Oil & Fuel CK20 fuel tank relocation ?

[crabjoe]

The back hoe on my Lk3054xs (lk30) is tight up against the machine, makes trailering a lot easier and the 4 point mount is excellent.

That might be true, but the over all size is of the LK30 TLB is probably much larger the a CK20 TLB. Which I would think defeats the purpose of getting the smaller CK20.

 

[Slackdaddy]

CJ,
Looking at the woods setup for the CK20, I would leave the woods subframe as it is. I would take the plasma to the bracket that is bolted to the BH and remove about 1' out of the center of it and tig weld it back together. Looks like it would be easy, except the fuel tank would be in the way.

The LK is to big (I have a big backhoe), The Kubota's just don't do it for Me (to skinning, to lite)
The CK20 is the only machine I have sat on that I did not feel I was giving something up, it just felt "right", now if I can get the backhoe thing right in My mind.


Nick

 

[IslandTractor]

I don't understand what the advantage is of going through all the trouble of cutting up a perfectly good Woods subframe and modifying a perfectly fine CK20 just to shorten the BH? I cannot see what the benefit is other than possibly fitting on a smaller trailer.

 

[crabjoe]

I don't understand what the advantage is of going through all the trouble of cutting up a perfectly good Woods subframe and modifying a perfectly fine CK20 just to shorten the BH? I cannot see what the benefit is other than possibly fitting on a smaller trailer.

Less weight = Better Fuel Mileage . Fuel is over $4/gallon now.

Plus it's easier to park and maneuver.

Personally, I'd with my CK20 had a flip over seat and the BH was closer to the tractor. I like a more compact tractor .... Maybe because I only have an acre of land.

 

[dfkrug]

Yeah, Nick, that CK20 fuel tank is a big problem. Like you, I would not
want one of those subframes that stick so far out back.

I have owned the CK20 and it is a very impressive smaller CUT. My B21
is about the same weight, but with an excellent integrated hoe. Very
nimble, too, due to the short wheelbase. I think you should get a used
B21.

BTW, the LK3054 TLB has a well-integrated hoe, but it does not offer
HST.

 

[IslandTractor]

Less weight = Better Fuel Mileage . Fuel is over $4/gallon now.

Plus it's easier to park and maneuver.

Personally, I'd with my CK20 had a flip over seat and the BH was closer to the tractor. I like a more compact tractor .... Maybe because I only have an acre of land.

The CK20 in standard form with a BH only uses about half a gallon per hour. How much do you think you would save by cutting up the subframe?

I'm not sure that changing the size from 17 feet to 15.5 feet would really make much of a difference with parking either.

I'd personally be looking at the BX24 if I really wanted/needed something smaller for an acre. Except in the loader department it is capable of pretty much everything the CK20TLB can manage and definitely is shorter/smaller. Comes with a flip over seat too.

 

[JoelD]

I may be wrong, but I think the BX24 loader is about half as strong as the ck20?

 

[IslandTractor]

I may be wrong, but I think the BX24 loader is about half as strong as the ck20?

Yep, that is why I pointed out that "except in the loader dept". No question if you need a strong loader then the CK20 is the way to go. But I would seriiously refigure how to go about doing the work with a BX24 before I started cutting up a perfectly good Woods BH or do stuff like relocating a fuel tank just to save a foot and a half of length on a CK20 TLB. Resale may not be a big consideration but I'd guess that modifying the BH or tractor would lower resale and pretty much exclude any trade in value as dealers wouldn't touch it.

 

[Gittyup]

If you are bent on really doing this......What if you raised the operator platform so that the seat is on top of the fuel tank? I just don't see where you might move the fuel tank and still be safe.

 

[dfkrug]

What if you raised the operator platform so that the seat is on top of the fuel tank?

The Kubota B2150 suffers from this fuel tank location, too. This photo is
of a b/h seat support modification so it clears the tank. For the CK20,
this could be done, and maybe a custom lower tank can be fabbed.

The CK20 is a very attractive CUT in that it is stoutly built, yet its half the
cost of a B21. It is nothing like a sub-CUT, like the BXs.

As for custom subframes, these can be made to be better than the factory-
built units.