Hpsinc
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Hi everyone! I've been lurking a couple weeks and glad to finally join the community.
Anyways, I'm buying my first tractor to use in a private community for snow removal. I own a landscape/mowing/plow biz. I have decided the best setup given the layout of the properties we service is a front blower and rear plow.
Where I need some words of advice is I'm between two tractors. Heck maybe 4.
Kioti ck4010h with dealer cab & 66" blower $33,864 with tax
Kioti NX5010h with factory cab & 72" blower $44,565 with tax
Case farmall 35c with factory cab & 63" blower $41,102 with tax
Case farmall 40c with factory cab and 74" blower $47,806 with tax
The kioti Ck4010 is more comparable to the case 35c than the 40c.
The kioti Nx5010 is more comparable to the case 40c, but has around 40pto hp vs 33pto hp. But they are close in size.
The case dealer is selling me on the fact the case tractors are heavier duty than the kioti. The kioti dealer doesn't know I'm going back and forth with the case dealer so nothing on that end from them.
I have relatively "tight" HOA/town home/condominium type properties that I service and in most cases the smaller tractors would be fine, but we have had some big storms that have dropped several feet on us quickly, so with that in mind I'm contemplating a step up in size. Just would like some input from you guys on what would be my money best spent and if the larger sized tractors might be too cumbersome or not much more difficult to zip in and out of driveways with than the smaller tractors.
I posted what one of my other properties looked like last winter, this place is a bit more open than the new accounts I'm putting the tractor. We did this with toro groundmaster type machines with 60" blowers. The tractor could eventually be relocated to properties just like this as I service several communities and am expanding the snow removal end every year. Thanks for taking the time to read this and look forward to your responses.
Anyways, I'm buying my first tractor to use in a private community for snow removal. I own a landscape/mowing/plow biz. I have decided the best setup given the layout of the properties we service is a front blower and rear plow.
Where I need some words of advice is I'm between two tractors. Heck maybe 4.
Kioti ck4010h with dealer cab & 66" blower $33,864 with tax
Kioti NX5010h with factory cab & 72" blower $44,565 with tax
Case farmall 35c with factory cab & 63" blower $41,102 with tax
Case farmall 40c with factory cab and 74" blower $47,806 with tax
The kioti Ck4010 is more comparable to the case 35c than the 40c.
The kioti Nx5010 is more comparable to the case 40c, but has around 40pto hp vs 33pto hp. But they are close in size.
The case dealer is selling me on the fact the case tractors are heavier duty than the kioti. The kioti dealer doesn't know I'm going back and forth with the case dealer so nothing on that end from them.
I have relatively "tight" HOA/town home/condominium type properties that I service and in most cases the smaller tractors would be fine, but we have had some big storms that have dropped several feet on us quickly, so with that in mind I'm contemplating a step up in size. Just would like some input from you guys on what would be my money best spent and if the larger sized tractors might be too cumbersome or not much more difficult to zip in and out of driveways with than the smaller tractors.
I posted what one of my other properties looked like last winter, this place is a bit more open than the new accounts I'm putting the tractor. We did this with toro groundmaster type machines with 60" blowers. The tractor could eventually be relocated to properties just like this as I service several communities and am expanding the snow removal end every year. Thanks for taking the time to read this and look forward to your responses.
