Some differences we noticed between the KL2610 and the KL4010 Loaders.

[Grateful11]

We went to open house at West End Sales in Vale, NC Saturday. Our son is thinking about buying a CK2610HST. We were wondering why a lighter weight loader was rated at lifting about 580 lbs. more. Actually my wife noticed where she thought the weight difference came in at and I think I agree with her. It may be the bolted on mounting brackets. The mounting bracket uprights on the KL2610 look to be almost and 1" thick, probably 25mm and the uprights on the KL4030 were somewhere between 5/8 and 3/4" probably 18mm. The KL2610 weighs 915-928 lbs. (415-421 kg) with bucket and the KL4010 weighs 840 lbs. (381 kg) with bucket according to Kioti. The mounting brackets actually looked beefier made on the KL2610 than the larger loaders but no actual proof that.

One thing we did notice is that none of these loaders have a load distributing bar going from the bottom of the mounts to the rear of the tractor like the L3940. I hope the engineers have all this figured out. The std. L series Kubota's doesn't have the bar either at least up to the L3901. The holes are there but I assume they're there for a backhoe subframe on the smaller tractors.

KL2610

KL4010

 

[CMV]

What spec are you comparing to say 2610 smaller loader can lift more than 4010 larger loader?

Every spec seems to favor KL4010 > KL2610. 1252 to 1835 lbs max height at pins stands out as 4010 being able to lift 50% more than 2610?

 

[Grateful11]

I didn't say the KL2610 would lift more, I said the KL2610 weighs more. The "lighter weight loader" was in reference that the KL4000 series loaders weighs less. I might could have worded it a bit better ;-)

Kioti list a KL4010 and KL4030 specs that are nearly identical and yes it claims it will lift over 1800 lbs. at the pivot pins. The reason I brought it up is one person on here got the KL4010 put on a CK2610. The dealer my son is working and the district rep that was there Saturday do not want to put that loader in the CK2610. The only reason I posted this was there's been some question on the forum and other places about putting the larger loader on the CK2610. This is just some observations we made and were trying to figure out why the KL2610 loader weighs more than the KL4010 or KL4030.

 

[CMV]

Oh....I misunderstood.

 

[mmecsics]

I tried to get my new CK2610 with the bigger loader, and my dealer and the area sales rep said no also. Told me warranty would be void....

 

[marchanna]

It could be lighter due to the grade of steel used. Some steels have yield strength of over 150ksi compared to others that have only 30-40. Theoretically the higher ones can still have twice as much strength while weighing half as much.

 

[Valkyrie Rider]

I looked into getting the 4010 or 4030 loader on my 2610 and got different answers from different dealers. Also price ranges from over $1000 more to same price depending on dealer.

None of the four dealers I talked to would promise I wouldn’t have warranty issues since the 4010/4030 loaders isn’t a factory approved pairing with the ck2610 tractor.

 

[Freep]

The KL 4030 loader should now be available on CK 2610s. See a recent post I made to this forum. The recent CK series brochures indicate this to be the case, and my dealer called Kioti to confirm. It may take a little while to roll out, but it seems to be officially in the works.