Recent content by MichiganIron

To be clear, this will void the manufacturers (KIOTI) warranty. It is also illegal, but that is probably a mute point these days.

18 acres 2nd cut down, doing nothing but shielding the ground from direct rain. Now rain forecasted tomorrow and Saturday. What a mess.

They are the same tractor. Please consider that it is usually 3-5 months between the time the tractor is manufactured until it is available to be delivered to a dealer lot. Most of the time, everything we have on the lot until April - June, will have a previous year serial number. The dealer...

Check your local DOT requirements for equipment tie-downs. Most states require a separate tie down for each wheel on the machine. The receiver hitch tie down could be considered a single tie down point which in some states may not meet DOT Requirements.

Use Use an Anti-Seize thread compound on the new Glow Plug threads. With the dis-similar of metals between the Head and the Glow Plug, we have seen several Glow Plugs that get seized in the Head. Spray the bottom of the existing Glow Plugs with Anti-Seize and let it sit for 15 minutes before...

This update was to increase the spring tension on the lower lock pins. Hope this helps

Due to the popularity of the CK10 and CK20 Series tractors, it was necessary for KIOTI to source 2 suppliers for the CK Series Front Loaders. Dealers for the most part do not have a choice on which loader is packaged with the tractor. It is based on warehouse availability at the time of...

The tractor must be started at idle, and returned to idle before shutdown. The ECU will limit the throttle control if it senses the tractor was started at anything but idle. You would need to shut the tractor down, return the throttle to idle, then start it back up. This is programmed into...

Check the Fuel Actuator on the back side of the Injection Pump case, right side of the engine. There is a power feed to the actuator from the engine harness. We have found in the past that the power feed connection to the actuator can fail due to the feed wire being a little tight. You can...

Your tractor is a "re-badged" KIOTI DK45SE. The DK45 is an older model KIOTI and would not be the same as your Bobcat.

Both my Kubota's are basically mechanical but they still have electric systems and one thing I did years ago was I pulled every connector in the harness and packed each and every connector, Molex style or not with Di-Electric grease, especially those exposed to the elements and I've never had...

We use a Cat 302.5C at the farm for general maintenance type stuff and firewood. It is the perfect size / capacity for what we do. There hasn't been a farm task it wasn't up for, plenty of digging and lifting capacity. Hard to come by a good used Cat Machine at a decent price.

This is all good stuff. We are all blessed to be Americans....aren't we.

Very Nice Work!! Pretty clear from this thread why Ripper Attachments cost $1000!!

Dewalt 60v 18" Chainsaw. All done (I hope) pulling on the Stihl 290.