Boulter
Member
Hi:
I'm new here and exploring 35SE vs 40SE. I am interested in hearing your thoughts on these "important differences".
Also what about the loader capacity, sure double the weight, but it is only about 10% on a volume basis. I am mostly interested in transporting rock, so depending on the physical properties of rock (ie density and packing efficiency), the two loaders might effectively be equivalent for this purpose if a loader full of rock is < 1500 lb. Can anyone comment on my analysis?
I am also curious as to how well rock rakes work on the loader. I have about 3 acres of field that I'd like to condition and I am in rock country. Can I expect to run along with the tines 12 inches underground and pry up 100 pound plus rocks to the surface, or is this wildly beyond the scope of the impliment. Maybe this is really a backhoe problem. This is not academic, I have turned up 3 hundred pounders in 100 square feet of this field by hand digging. Maybe this is the application that says "get the 40SE".
I'll probably have other questions as time goes by.
Yours, an ignorant (former) city kid,
Boulter
IslandTractor said:I'm late to this conversation. For me the DK40se was as much power as I needed. In fact I would have bought the DK35se if I could have gotten the KL401 loader with it (though I've learned since then there are some more important differences besides horsepower and loader between the DK35se and the 40/45se).
I'm new here and exploring 35SE vs 40SE. I am interested in hearing your thoughts on these "important differences".
Also what about the loader capacity, sure double the weight, but it is only about 10% on a volume basis. I am mostly interested in transporting rock, so depending on the physical properties of rock (ie density and packing efficiency), the two loaders might effectively be equivalent for this purpose if a loader full of rock is < 1500 lb. Can anyone comment on my analysis?
I am also curious as to how well rock rakes work on the loader. I have about 3 acres of field that I'd like to condition and I am in rock country. Can I expect to run along with the tines 12 inches underground and pry up 100 pound plus rocks to the surface, or is this wildly beyond the scope of the impliment. Maybe this is really a backhoe problem. This is not academic, I have turned up 3 hundred pounders in 100 square feet of this field by hand digging. Maybe this is the application that says "get the 40SE".
I'll probably have other questions as time goes by.
Yours, an ignorant (former) city kid,
Boulter