DK35vince
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I run a 9' Western power angle front snow blade on my DK 35 with chains on all 4 tires.
Snow Kioti CK 35 HST ~ Is HLA 2000 72" or 84" Too Much For This Tractor
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Jody Marchand
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I have the backhoe on the back on my machine for ballast. Mines a CK not a DK. DK is a bigger stronger tractor.
DK35vince
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I tried running the backhoe on the back when plowing snow before and IMO it made it much worse to steer when plowing.
I never leave the backhoe on to plow.
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I've got the 7' (84") HLA plow and Aquiline MPC chains on rear only on my DK-40. Had it for three years, possibly 4- IIRC, this season, and it is excellent. No complaints. I usually have my backhoe on the rear, and that adds 1000#s of ballast, but last winter I had just my BB and was going to add ballast to it, but we had NO snow to speak of so I didn't do any real plowing.
I would go with the smaller plow for your rig, IMHO, the CK is less likely to get beat up by the heft of the lighter 72" plow. You won't be hurting either model plow- they are very heavy duty, and the crossover valve keeps the loader from being wracked by twisting forces; (which for your tractor's loader is no where near as strong, ( read resistant) to twisting forces encountered when plowing heavy wet snow as is the DK's loader.
Think about moving things with the FEL. The forces are mostly in lifting, and the DK-40 has significant capacity even over it's close cousin the DK-35, in lift capacity. More lift capacity via beefier loader arms, pistons, etc. The CK can't compare; that's not a bad thing- it's just a different machine. Consequently, the damage you could do by lateral twisting forces by slinging to big a plow could render your loader into dust; again just my opinion, but I can say I wracked my DK-35 loader, before I traded up to the DK-40 at about 350 hours and less than a year's use, through inexperience and pushing it too hard, and not even with a plow blade, just misuse of the loader.
YMMV.
Part of what I would suggest is tell us what your intended use is: home/farm use, or commercial? This will help us help you decide. You can't go wrong with the HLA plows- they're GREAT at doing the job!
I would go with the smaller plow for your rig, IMHO, the CK is less likely to get beat up by the heft of the lighter 72" plow. You won't be hurting either model plow- they are very heavy duty, and the crossover valve keeps the loader from being wracked by twisting forces; (which for your tractor's loader is no where near as strong, ( read resistant) to twisting forces encountered when plowing heavy wet snow as is the DK's loader.
Think about moving things with the FEL. The forces are mostly in lifting, and the DK-40 has significant capacity even over it's close cousin the DK-35, in lift capacity. More lift capacity via beefier loader arms, pistons, etc. The CK can't compare; that's not a bad thing- it's just a different machine. Consequently, the damage you could do by lateral twisting forces by slinging to big a plow could render your loader into dust; again just my opinion, but I can say I wracked my DK-35 loader, before I traded up to the DK-40 at about 350 hours and less than a year's use, through inexperience and pushing it too hard, and not even with a plow blade, just misuse of the loader.
YMMV.
Part of what I would suggest is tell us what your intended use is: home/farm use, or commercial? This will help us help you decide. You can't go wrong with the HLA plows- they're GREAT at doing the job!
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Jody Marchand
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Just using the blade for personal use to push the high snowbanks back after they build up from plowing with my truck. I have a used 84" HLA 2000 and I may trim it back to 72" to shed some weight.
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Sounds like a plan, trimming it down some.
GMIslander
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Cutting it down to 72" would save 35 lbs. according to the spec sheet, hardly worth the bother. Is it in good shape? do you want to sell it? Where in Novi do you live?
DK35vince
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Is the tractor having a problem handling the plow the way it is ??
I've been running a 108" front snow plow on my DK 35 with no problems.
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I haven't tried it on the tractor yet, just wanted people's opinion. If it's only 35 lbs of weight I'm shedding I think it's not worth cutting it back. Just think I will take it easy with it and not take too much of a bite of snow at a time. To be honest I'm hoping I never have to use it lol. Just want it as a backup in case my truck fails or something and to push back the odd big snow bank. Blade is in great shape so I wold hate to cut it back plus cutting it back I'm getting close to the Plow skid shoes.