new to me... 2009 Dk50 hst with 80" pronovost.. 650hrs

[k0ua]

LOL. . Not enough for me... last year we had record snowfalls in the maritimes... hopefully this year will be the same.. make that kioti earn it's pay.. :0) we had 2 decent snowfalls this year but the temps go up and down so lots of melt. Wait a month and I'll show you snow. .. haha

We haven't had our first one down here yet.. I hate the stuff.

 

[Coyote machine]

This is the way it looks in my yard with the blower.. think it looks decent for a 2009. What you guys think.. OK buy?

Not sure, can't really see all the details from here. If you could park it in my dooryard, under the big pine tree with all the lights, before the 25th of this month I'd be glad to put her through her paces for 'ya!:cool2:

BTW, make sure you ONLY run ULSD, ultra low sulfur diesel, ( off road diesel) in that rig, we just had an experience with a new Kioti owner who was using home heating oil, in NH, where they don't yet regulate the sulfur content, and his tractor was giving him some smoking issues as a result.
And with the ranges, if you're going uphill as you described in high, for instance, the pedal and hand throttle will regulate your ground speed BUT the transmission will not downshift, AND you can't shift on the fly- there's no synchromesh. If you loose enough momentum you will have to stop the tractor to shift into medium.

As far as the stop knobs for the levers it makes sense that one would want to stop the blower from getting too close to the windscreen. I would consider leaving them there always and getting another pair to put below the levers so you can set the depth for tilling, bush hogging, etc.

 

[johny54]

Not sure, can't really see all the details from here. If you could park it in my dooryard, under the big pine tree with all the lights, before the 25th of this month I'd be glad to put her through her paces for 'ya!:cool2:

BTW, make sure you ONLY run ULSD, ultra low sulfur diesel, ( off road diesel) in that rig, we just had an experience with a new Kioti owner who was using home heating oil, in NH, where they don't yet regulate the sulfur content, and his tractor was giving him some smoking issues as a result.
And with the ranges, if you're going uphill as you described in high, for instance, the pedal and hand throttle will regulate your ground speed BUT the transmission will not downshift, AND you can't shift on the fly- there's no synchromesh. If you loose enough momentum you will have to stop the tractor to shift into medium.

As far as the stop knobs for the levers it makes sense that one would want to stop the blower from getting too close to the windscreen. I would consider leaving them there always and getting another pair to put below the levers so you can set the depth for tilling, bush hogging, etc.

Ouff.. I don't think you guy's use diesel like we do down here in Canada. . :0) we have it at the pump... lol if it's good for car's it's good for the kioti. Home heating oil comes in a truck to your house.. wouldn't know how to get it... haha

Diesel should be good unless I use the wrong pump..

And you are correct for the locks.. just making sure nothing goes to high. I can always get 2 more like you said.. the lowering knob was less on the stiff side today.. I think it was a tad cold

Don't think I can drop it off to you as this counts for my next 25 Christmas gifts... haha

 

[DK35vince]

Ouff.. I don't think you guy's use diesel like we do down here in Canada. . :0) we have it at the pump... lol if it's good for car's it's good for the kioti. Home heating oil comes in a truck to your house.. wouldn't know how to get it... haha

Diesel should be good unless I use the wrong pump..

And you are correct for the locks.. just making sure nothing goes to high. I can always get 2 more like you said.. the lowering knob was less on the stiff side today.. I think it was a tad cold

Don't think I can drop it off to you as this counts for my next 25 Christmas gifts... haha

Your 2009 shouldn't have a problem with higher sulfur fuel. That may be a newer tractor with all the pollution control stuff issue.
I know on my 2001 DK 35 I have run high sulfur off road fuel and low sulfur fuel and it makes no difference

 

[Coyote machine]

It is a 2014 model according to the OP. Here's the link: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kioti-owning-operating/348534-blue-smoke-cold-start-cold.html

See last few pages where the OP comes to realize he was using high sulfur content home heating oil, (in NH they haven't converted to ULSD, yet).

 

[johny54]

It is a 2014 model according to the OP. Here's the link: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kioti-owning-operating/348534-blue-smoke-cold-start-cold.html

See last few pages where the OP comes to realize he was using high sulfur content home heating oil, (in NH they haven't converted to ULSD, yet).

