Looking at a used 2007 CK20- good deal?

[Gittyup]

Some like to argue over split hairs while standing on a mountain of a mole hill.

 

[Dargo]

Some like to argue over split hairs while standing on a mountain of a mole hill.

Yeah, and your point?

Okay, okay, guilty. Really, if you read my posts, I'm a tightwad and just wanted to save the OP some money. K?

 

[Dmace]

Since you were rather rude, I'll just flat tell you; you don't know squat.

There is nothing rude in that quote, if anything YOU are the only rude one here and that is common place since YOU like to come to this area and start arguments just for arguing sake. Your avatar is quite fitting since all you do is beat a dead horse...

I've built many high performance diesel and gasoline engines and when you put them on a brake dyno you see exactly what I explained. The second a decent load is applied to that gas engine, the power drops exponentially. That equivalent diesel engine will continue much longer producing that power until slowly falling off due to the load. Comparing the HP of a gas lawn mower to a diesel CUT proves nothing.

 

[Dargo]

There is nothing rude in that quote, if anything YOU are the only rude one here and that is common place since YOU like to come to this area and start arguments just for arguing sake. Your avatar is quite fitting since all you do is beat a dead horse...

I've built many high performance diesel and gasoline engines and when you put them on a brake dyno you see exactly what I explained. The second a decent load is applied to that gas engine, the power drops exponentially. That equivalent diesel engine will continue much longer producing that power until slowly falling off due to the load. Comparing the HP of a gas lawn mower to a diesel CUT proves nothing.

In your words, WRONG! I collect and restore muscle cars. I'm more than familiar with an internal combustion engine. I've probably dyno'd more engines than you've seen. I also have a pickup I drive every day, diesel, that runs the quarter in the low 14 second range even weighing 8100 pounds. I've dyno'd numerous diesel pickups and have been present with probably over 100 others being dyno'd.

I'd give you the mathematical calculations for figuring torque but, clearly, it would mean nothing to you. A dyno doesn't know if it's a gas, nitromethane or diesel turning it. It just turns out what it reads. Your position holds absolutely no water and is baseless. Sorry to be blunt to you, but you clearly don't get it. You picked the wrong guy to BS on this matter.

 

[Dargo]

Yeah, Dargo does harbor a secret wish to own a big Kioti and gets cranky whenever he visits here and realizes he doesn't have one mostly because his local dealer was a dork. He is now forced to live vicariously through his daughter who owns a sweet new Kia Sorento. Maybe she should let him drive it occasionally.:thumbsup:

True. I'm waiting for something over the 90 hp to come out and I'll likely be all over it even if I have to drive a distance to a good dealer like Wallace. My daughter will let me drive her great Korean car...to the gas station to fill the tank for her.

 

[Mike476]

Tough crowd you Kioti guys. :laughing:

Josh61513, nothing wrong with a 22hp gas tractor, my wife and daughter get a lot of work done with it. :thumbsup:

As far as gassers go, that 135 in the picture had no problem hauling 16 foot white pine log, 22 inch butt out of the woods at idle in low gear, did make the front end a little light at times though

 

[RPMWFO]

Well- pulled the trigger on the used CK20. Got the price down to $14K. Negotiated a 2 additional years of warranty coverage after the factory warranty runs out next July. So should be covered until July 2013.

Tractor has the new loader. Tractor looks new- same as the other ones he had on the lot.

While walking around the dealer's yard, saw a huge stack of metal tractor shipping crates. I was talking to the owner and he said some of his employees have used them to frame up low cost machine sheds. Said he would throw in enough for me to frame up a shed to store the tractor if I bought it. Seemed like a good idea.

Maybe not a screaming deal, but I think the machine is in great shape and the additional warranty coverage makes me sleep easier over this purchase.

Thanks for the help. Now on to getting the rear mower hooked up to clean up for the holiday weekend BBQ!

 

[Dmace]

Well- pulled the trigger on the used CK20.

With all those attachments and the extra warranty, you made out pretty good. :thumbsup:
Congrats on the purchase and Welcome to the Pack!