Kioti CK30 loader repair and reinforcement

[Highbeam]

I had a previous thread in this section tabout the loader failre with pictures of stress cracks leading away from the four corners of the cutout for the access door into the loader crossbrace. My tractor is under warranty and so I took it to the original selling dealer for him to fix it. He chose, with Kioti's apparent blessing, to repair and reinforce the cracks rather than just replacing the loader. This failure method seems to be occuring in the loaders for both CK30s and CK20s made by Kioti.

So I went and picked it up for some brush hog work yesterday. They were going to wait for a sunny day to paint the repair but I can paint as well as them so they let me pick it up earlier and gave me a can of primer and a can of Kioti orange.

The reinforcement is a bit redneck to me. It is stout as heck, I believe it was very effective and strengthening the loader but just looks a little out of place on a new curved boom tractor. The paint will help. The whole loader is stiffer and quieter. I looked for warpage and striaghtness just in case they managed to do the reinforcement with the loader out of square. They used an arc welder so even the welds look a little red neck but they look solid.

Tell me what you think. Function over form?

Also check out the new brushguard. I like that alot.

 

[Highbeam]

Another

 

[Highbeam]

Another one.

 

[Batche33]

She's not too pretty, but sure looks solid.

Paint her up and see what she looks like then.

 

[mrutkaus]

well...looks solid

i bet keeping the bolts tight wold have eliminated the problem, but as i mentioned previously, several of the bolts seem to strip easily. i think it is a kioti problem; if they had a good system for making that cover solid it would not stress IMHO.

mike

 

[JerryG]

It looks good and solid, but when you go to sell it you will take a hit.

 

[WileyKioti]

It looks... Rugged. I think paint will help a great deal though. I doubt you will have any more problems with it.

You might even clean it up with a little grinding before paint.

God Bless,
Dereck

CK 30 HST BB FEL rotary cutter

 

[ocaj11]

Looks like something my dad would do to his 70s model back hoe. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I'm sure it will be solid now. Once it's painted, it'll look better.

Another poor Kioti loader design. I guess they don't use loaders in South Korea???

 

[IslandTractor]

<font color="blue"> The reinforcement is a bit redneck to me. It is stout as heck </font>

Yeah but redneck is good when discussing tractors right? And stout would be the under statement of the day.

I have followed your orginal post and assumed they would reinforce the bottom of the cross support by welding a plate across the whole bottom and then match the original cut out. This is far stronger and actually stiffens the FEL considerably.

It is kinda funky looking but this is after all a tractor not some swishy boulevard cruiser. I say it looks like a badge of honor. Like a warrier with a facial scar.

If I were buying a used tractor with such a repair I'd look at it as one less thing that was likely to go wrong in the future. Wouldn't affect my estimate of what the tractor was worth at all.

Now, get out there and sic'em on some of those evil invading bushes on your property. You don't want your tractor to get out of shape.

 

[HODAK]

At least it sits level.......... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif.