20 HST with the 2465 BH. I am sure there is somewhere on this site a post about what kind of thumb I could get for the 2465 if any. I searched, but could not find one. Like the guys in NH, CT is full of big potatoes that come up each year. Squeezing them between the bucket and the arm makes a mess of the paint job and trying to chain them up to get them out of a hole is a PITA. Plus that is a great way to buck up a big tree.