I'm the guy who couldn't decide, done now.

HODAK · Mar 5, 2005

I\'m the guy who couldn\'t decide, done now.

WOW, really liked the CK30 , nice people at the dealer too. There was a New Holland TC33 that I wanted to check out that was on Ebay. It was at the Kioti dealer and was a recent trade with low hours, but not hydro. Sat on the CK30, nice - real nice. As soon as I sell the ford, I will be back to buy the Kioti. They are both great machines, but the Kioti's price with FEL would be tough to beat. A strong looking tractor.

GerardC · Mar 5, 2005

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Glad to hear you made up your mind.
What happened to you is what happened to me (and I'm sure many, many others). As soon as I saw and tried out my CK20, the search was over. You just can't beat what your getting for the price, i.e. fit/finish, standard vs. options etc. Keep us posted. Gerard

albmn10 · Mar 5, 2005

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Hello Hodak, Looks like we both went to the Kioti dealers today and had the same results.. hehe One of the kioti dealers i went to use to sell both kioti and New Holland but dropped the New Holland line because he was selling 4 kiotis to every 1 New Holland. Also just to let you know, several of the Kioti dealers sell the Woods attachments with the kiotis. I was looking for a loader with more lift capacity then the k130 standard ck30 loader. I ended up ordering the woods 1012 loader which was a beast... It lifts at least 1375lbs to the pivot, probably more and has more breakout strenth then even the Kubotas big 723 loader. The woods 1012 was rated at 3020lbs to the 2605lbs of the kubota L series 723. I dont think too many people realize this option for the Ck30... Matt

Steve_Miller · Mar 5, 2005

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Congrats to both and welcome to the pack. How many sleepless nights til delivery day?

Steve

KiotiJohn · Mar 5, 2005

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Hodak and albmn10 you've both made great choices. Hodak, hurry up and sell that Ford, we need more pictures of people on their CK30s! I love the action shots, really doing something.
My dealer also sells a lot of Woods loaders and backhoes for the Kioti line. I know that the backhoe subframes I've seen (for DK45) were superior to the Kioti subframe I have. They're made differently, and don't have the support bars that loosen up so much as the Kioti ones do. I think they're well worth the money. John

DK35vince · Mar 5, 2005

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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( They're made differently, and don't have the support bars that loosen up so much as the Kioti ones do. )</font>

Weld those bars fast and they loosen no more !! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Dirtnut · Mar 5, 2005

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i have the 1012 woods fel on my lk3054 66" bucket quick tach and this loader is realy powerful no problem filling the bucket on this one.