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  1. YLee Kioti

    How to fill a void on rear tire tread

    Well it did take some time but got it plugged. Used half of one tire plug, a round dowel then a alignment pin to push it in. Lathered up real well with rubber cement first. Trimmed it down, more cement and rolled it near even with tread. Now curing for a few days. So, another simple job well...
  2. YLee Kioti

    How to fill a void on rear tire tread

    Man this here be TEXAS dats a itti bitti deer for that tiny antler........LOL:ROFLMAO:🤣🤣 I kid, I kid.... Yeah I've run over antlers and never seen one weak enough to break into that small of a size, unless that belonged to a very young buck. Gonna save it, my neighbor is big time hunter; I'll...
  3. YLee Kioti

    How to fill a void on rear tire tread

    Ah-ha there we go. Yeah i do have some in my kit in the shop. I'll see if i can get a fresh tube of the glue and stuff it in there. Should bond really well. See, the obvious escapes me until i ask! TY....!
  4. YLee Kioti

    How to fill a void on rear tire tread

    We have copper heads here, no rattle snakes. Oh and we have been having hogs rooting around our pecan trees.
  5. YLee Kioti

    How to fill a void on rear tire tread

    I walk around and inspect machine and wow a white dot. Hm, using two HF picks and removing it, it is a 1 1/4 long tooth, from right rear tire. Again, wow, what are the odds? After repairing the left rear now the right rear tire. Well the good news is that it was removed from the R4 elevated...
  6. YLee Kioti

    New NS4710C HST

    Congrats, NICE rig......!!!!! Gotta look at the spec on that one. Looks like a 10 foot bat wing would be perfect fit.
  7. YLee Kioti

    After seal replacement...

    Aha...so this may be what the young man was referring to when he mentioned it in his video, that air had destroyed the seals. It seems to me now knowing this, he speak as if to a well versed audience in the hydraulic world. Which was not me! Appreciate the schooling, interesting.
  8. YLee Kioti

    After seal replacement...

    Well the loader was slow to lift, quick to drop. I never knew bout damage from air but here it is. Part one was was pretty interesting. One day I'll find time for part two. On edit: I do have a slow leak down. The bucket will sag?, tilt down slowly. Every so often I'll have to curl bucket...
  9. YLee Kioti

    After seal replacement...

    Chinookman...Not very active as I have moved on from tweaking trucks to just maintenance. Every once in a while I post asking questions like which type of shocks to use, stuff like that. Kinda like here, was on a steep learning curve but then got busy cleaning up pasture, have house built and...
  10. YLee Kioti

    After seal replacement...

    Thank you. Logic told me same but one thing for sure, I'm pretty ignorant of a lotta things. So ain't to proud to ask and be sure. Have a happy new year!
  11. YLee Kioti

    After seal replacement...

    So the seals on the front loader got replaced. One was leaking and when I removed it yeah the piston was very loose. Could extend and retract piston with next to zero effort other then the weight of it. So got both done. Now they are installed and ready for service? Is there a process for...
  12. YLee Kioti

    slow leak

    Something to be said about those serendipity moments eh??? glad it worked out so well..
  13. YLee Kioti

    slow leak

    Yeah, I tried removal nah ain't happening. They are flush and tightly embedded. The harder i tried the more rubber came off as the thorns just splintered. So, i really must adjust my nuclear industry OCD mindset and shrug this one off...🙂🙃
  14. YLee Kioti

    slow leak

    Yup, learned this from Ask Tractor Mike channel. Using a tape measure from 6 to 12 O'clock and measure height. Then with implement attached look at the contact area of the treads. Add/remove air to adjust for full contact of tread to ground. The thorns are all flush and embedded. I did ask the...
  15. YLee Kioti

    slow leak

    Found leak on the left tire and learned a lot. The tire is full of huisache thorns. One spot though had a small piece of rubber cut, bout 5x8mm or so. Set left axle on jack stand and inflated to my cringe factor. Tire gauge useless on a water-filled tire. The liquid gas leak detector fluid made...
  16. YLee Kioti

    slow leak

    Sorry but you confused me. I was speaking of the tire the OP was dealing with. THAT tire, I did not know if it was water filled or not. This issue I have, I KNOW it is water filled. And it does not leave any witness marks of any water at all. So I will have to brave it and inflate it a bit more...
  17. YLee Kioti

    slow leak

    I WISH!!!!! Have been having this problem for months now. Only now have most projects come to a form of final completion that I can afford to dive into diagnostics. Filled with water by dealer back in 2017. This past June left tire started making a pooch, like my belly the bottom had this fat...
  18. YLee Kioti