Ya that would be a no no.. like I said we have diesel at the pumps here.. used for car's and trucks and my kioti now.. :0)

Lot's of diesel stuff up here

 

[Coyote machine]

Ya mate, here in the States we have 'off road diesel', which has a dye in it, so if caught by the Po-Po one get's a big fine for using untaxed fuel on the road. Then there's taxed diesel, like you buy at the pump for on road use, and home heating oil, for guess what?
There seems to be some confusion over in NH about ULSD and other diesel, so I was just mentioning to be sure you use off road or whatever the Canadiens require up north of me.:thumbsup:

 

[johny54]

Ya mate, here in the States we have 'off road diesel', which has a dye in it, so if caught by the Po-Po one get's a big fine for using untaxed fuel on the road. Then there's taxed diesel, like you buy at the pump for on road use, and home heating oil, for guess what?
There seems to be some confusion over in NH about ULSD and other diesel, so I was just mentioning to be sure you use off road or whatever the Canadiens require up north of me.:thumbsup:

Don't get me wrong.. apreciate all the info I can get. Up here home oil is home oil.. get it delivered. Diesel is at the pump is for car's. . Etc.. all is taxed.. haha wouldn't know where to get anything else..

Gets cold up here. Right now it's 6 with the wind it's 0 Fahrenheit. . Love snow.. hate the cold..

 

[George2615]

Don't get me wrong.. apreciate all the info I can get. Up here home oil is home oil.. get it delivered. Diesel is at the pump is for car's. . Etc.. all is taxed.. haha wouldn't know where to get anything else..

Gets cold up here. Right now it's 6 with the wind it's 0 Fahrenheit. . Love snow.. hate the cold..

Johny, Try to find out whether the diesel available in your area is ULSD, LSD, or high sulfur. As Coyote mentioned there are some states down here that still have not switched to ULSD. Your DK50 owners manual should list the required fuel. ULSD has been the only diesel available in my State for many years. I have tanks for home heating oil and one for my tractor. Our delivered HHO is #2 diesel ULSD (15PPM or less) and has been used in my tractors for years.

 

[johny54]

Johny, Try to find out whether the diesel available in your area is ULSD, LSD, or high sulfur. As Coyote mentioned there are some states down here that still have not switched to ULSD. Your DK50 owners manual should list the required fuel. ULSD has been the only diesel available in my State for many years. I have tanks for home heating oil and one for my tractor. Our delivered HHO is #2 diesel ULSD (15PPM or less) and has been used in my tractors for years.

Regulations down here are bit different.. home heating oil and diesel oil are just not in same class.. we can get it but no one adds it to their cars or etc. .. what we have at the pump is what we get for everything that has an engine.. :0) some will use home heating oil but it's probably 1%..

Here's the Canada diesel info.



What is ultra low sulphur diesel fuel?*
Ultra low sulphur diesel fuel (ULSD) is fuel that contains less than 15 parts per million sulphur. It is usually used for both on-road and off-road applications. Since Oct. 1, 2010, all on-road and off-road diesel fuel in Canada, except for rail and marine applications, must be ULSD.

What is regular sulphur diesel fuel?*
Regular sulphur diesel fuel (RSD) is fuel used for off-road applications such as rail and marine only. As of Oct. 1, 2010, regular sulphur diesel fuel must contain less than 500 parts per million (0.05 wt %) sulphur.

 

[seacap04]

Johny, You will love that DK50. I have an 07 DK45 HST. Bought it with 650 hrs and just turned 1200. Live across the bay from you In Maine. Yeah we had a winter last year. I have a 7 foot snow plow with 2 foot wings on both sides. Late last winter with at most a 4 inch snowfall I would use High range in areas I knew would be smooth with no obstructions. If you are on pavement as you stated, the blower able to clear itself of snow, and tractor not bogging down I would use High range. A tip about this site, used the Google advance search top of page to the right to do searches.

Just was in your beautiful neck of the woods. Delivered a boat to Yarmonth for one of your fellow country men. Then drove all around Fundy back to Maine. Outstanding drive. Welcome to TBN

 

[johny54]

Johny, You will love that DK50. I have an 07 DK45 HST. Bought it with 650 hrs and just turned 1200. Live across the bay from you In Maine. Yeah we had a winter last year. I have a 7 foot snow plow with 2 foot wings on both sides. Late last winter with at most a 4 inch snowfall I would use High range in areas I knew would be smooth with no obstructions. If you are on pavement as you stated, the blower able to clear itself of snow, and tractor not bogging down I would use High range. A tip about this site, used the Google advance search top of page to the right to do searches.

