What features or improvements do you wish your Kioti had?

   / What features or improvements do you wish your Kioti had? #1  

CanadianMike

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Kioti DK40SE HST Cab
Seeing the improvements Kioti has made to the new NX series tractors made me remember all the bells and whistles that I decided that I could live without to get the deal I did on my DK.

Features I now wish I had from the factory:
- e-pto/1000rmp pto
- better suspension seat
- HST throttle advance
- loader 3rd function
- front fenders
- increase/decrease/resume on cruise control
- better toolbox/better storage (under the seat or in the floor?)
- electronic brake controller
- signal lights mounted higher (can't see with most implements attached)
- protection for roof lights (NX now mounts them below the roof line)
- better placed antenna (put it on a pillar, not the roof)
- fill fuel from ground level, I hate the filler on hood
- external rear pto disable

I understand from a business point of view that adding unecessary "frills" infringes on price point, so I would pay extra for all but the last 5.

What features do you wish your machine had?
 
   / What features or improvements do you wish your Kioti had? #2  
I'd like better dealer/company support, cheaper workshop manuals.
 
   / What features or improvements do you wish your Kioti had? #3  
This question should be coming from Kioti, not their customers
 
   / What features or improvements do you wish your Kioti had? #4  
About 3 or 4 more inches of leg room.
 
   / What features or improvements do you wish your Kioti had? #5  
Factory installed buddy seat on all cab tractors 40hp and above.I would like to see a factory air ride seat option.Pics of my after market fenders made my Michigan Iron & Equipment.
 

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   / What features or improvements do you wish your Kioti had? #6  
Better placement of key and hazard switches on CK series. Better signal light placement. Rig the SMV so you don't have to turn it upside down to put in a worklight in the factory drilled holes. Switch the clutch and brake pedals around. Those are the big ones.

I know the CK is economy, but an independent PTO wouldn't hurt.

Factory installed 3rd function loader option would be nice too, instead of only aftermarket options.
 
   / What features or improvements do you wish your Kioti had? #7  
Ck 35 hst.
Put the parking brake where it belongs.
I always engage the parking brake every time I get off the machine engine running or not. I feel it is good safe practice,only takes a second to set and only takes a second for things to go wrong. After a few months of bending over my back told me to extend the brake handle.
 

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   / What features or improvements do you wish your Kioti had? #8  
One thing the engineers tend to forget is the ease of getting on and off the tractor. This morning through the gate, picking up brush, picking up fire wood and fueling up I probably was on/off 10 to 15 times. Those little things like brake lever, light switch, ignition, hyd lever, etc are very important, at least to me.
 
   / What features or improvements do you wish your Kioti had? #9  
One thing the engineers tend to forget is the ease of getting on and off the tractor.
I don't think they've come to grips with how compact and sub-compact tractors are used. We don't get in the seat and spend 8-10 hours there. Getting on and off is major for us.
 
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I don't think they've come to grips with how compact and sub-compact tractors are used. We don't get in the seat and spend 8-10 hours there. Getting on and off is major for us.

From my experience, the majority of the designers, engineers etc of most companies are not actual users, so all the little nuisances that become big nuisances are things that they think nothing about. Never even enters their minds because they DO NOT deal with it on a regular basis. :(
 

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