    DPF issue

    Since there are no scanner available for us when it comes to tractors try a hard reset. disconnect the battery overnight and and if you can access any sensors to the exhaust, DPF unplug as well. Next day, reconnect everything, then battery last and try to start engine for a manual regen. Also...
  19. YLee Kioti

    Suggestions on 20” pro saw

    Do you have a local echo dealer? Have you spoken to your local Stihl dealer? Ask him about new emissions and how thy impact reliability and service. Husqvarna is going full green and closing more factories according to Chickanic on her u-toob channel. So w/o brand wars get full info from local...
  20. YLee Kioti

    Tractor Insurance

    TY for the info. We live on edge of town and society breakdown has not yet reached our lil 5k population farming community. Nonetheless, tractor and towing vehicle sit under carport. Will look into this and speak with our texas farm bureau agent. Have lot of gravel work to do but we've been...
  21. YLee Kioti

    What type of metal to add for the brush guard?

    Why did i assume it was an orange machine...sigh silly me...;)
  22. YLee Kioti

    What type of metal to add for the brush guard?

    I went to my local welding fab shop. Got 24x28 1/8 inch, then ACE hardware for u-bolts and mounted up. Then clearing a stormed broken limb the broken portion swung into grill and put a nice dent! But save the front end. So if you have a local fab shop talk to the floor hand for a look and then...
  23. YLee Kioti

    DK45 seat cover

    Have you ever seen a kit to add a hydraulic cylinder to the FEL lever pins, so one doesn't have to get off the tractor to change attachments?--- IIRC Tractor Time with Tim long ago did a video on this compared to his little "Johnny" Deere. But then I'm past getting old ....lol... So I may be all...
  24. YLee Kioti

    DK45 seat cover

    I would take a look at measurements on you DK and compare seat dimension with A NX tractor. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Ariens-Ariens-Camouflage-Zero-Turn-Seat-Cover/5001638597 Bought this one last year for Gravely ZT machine and paid round 75 bucks or so. Then my overpriced 220 dollah seat cover...
  25. YLee Kioti

    ERROR CODE 010H

    Thanks for the tip....!
  26. YLee Kioti

    ERROR CODE 010H

    So let's discuss chargers at this point and battery testers. Newer chargers have a desulfate function. nice to do once a year. Let it cycle for 24hours. A high frequency signal passing through that breaks up the plate sulfation and helps restore chemistry. Then a slow charge until it's full...
  27. YLee Kioti

    No mo' hard drives

    Timely topic. My 2005 build has hit the technological wall. AMD Phenom II X5 1055T will not support TPM module and therefore no W11 for me. Two channels that helped bring me up to speed is Britec09 channel and jayztwocents channel. Britect09 has lots of info for the DYI folks. My WD Black HDD...
  28. YLee Kioti

    ham radio or short wave?

    Have looked at the FRS and there is a family license with a one time fee, IIRC. So anyone in the family ,siblings and all can use one under one general license. Pretty generic used to be bout 30 bucks or so back in 2019. Will just dig into all this when I get caught up. Currently filling a 17...
  29. YLee Kioti

    ham radio or short wave?

    Appreciate the idea of a 2 meter band radio. Currently no way for wife to contact me when out back. Even though it's only 8 acres I'm a small dot to her and waving arms no longer works at that point...lol. So, This is on my top five projects that are running in parallel right now. Greatly...
  30. YLee Kioti

    ham radio or short wave?

    I asked that question once and got boo'd off the stage by all the HAM-sters on u-toob.......but yeah agree indeed....and pray it does not come to that either.
  31. YLee Kioti

    ham radio or short wave?

    Read the reviews on the Sangean and placed order. Think we're gonna need it soon. Things took a bad turn over the Atlantic side. Not the thread for side bar, other then well we all gonna need this device....'suddenly' is key word. OK family thanks a lot for the help.... Moving to next storm...
  32. YLee Kioti

    ham radio or short wave?

    Short on details yeah sorry bout that. So mostly interested in listening to ham operators that support emergency operations during hurricanes and storms. So upper/lower side bands would be great. Don't have license Tx/Rx from a Ham rig. May work on that once I get my feet wet on the passive...
  33. YLee Kioti

    ham radio or short wave?

    So am in the market for a short wave radio or a ham set. Ham set, nothing fancy where it will take a lot of complicated antenna set up. I've seen the one u-toob channel where a telescoping antenna was used for field used. Looks like I could set up near an oak tree and have it camo'd. Neighbors...
  34. YLee Kioti

    Where to buy fluids?

