SMorris,
Congrats on your purchase!
Chat with your Kioti dealer about a major issue with the backhoe, specifically the rear mounting bracket and the associated mounting hardware. Currently the rear main bracket is an "L" shape that mounts both to the underside of the rear axle housing as well as to the bolt bosses for the PTO shield. Kioti is having a problem with that bracket angle being welded obtuse to the mounting angle. It's not sitting flush to both plains leaving a gap between the pto boss surface and the bracket. The bolt package for the bracket is also wrong. The bolts are not long enough. Kioti didnt take into account the thickness of the bracket when sizing the length of the bolts in the mounting kit.
Without divulging too much info, I found this information out painfully hard.
Currently, Kioti is having some computer issues with the regen system. Apparently, with the 2018 model, there is a CPU change for the emissions program causing the computer to think a regen is necessary when it's not. It forces the motor into limp mode until you manually regen. My tech is working with corporate on this issue. My machine went into limp mode 4 times by 40 hours and it wouldn't correct until i performed a manual regen at 40 minutes each time.
Regardless of hiccups, the NX is a nice tractor line.
Steve
