BethelHntr
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- JD X300, Harry Ferguson TE20, 2013 Kioti DK 40 SE.Shuttle
199 hours is close enough!
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murphy1244
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- Kubota 1120 RTV Kioti DK-40, MF-135, Ventrac 4500Y
That Bota had the Jerky Sickness.
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k0ua
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How about this place. with free shipping if you order over $50.00. so if you order two of them you would be out about 53 bucks. Which is just a few dollars more than the dealer wants for one.
http://www.truckhelp.com/parts/donaldson-p822768
http://www.truckhelp.com/parts/donaldson-p822768
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k0ua
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yeaaaah. uh huh. My Kioti will outwork the L3400 any day of the week.. much larger bucket more weight, and besides the color is just a "richer" shade of orange anyway.
the 'bota had about 128 I think on it. You come down here and I will let you play with the Kioti.. and you will throw rocks at your 'bota.
LD1
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My L3400 will outwork that DK in my woods anyday of the week. It is soft, mucky, and tight. You added weight would only make you sink deeper, and you would have to take the long way around as my paths are barley wide enough for my L3400. :laughing: So I could make 2 trips to your 1 long trip, that is if you could even get to the area needing attention
Okay, I'll quit picking on kioti now:drink:
Okay, I'll quit picking on kioti now:drink:
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k0ua
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The last 27 hours on the tractor was hauling several dump truck loads of fill from two neighbors houses to my house. the farthermost one was about 3/8 of a mile one way. I was darn glad I had the Larger bucket of the Kioti to get more each trip, and the bucket-loads were heavy too. It did very well on fuel, but it sure racked up the hours quick transporting. I use the old smaller Kubota bucket when I want more concentrated digging force. I got to use the cruise control, something I had never had any use for around here before as I rarely get on the road.
James K0UA
James K0UA
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k0ua
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Well it is all in fun guys.. Kubota and Kioti both make good tractors as do others. Use them reasonably and do proper maintenance and they will all do good work for you.
James K0UA
James K0UA
LD1
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Doing something like that would justify me firing up the backhoe with its huge bucket.
On short trips and in tight areas, the kubota is quicker. By far.
But for massive work........
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k0ua
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Ok today I went back to the dealer to exchange the air filter. Here is a picture of the Kioti part number tag.
Of course what is inside of the box is a Donaldson filter, you can see the part number here
and here is what the filter looks like
And here is what they gave me for my trouble 
James K0UA
Of course what is inside of the box is a Donaldson filter, you can see the part number here
and here is what the filter looks like
And here is what they gave me for my trouble
James K0UA
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k0ua
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Any other long time Kioti owners care to comment about the screw in the air vent idea? Whether it really worked or that not much fluid would have come out anyway without it. I honestly don't know. But I do know I lost very little fluid, and did not have to hurry to get the new filters on. I do know this, the "tank" is air tight, because when I lowered the FEL boom before I took the screw out it blew air out the hole for several seconds. When you pump fluid into the cylinders, you suck air into that vent hole, and when you lower the cylinders pushing more fluid back into the tank because of the displacement of the rod, that air is expelled. out that vent hole. I never really thought about that much before.
James K0UA
James K0UA