    NAPA's synthetic about 105 or so year and half ago...worked just fine......when the Kioti recommend ones were considerably higher. NAPA had same specs. Kubota did not carry the synthetic and their gallon bucket was equal to or tad higher. at 820 hours when it get near 1k hours will go back to...
  35. YLee Kioti

    Fan disintegrates!

    Thanks for the pics....I'm at 800 hrs now. So my inspection routine will now add a closer look to the fan. After several pasture jobs I normally take the time to use simple green to clean the blades. It just never occurred to me to look for this. Shoot even an obvious crack like in the pics...
  36. YLee Kioti

    Oil & Fuel CK20 HST oil overflowed at dipstick check

    Thanks for that reminder. I've been parking mine outside trying to figure out a shop lay out with a new ZT mower added to the family. No issues but as a pre-flight inspection before firing it up not a bad idea to check it......good call....! Used to spray for them until I learned they kill...
  37. YLee Kioti

    Cordless Tools vs. Other Options

    Could not tell by the OP first post of the age of said tools. But one person did mention the difference between the old Ni-Cad and the Li-Ion of today. I'll mention ol Red on his U-toob channel The Den of Tools just did a piece on the Dewalt 20v LI-Ion batteries. Now Dewalt does not out right...
  38. YLee Kioti

    Definitive list of PTO driven equipment and 3 pt. attachments?

    Shaking my 8-Ball.....Aaaaaand.....it says "YES" it will exceed the drain plug removal thread.......heh...I'll be Baaaaack..in a few weeks....
  39. YLee Kioti

    Retirement Planning - Lessons Learned

    Well sir we planned to the best of our ability and bought a house in our home town in a new subdivision with a 1/4 acre corner lot. So far so good. Two years later the small opening between us and our neighbor squeezed in two houses. Then a school was built across the street and traffic was...
  40. YLee Kioti

    Will 10 Horsepower actually matter on the same size tractor?

    Feel your pain. Just re-read my contract because the pay off is getting close!....about a 35k deal of machine and loader. Good habit we have is we pay a lot into principle on any long term purchases. So this made the trade in less painful. Snow will work your machine but who has that ancient...
  41. YLee Kioti

    Will 10 Horsepower actually matter on the same size tractor?

    DK just has a few less bells and whistles. Kissing cousins...heh...
  42. YLee Kioti

    Will 10 Horsepower actually matter on the same size tractor?

    I've got the NX4510HST and am happy with it...BUT would I go 10hp more....??? YES...!!! I've turned down work because I don't have a batwing for my lil ol 39hp PTO...... 60 acre job.......and it seems the more willing to turn down jobs and treating my customers respectfully I'm still getting...
  43. YLee Kioti

    How to price a commercial job trimming chain link fence

    Thanks yeah supply chain is def. broken all around......there may be one inside one of those 10k containers floating off the Cali shores....lol... on edit https://www.ballard-inc.com/product/darwins-grip-trimmer-handle/ by Oct. 11th...we'll see getting ready to place an order. Save 5 bucks...
  44. YLee Kioti

    How to price a commercial job trimming chain link fence

    LMAO........:ROFLMAO: yeah Sure felt that way when we finished....lol.......First two cuts I did for him were not bad cause all I did was shred. This time he wanted curb appeal, well okidoki....he's the customer! All the services we performed was based on previous discussions of what he wanted...
  45. YLee Kioti

    How to price a commercial job trimming chain link fence

    So fellas that 's exactly what I was looking for cause my neighbor ( a landscaper) told me I was to low. Just trimmed out their maint shop and gonna hit again Friday....will invoice him Monday. Man you guys killed greatly appreciate it....
  46. YLee Kioti

    How to price a commercial job trimming chain link fence

    Awesome thanks......I normally get the job done and invoice a few days later. So I'll monitor the trim work time & distance. Which will work out for me. Been giving my son seat time and I did trim work on the last job.
  47. YLee Kioti

    How to price a commercial job trimming chain link fence

    Yup title bout says it all.... Have been charging 75 an acre to cut this commercial account on his two yards. Now he wants to up the curb appeal and trim out the chain link fence. Not residential, but knock down the Johnson grass from 3'-6' to some ground level. So for those down here in the...
  48. YLee Kioti

