DK 45 dig any better than LK3054?

[jwcinpk]

Well it will soon be time to return the borrowed LK3054 to my dad's friend and it leaves a big hole in me. So my question. I am considering buying a medium sized 4 wheel drive tractor with a backhoe and just wondered is the DK 45 gonna have any more digging power than the little LK?

 

[DieselD]

It all depends on how well you can operate the sticks. I think the 3054 can dig real well, It also depends on which hoe, bucket size for what dirt,and even to what hydro fluid & speed your digging at.
Alot of the Kioti hoes are shipped with 10-30 motor oil in them, you'll gain speed & power with sudt. Was the machine weighted. I really like the DK35s.
But it all goes back to. Ground type ,bucket size and the weight of the machine. Don't think you'll keep pulling full buckets up & out like a Ind Hoe.
Danny

 

[jwcinpk]

Actually I was impressed with the way the 3054 digs. It will pull full buckets of about anything up most of the time if you work at it. It just didn't seem to have the power to pull up stumps and dig through sandrock. I know that's to be expected. I just wondered if the DK 45 was gonna have any more power for stuff like that. Anything smaller than a 45 and when I bale hay on a slope it's got a better chance of getting ugly.

 

[R_squared]

Your question raised an interesting point. The total pump flow on the 3054 was 7 gpm - it does not have power steering. The total pump flow on a DK45 was 13.18 gpm, where 8.24 gpm was for the main hydraulics. According to those specs, the DK45 would have the edge. Looking at the manufactures web site today, I noticed that the total pump flow for a DK45 has increased to 14.2 gpm, where 9.9 gpm is the main hydraulic flow. This is a 17% increase over the old spec. The 3-point lift capacity has also increased to 2987 lbs. By the way, this 3-point capacity is better than the new DK55's capacity. Sound right? The pump flow for the 3054 has increased to 8 gpm. The difference between pump capacities on a DK45 and a 3054 is now 1.9 gpm. Did Kioti actually improve the hydraulic system, or are they playing creative spec wars? Knowing the actual pump flows will help you in your decision making process. Hopefully someone can shed some additional light on the subject. The retailer web sites still have the old specs listed. I'm a married man, so my wife won't let a 'hoe' in the house. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif