Are some of the Kioti precautions BS?

grsthegreat · Mar 13, 2014

IslandTractor said:
Got it. I almost always have my grapple mounted when mowing and as I am lazy, I use it to move anything I don't want to mow over.

woo, i usually remove the loader all-together when field mowing. the racket of it bouncing up and down drives me nuts. With and without the cab i have never left a mower engaged and left the seat. i really never leave a pto item running without me in the seat..cant think of a one.

However i do leave the tractor running and leave the seat all the time. I have no kids that will mess with it.

i have been known to get out of the cab and install a 3 point implement also with engine running as i can creep the tractor forward and back with the hst petal to align implement, and the 3 point hitch has a control handle out back....so the engine has to be running. I DO shut it off when i install or remove the pto shaft.....never trust those things.

IslandTractor · Mar 13, 2014

grsthegreat said:
i have been known to get out of the cab and install a 3 point implement also with engine running as i can creep the tractor forward and back with the hst petal to align implement, and the 3 point hitch has a control handle out back....so the engine has to be running. I DO shut it off when i install or remove the pto shaft.....never trust those things.

I do exactly the same.

DarkBlack · Mar 13, 2014

chipper. generator.

grsthegreat · Mar 13, 2014

also, my cab tractor has a warning sticker in the cab concerning operations in rice paddies hehe

Steve_Miller · Mar 13, 2014

Lazy, aren't we all to a certain extent, I like to call it efficient. In the winter, I open one shed door, go to the left side of the CK without getting on, turn the key on, depress the clutch pedal and lock it, wait til the glow plow goes out, start the tractor, let the clutch out, go open the second door, shovel the snow away from the front of the doors, putt around and check out the plow and a quick look over, then jump on and away I go. Never set the brake unless its on a hill and will roll. Mine has no seat, PTO or range switches, just the clutch switch and it is an 07 CK30HST. Temps have been as low as 0 Fahrenheit, never have any issues other than sluggish operation until the loader cylinders get flushed with warmer oil from the tranny.

Steve

paulfun9 · Mar 16, 2014

Over time every single safety feature on all my equipment with the exception of the seat belts has given me a problem in one way or an other and I have found a way to disable them or remove them entirely.

CJONE · Mar 17, 2014

Lets just say the safety police would have a field day with me. I try not to do anything unsafe but I don't go overboard either. Some safety devices have a purpose but a lot of them [seat kill switch for example] get disabled. Use your head and you will be fine. CJ