    Barn - wasp nests and cobwebs

    Also recommend Bifin IT, good stuff. Did learn that mud daubers eat black widows and brown recluse. So, now that we've moved into the house I give them free reign. However, those stinking black widows have made their way towards our house. Once the house was dried in though I did seal the sole...
  49. YLee Kioti

    Research for late fall maybe next year....ZTR experience

    Well hey fellas hope all are well...been a while right? So, finally got settled into the house and many sundry honey-do's....and Shazam it's time to mow a .....front AND back yard...that used to be pasture....gulp! That 18 year old 21" Husqvarna ain't gonna get it. The Ariens Apex was my first...
  50. YLee Kioti

    zero turn mowers EXPENSIVE

    Well fellas finally did it....after ALL the videos, research blah...blah...blah.....went to Shiner and placed an order on a Gravely ZT HD 48". Spec for spec..with so many other choices it still came down to....dealer support. No doubt there will always be a 'better' unit. But I bought the dealer...
  51. YLee Kioti

    Rotary Cutter  slip clutch springs....

    Well the normal annual ritual of gear box oil and slipping clutch was done earlier.....shoot done forgot what month (sigh).......... Anyways, went to hook up cutter two/three weeks ago now and I hear a rattle..... Have learned NOT to ignore unusual/unexpected noise/...
  52. YLee Kioti

    Coolant change out

    So wanna share my entertaining story so others can do this much quicker and cleaner..... NX manual states every 2 years, and was a year late on this....... Well the radiator drain plug is a rubber cap with a center rubber plug and a hose clamp. So here is what I strongly recommend. Get a 3/4"...
  53. YLee Kioti

    Research for late fall maybe next year....ZTR experience

    With max budget of 5k been looking at Ferris, Cub Cadet and eXmark ZTR mowers, 48 to 50 inch deck. The only Ferris in my budget was a 400S 48" cut....not ruled out yet....(B&S engine while company is under a Chapter 11 yech) Cub Cadet ZT2 50" or ZT54 both kawasaki engines.....watched video of...
  54. YLee Kioti

    Intermittent starting issues.

    So here we go. In Dec. parked it for lunch and upon return to work no start. Take battery to NAPA and get a 690 CCA battery. Works good for about two months then a no start. Use battery charger and test alternator, check good. Did adjust belt tension. Battery charging at 14.6 vDC. In April same...
  55. YLee Kioti

    Safety Goggles

    OKIDOKI folks it's that time......2nd cut this year and my eyes look like a new yea's hang over morning......:D So I need a pair of goggles to keep the particle out...whew....it was just dry enough to cut one side of the creek and my eyes looked ...well...you know... Dewalt has the yellow...
  56. YLee Kioti

    CK series (mine was a CK4010HST) Shop Manual

    So I have the shop manual for the CK4010HST machine. (2016 model) Traded for the NX in 2018. Never got to use it, no finger print smudges, spilled beer etc. It also contains separate prints for electrical diagrams. Paid $115 at the Paige Dealership. Would like to recover cost to purchase the NX...
  57. YLee Kioti

    Oil & Fuel  Spring Maintenance time again

    High folks, well it's that time. Want to share my discovery of NX4510HST filter and the alternatives. Pretty successful but for one, the Fuel Filter. So here we go. HST Filter -Kioti# T4125-38021 Dealer Price about $146 Wix# WL10243 NAPA (NAPA Gold) $80 / O'Reilly's Auto $67 (Wix) UPC#...
  58. YLee Kioti

    Scraper or Grading blade?

    Hey fellas.....Sooooo.....getting ready to remove spoils and start bringing in top soil to build up elevation for home build next spring. So as the title says, which one to get? Notice did not ask which is the best, silly right. It depends on the need. So here is the sit-rep. Have a 200 foot...
  59. YLee Kioti

    CK2610 SEAT FALLING APART.

    So......if I had to do it over again would I....sigh...yeah.....to stinking hot over here not to....but was not cheap.....like me.....:D $10 bucks per yard and it took about 1.5 yards. So 20 for material. Went to tractor seat dot com and emailed them about fit up for YLee. Pretty much told to...
  60. YLee Kioti

    Planting Crepe myrtles

    Hey folks. Got four of these from HD and started planting them but now am second guessing myself. Here's what I did. Dug hole about 30" square one shovel blade deep. In the center dug another 6 inches and buried a fertilizer stick, covered in dirt. Then layered with compost, then dirt set root...
  61. YLee Kioti

    Pear tree blooming yeah...buuuuut

    Well after a good soaking and the rains gone; here are a few snaps of the peach tree leaves with the brown spots. Plan on taking the pics to county ext. agent see if he also has any recos. So whatever you suggestions you seasoned folks have is greatly appreciated.
  62. YLee Kioti

