It's official - joined the Kioti club with a DK40SEH!

[blurry]

After a year of borrowing the neighbors Mahindra 2615 I finally got my own I shopped all the brands, visited the dealers and settled with Kleis Equipment in Constantia NY - very nice folks to buy from. They were expecting one in when i purchased it, unfortunately it didn't make it. They went through the effort of finding one and getting to the shop. A+ for effort!

It's been a busy week so not much time on the new machine. From the little I've done it seems well refined, lots of power, and nightly comfy! If things weren't good enough, a buddy of mine was out at an auction today and picked up a like new Bush Hog rotary cutter for $300 - all smiles over here!

looking forward to being part of the club, lots to learn to day the least!

my girls were first ones on the tractor once it was unloaded. taking out the garbage

 

[airlynch]

Congratulations! Welcome to the pack

 

[murphy1244]

Welcome, seems they might let you use it if your nice...Is that your grapple in photo 3?

 

[Msamt]

Welcome to the pack! Nice tractor!

 

[blurry]

Welcome, seems they might let you use it if your nice...Is that your grapple in photo 3?

good eye, yes, that's an ETA 60" wicked root grapple

 

[k0ua]

Welcome to the pack!

 

[sdef]

Really nice tractor. However, it is wayyy too clean

 

[blurry]

You have some sticky soil! Looking good!

 

[jtygoku]

Nice. Looks like you got a good start on assembling a den of attachments. Be careful, it can turn into an addiction (take it from someone who knows).
Be sure to check and retighten all your loader nuts and bolts. It took me about 30 hours of use and 3 checking/tightening iterations before they now seem to all stay tight.

 

[sdef]

Nice. Looks like you got a good start on assembling a den of attachments. Be careful, it can turn into an addiction (take it from someone who knows).
Be sure to check and retighten all your loader nuts and bolts. It took me about 30 hours of use and 3 checking/tightening iterations before they now seem to all stay tight.

I am not impressed with the lock washers on my FEL frame mounting points and they seem cheaply made. I still have to check/re-tighten the bolts on a regular basis and have ruined a couple lock washers (spread them out) by trying to torque to mid point of specifications, even though I am over 100 hours. I have purchased grade 8 replacement lock washers for the next time I go through this, which will be within the next couple weeks.

However, my FEL is used for more than it is designed for by digging out lots of very large rocks and stumps. Plus I lost a C-clip for one of the FEL QA 1.18" pins at around 50 hours. But the pin has not moved a bit from its normal position, so all is well. I have not been able to find a replacement C-clip on-line, so have added it to my dealer list of parts to purchase.