THE KIOTI BANNER

williekioti · Jan 9, 2007

Nice machine Caver, now like Tom said, go get that think dirty.

And give us your report card.

IslandTractor · Jan 10, 2007

Welcome aboard Caver. Nice to see the ranks of 20ish hp machines continues to grow on TBN. You'll get a lot of work done with that TLB.

Oleozz · Jan 10, 2007

Very nice looking tractor, welcome to the site. I have a friend who has been looking at the 20's for his 12 acres, I will have to tell him about LB1915. He claims that the 20 fits him better than the 25 and he is a big guy.

mathey · Jan 10, 2007

wait, is there a LB1915 now?

or is there only a LB1914?

perpetuation of error?

Oleozz · Jan 10, 2007

I just looked at the Kioti web site and it is a LB 1914, maybe they are giving Carver an extra hp. with his!! Whatever, I still like the looks of them.

caver · Jan 10, 2007

hehehe oops I did type 1915 instead of 1914.
Tractor will not get much use until I get it over to my property.
I need to finish this horse barn the previous owner cobbled up so I can secure the tractor. A neighboring property owner said I could keep any stuff at his place but it will be stored outside.
I was going to dig a stump out in my front yard (I live in a subdivision) but the buried locater service shows a water line running right along the edge of where I need to dig.....and it's my water line.

Thanks for the welcoming messages.

IslandTractor · Jan 10, 2007

caver said:
I was going to dig a stump out in my front yard (I live in a subdivision) but the buried locater service shows a water line running right along the edge of where I need to dig.....and it's my water line.

One of the first backhoe projects I tackled was to help a neighbor out by digging next to his house to expose some water pipes. He marked the area for me and I dug carefully. Unfortunately, his markings were about six inches off and I "dug" right into his main. Amazing how quickly a 4x4x4 hole can turn into a mud swamp. Luckily, he is the manager of the neighborhood water association so he quickly shut off the service at the street. I then bailed the water out with the BH bucket and he fixed it up. Break in water main to restored service took about 45 minutes. Not bad.

williekioti · Jan 11, 2007

Yup, dig ccaarrrefuullllly till you get a feel for 'er and the nearby hazards. When I was digging a trench last year for my new OWB's water lines/electric I hooked my well supply line(3/4" black plastic) with my neighbor's Woods 9000 BH attached to a TC35A. I was really amazed how much force it took w/o breaking anything, whew!! Had a couple beverages, and resumed in a more cautious digging manner.

tf116 · Jan 12, 2007

Congrats Caver!, hope that you have a lot of fun with your new toy.....by the way, you just can't keep them clean!!......Mike

CBB · Jan 29, 2007

IslandTractor said:
One of the first backhoe projects I tackled was to help a neighbor out by digging next to his house to expose some water pipes. He marked the area for me and I dug carefully. Unfortunately, his markings were about six inches off and I "dug" right into his main. Amazing how quickly a 4x4x4 hole can turn into a mud swamp. Luckily, he is the manager of the neighborhood water association so he quickly shut off the service at the street. I then bailed the water out with the BH bucket and he fixed it up. Break in water main to restored service took about 45 minutes. Not bad.

That sounds precariously close to a nightmare. Glad it worked out for you but that was close to some major trouble.