Just was in your beautiful neck of the woods. Delivered a boat to Yarmonth for one of your fellow country men. Then drove all around Fundy back to Maine. Outstanding drive. Welcome to TBN

I'm glad you had a nice trip.. nice things to see up this way if you like the ocean and views.. cold tho.. :0)

Glad to see you like your DK. . I haven't had the chance to do much with it.. to be honest I was stressing a bit.. with the dash lights acting up when I shifted had me thinking about tranny problems.. :0) saw that there's a lot that do the same so that got me feel better.. tried the fix they posted and all looked to be working but I think it just runs better when hot.. it's been below 0 and me think everything is a bit cranky.. haha once I use it a bit I know stress will go down.. I drove it.. liked it.. and everything sounded good so I should just have a beer and chill..

 

[k0ua]

I'm glad you had a nice trip.. nice things to see up this way if you like the ocean and views.. cold tho.. :0)

Glad to see you like your DK. . I haven't had the chance to do much with it.. to be honest I was stressing a bit.. with the dash lights acting up when I shifted had me thinking about tranny problems.. :0) saw that there's a lot that do the same so that got me feel better.. tried the fix they posted and all looked to be working but I think it just runs better when hot.. it's been below 0 and me think everything is a bit cranky.. haha once I use it a bit I know stress will go down.. I drove it.. liked it.. and everything sounded good so I should just have a beer and chill..

My Cruise module was replaced under warranty. When below 20 degrees F it would act up and not display which gear it was in. It worked fine when above 20. Mine would also start in gear when it was having this low temp problem. New module fixed this problem.. It took less than 5 minutes to change out the module. It is just below your left foot as you sit on the seat. The low temperature problem on the older cruise units is a know issue for about 20 percent of the tractors, so I was told. If you problem goes away when it warms up you will know. Also sometimes the Potentiometer attached to a bellcrank on the Range shift lever has been know to fail. One of the members replaced his and sent me his old one for analysis. Yes it was defective.. I threw it away about a month ago.

 

[johny54]

My Cruise module was replaced under warranty. When below 20 degrees F it would act up and not display which gear it was in. It worked fine when above 20. Mine would also start in gear when it was having this low temp problem. New module fixed this problem.. It took less than 5 minutes to change out the module. It is just below your left foot as you sit on the seat. The low temperature problem on the older cruise units is a know issue for about 20 percent of the tractors, so I was told. If you problem goes away when it warms up you will know. Also sometimes the Potentiometer attached to a bellcrank on the Range shift lever has been know to fail. One of the members replaced his and sent me his old one for analysis. Yes it was defective.. I threw it away about a month ago.

Thanks for the note!!

Today it's a bit colder and I went to try it... runs great but when in medium the dash showed "N" didn't use it long enough to know if it worked better when it got warmer but I know I will have to change something.. not really a big deal since I know what gear I'm in and with HST I don't really need to change anything once I go but I just bugs me.. lol wonder what the cost is on those

 

[Coyote machine]

Thanks for the note!!

Today it's a bit colder and I went to try it... runs great but when in medium the dash showed "N" didn't use it long enough to know if it worked better when it got warmer but I know I will have to change something.. not really a big deal since I know what gear I'm in and with HST I don't really need to change anything once I go but I just bugs me.. lol wonder what the cost is on those

I've got to bet they are not a cheap unit to replace, since a lot of things run through that module, PTO switch sensing, range sensing and of course, cruise control.

I wonder when you ran the reset procedure did you do it with the tractor OFF, but in accessories position or whichever position it requires, (except not running)? I did the sequence and for the most part it has been fine since, but did notice recently it was acting up again.....
You can look up the part and price/availability at MIE, Michigan Iron & Equipment, an excellent Kioti dealer/approved advertiser here on TBN.:thumbsup:

 

[johny54]

I've got to bet they are not a cheap unit to replace, since a lot of things run through that module, PTO switch sensing, range sensing and of course, cruise control.

I wonder when you ran the reset procedure did you do it with the tractor OFF, but in accessories position or whichever position it requires, (except not running)? I did the sequence and for the most part it has been fine since, but did notice recently it was acting up again.....
You can look up the part and price/availability at MIE, Michigan Iron & Equipment, an excellent Kioti dealer/approved advertiser here on TBN.:thumbsup:

I did find the cruise control online for 250$.. not so bad.. also found out what the problem was with the loader.. and the metal brackets are 40$ a piece so not so bad if I decide to change them.. I figure for the winter I will keep and eye on then and make sure not to back drag..

I did do the sequence with the tractor not running.. I might have missed a couple of steps when I was doing it.. I do think it's just a bad part.. I will try to change the wire under the shift.. not to sure what it's called but I can find it.. think someone had that fixed and it solved it..

I still know what gear I'm on.. when it annoys me enough I'll fix it for good.. :0)