lowechj
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I have owned a 2017 Kioti CK3510SEHC for about a year now, just rolled over 150 hrs. Before that I owned a JD 2530 (2006).I wanted a cab model for the winter, looked at a Kubota B2650, Mahindra 2538 before even looking at a Kioti. I ruled out the Mahindra, was more money didn't have the telescopic lower arms, after fighting with installing a rear blower on my JD for years I wanted the ease of telescopic arms.
The Kubota B2650 was less than the Mahindra 2538 and more refined but I just didn't like the single HST peddle that Kubota uses. Then a friend who owns a larger Kioti suggested that I look at one. The Kioti was within a few hundred dollars in price of the B2650 but the specs were better, a better match would be the B3350 but the cost was about $5000 more over the Kioti for essentially just more hp.
I have not had a problem with the Kioti in the year, when I first owed it did about 3 regenerative processes then after watching a You Tube video from a Kioti dealer I upped the rpms while operating, and the " regen " process intervals have increased. Are they a pain, sure I would rather not have them, but it has never been a great inconvience. At the time the Mahindra dealer mentioned the 1600 series was coming out but I didn't want to go another winter freezing my rear end off. In looking online the 1600 has the same HST peddle set up as the Kubota so it is a moot point now. My friend who suggested Kioti just traded his for a new one a NX6010, his old Kioti had over 3500 hrs more than I will ever put on with very few issues, new glow plugs and some kind of sensor replaced under warranty.
Hopefully my CK3510 will be as trouble free, plus my dealer is about 20 min away. So if it helps don't worry about the regen system and if I were to choose it would be the Kioti over the Mahindra 1635
The Kubota B2650 was less than the Mahindra 2538 and more refined but I just didn't like the single HST peddle that Kubota uses. Then a friend who owns a larger Kioti suggested that I look at one. The Kioti was within a few hundred dollars in price of the B2650 but the specs were better, a better match would be the B3350 but the cost was about $5000 more over the Kioti for essentially just more hp.
I have not had a problem with the Kioti in the year, when I first owed it did about 3 regenerative processes then after watching a You Tube video from a Kioti dealer I upped the rpms while operating, and the " regen " process intervals have increased. Are they a pain, sure I would rather not have them, but it has never been a great inconvience. At the time the Mahindra dealer mentioned the 1600 series was coming out but I didn't want to go another winter freezing my rear end off. In looking online the 1600 has the same HST peddle set up as the Kubota so it is a moot point now. My friend who suggested Kioti just traded his for a new one a NX6010, his old Kioti had over 3500 hrs more than I will ever put on with very few issues, new glow plugs and some kind of sensor replaced under warranty.
Hopefully my CK3510 will be as trouble free, plus my dealer is about 20 min away. So if it helps don't worry about the regen system and if I were to choose it would be the Kioti over the Mahindra 1635
