Woods FEL and BH on Kioti CK20 or Kubota B7510?

[GeneD14]

If you are going to buy Kioti I would stay away from the Woods loader and get the upgraded Kioti loader when it is availible.

I say that for a couple of reasons: First if any thing goes wrong there will be no finger pointing as to who's fault it is Kioti vs Woods. Secondly the Kioti curved arm loader has much better visibility.

I am a big Woods fan but the Woods model 1012 loader that I had left a lot to be desired: rust bubbling through the paint all over in less than one year, jerky hydraulic valve, and "pot metal" joystick linkage that broke twice in the middle of a project.

I think once the fix for the Kioti loader comes out it will be a much nicer set up.

 

[LC Brewing]

Thanks for all the info and updates. I've had a chance to look real close at the CK20 with a K120 loader in the last couple of days, and I'm leaning that way real hard right now. For what I've got to do, I think it is the perfect combination of size and power, and I would much rather stick with an OEM loader. By the time I can actually pull the trigger and buy one, they'll probably have the issues worked out. I'm still undecided on a Woods versus a Kioti backhoe at this time, but I'll likely not be getting the BH when I initially purchase the tractor. Again, it will depend on when I finally can buy and what I can comfortably afford at that time.

Now if I could just find one close that I could really take a test drive on - not just toy around in a dealers parking lot with. But I digress...