    Pear tree blooming yeah...buuuuut

    Well our peach and pear tree planted last Feb. are now blooming. Great right? well not sure, maybe someone can help out with advice. The pear tree suffered from brown spots last year and as fall continued I removed all infected leaves. Well now the fresh new baby leaves have brown spots...
  63. YLee Kioti

    Mag Cup Holder Rip Off

    Forum store is the only one I was aware of...OH NO...there's another one...no please don't confuse me....had a long day felling hackberrys...lol
  64. YLee Kioti

    Mag Cup Holder Rip Off

    LMAO...I was just at the store and this product is so OLD that the nokia phone is of the 90's vintage. Pretty sad. I don't think anyone is actively managing the store, or this thing would have been gone decade ago...lol
  65. YLee Kioti

    Rounded off drain plug

    Yah know fellas yah gots the right tools listed but you failed to include the right technician for Kandu!:eek: OK which way to the drain plug??? OK, now what...I've used all the TBN recommended tools?!?!
  66. YLee Kioti

    NX6010 suction side hydro leak

    I'm with you on the so called OEM fluid. Let us know how you like the Mobil 424 fluid after you've had a few hours of run time. Went to NAPA and ordered 10 gallons of full synthetic. (Coastal) Did not retail in smaller containers so went to local bota dealer and got a gallon in case it needed...
  67. YLee Kioti

    What do you folks think about this coming Winter?

    I watched this with great interest because its impact on all of us. So thought that as a small community (well outtah 7 billion people we are!;) ) this will be of big help cause the media is not keeping us informed but rather distracted. Let's see what your take is after watching this. best...
  68. YLee Kioti

    Anyone put window film (tinting) on their tractor cab?

    I used this under the awning of our barndominium. on edit wrong web site. Here is the one I used: https://atticfoil.com/ Also laid some over the decking of the attic space over the living area. Noticed a tad improvement on a/c loading and heater needs in winter. So using double sided tape this...
  69. YLee Kioti

    What is user UNFRIENDLY on your tractor?

    Nice link. I use this Rtic tumbler: So the puny little notch to allow handle to set in correctly is a big fail. ;)
  70. YLee Kioti

    Wafer Board or Plywood?

    Hey folks. In the shop area I now have a corner that is ready to have a wall built to hang hand implements and other wall of the corner for air compressor, hoses, air filter etc. Some items to spend time decorating one wall are are; pick ax, maul, shovels etc. Leaning towards 1/2" but...
  71. YLee Kioti

    Tell me how to be safe if I encounter a snake (semi rural Texas)

    If you get Chippewa boots look for the ones with the zipper on the back. I have to yet to find a boot maker willing to cut mine open and install the zippers. So removal even with a boot removal jig is a pain. If you shred tall pasture grass, work around/trim oaks, pecan or any other type of...
  72. YLee Kioti

    question for NX owners

    So, I'm in the middle of the 50 hour service. Get to the front axle, drain the now grayish fluid and get my 85-140 valvoline gear lube ready. Owners manual in section 2-4 shows 1.9 gal. or 7.0 L In the other section of different NX configurations the table shows 1.85 gal. or 7.0L of gear lube...
  73. YLee Kioti

    is there an app for this?

    Mods if this is the wrong forum please move, thanks! So, I'm looking for an app that can show me mowing speed and total acreage mowed. I found farmers app but being an old codger did not find, locate or see these type of features. Have a good week yah'll..
  74. YLee Kioti

    PAS 230 Echo weed trimmer

    Hey folks this machine is a real challenge. It started out last summer with fuel leaking from the muffler. Don't know if this is right or wrong but life long habit whatever fuel was left in tank it stayed in there. Then last year fuel dripping out of air filter, then out from muffler. So I get...
  75. YLee Kioti

    Grading  Considering an upgrade

    Hello folks So as a new guy here already starting out to pick your brains. This is a description of the property. Of the eight acres about 5 to 7 was heavily populated with large huisache. It was cleared once by two dozers that got stuck and had to be recovered years ago. I spoke to the guy that...
  76. YLee Kioti

    Hello from South Texas

    Hello folks: Been lurking here since March of 17. The many contributors here helped me with the choice of tractor for moving onto our homestead. Yah'll didn't know that did yah'll? :thumbsup::) The eight acres does not readily seem one would need such a large tractor; but heh I'm soon about to...
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