Howdy from Northeast CT

[MattEverest]

Hi all

As a prospecting tractor owner, I found this site incredibly useful and now as an actual owner, I figured I’d register

2019 Kioti CK2610 I bought with 46 hours on the clock along with the 48” worksaver grapple and Woods pallet forks. A rear blade, rake and box blade are on the list but priority isn’t been decided yet.

Tractor also came with the mid PTO kit and both the shop and part manuals.

Looking forward to leaning more and maybe sharing something I’ve learned.

Thanks!

 

[Thomas]

:welcome: to TBN Matt...enjoy.

 

[BoylermanCT]

Congrats on the new tractor. With a mid PTO you could get a front snowblower. CT is due for a good winter, ever since I bought my rear snowblower 2 years ago we have had very little snow!

 

[Wagtail]

G'day Mate and welcome to TBN from Downunder.

Enjoy the site.

 

[The Deerslayer]

Welcome to TBN and congrats on your new tractor :thumbsup:
Like many of us, you will no doubt wonder how who went so long without one.

 

[shovelmike]

Congrats on the new tractor, nice to get one with such low hours, not even broken in yet. Welcome to TBN.

 

[TBN Support]

Thanks for joining!

:welcome:

 

[MattEverest]

Congrats on the new tractor. With a mid PTO you could get a front snowblower. CT is due for a good winter, ever since I bought my rear snowblower 2 years ago we have had very little snow!

That’s true. I’ve debated snowblower (one trick pony) vs a rear blade (multi/use) and the bucket for my snow setup

 

[BoylermanCT]

Get the best of both worlds. I have a plow on front and a blower on back. I can't do a front blower as I have no mid-PTO. You can get a front blower and a rear plow. Downside of a front blower is the cost, but you'll save on medical bills from not having to turn around to use a rear blower.

 

[dlctcg]

Matt Welcome... Congrats on the new tractor..

If I could afford a front blower (only have a rear PTO) it would be on my short list...

 

[MattEverest]

Haha you guys love your blowers. I live in CT - I bet we don’t average more than 4-5’ of snow per winter.

Coming from a 28” snowblower that takes me about 4 hours, Im going to see just how “rough”
It is with a tractor

 

[BoylermanCT]

I live on the NW side of CT, and we get 5-6' on average. I used to do my driveway in 2 hours with a 28" walk behind. Now it takes me 20-25 minutes. If we get 2" or less I use the plow. Anything more and I use the blower. Looking forward to getting a real storm of 12" to see how the blower does.

 

[dlctcg]

I live in in the NE of CT (near UCONN) & agree on the 5' average... I normally plow the drive (9' plow on a Superduty) but with a 1/2+ mile gravel drive with woods on both sides I would like to have a blower to push back the banks... The driveway can sometimes start to narrow.. & blowing back the banks would cut back on the icing from the melting & freezing... the drive is a big incline so it is an issue with icing... especially for the oil delivery trucks...

 

[The Deerslayer]

I live in in the NE of CT (near UCONN) & agree on the 5' average... I normally plow the drive (9' plow on a Superduty) but with a 1/2+ mile gravel drive with woods on both sides I would like to have a blower to push back the banks... The driveway can sometimes start to narrow.. & blowing back the banks would cut back on the icing from the melting & freezing... the drive is a big incline so it is an issue with icing... especially for the oil delivery trucks...

Also from the same area and agree. I have a long gravel driveway with horse fencing on both sides. It only took one significant snowfall to realize my rear blade and bucket alone were not going to be the most efficient way to remove the snow. The berms were too much, especially at the narrowest part of the driveway. Wasn't long before I bought the 3 pt. blower, and glad I did. Use the blade for anything under 6 to 8 inches, and the blower comes out for anything substantial or to bring the berms down after several storms.

 

[MattEverest]

Either of you guys willing to take a phone call or ride up to Stafford? I’ve got a leak at one of the hydraulics fittings on the loader and just don’t feel comfortable wrenching on it without some supervision. Dealer said just undo it and add some Teflon tape - I just don’t want to torque something the wrong way. Thanks in advance.

 

[dlctcg]

I saw your other post regarding this... If your still having issues with it let me know... your not very far from me..

Oh, & as others have mentioned, your dealer really shouldn't recommend Teflon tape for fittings ever... the only fittings that really should use a sealer are NPT (national pipe tread) fittings; I don't use it on any of the others.

 

[MattEverest]

I saw your other post regarding this... If your still having issues with it let me know... your not very far from me..

Oh, & as others have mentioned, your dealer really shouldn't recommend Teflon tape for fittings ever... the only fittings that really should use a sealer are NPT (national pipe tread) fittings; I don't use it on any of the others.

Thanks. Appreciate that. I’ll check in it today and see if I’ve got any leakage.