Backhoe Century 2535 Backhoe

[HIPO]

Howdy All!
My neighbor has a Century 2535 and would like to add a backhoe, any of you fellar's know where to get one? Any recommendations.
He lives in Kansas and would have it shipped.
Thanks!!

Kioti DK35 TLB.

 

[Stimw]

search ebay for backhoe attachment. There are some listings for new and used. A lot of them offer shipping.
I bought a new Jinma for a good price on ebay and modified the subframe to fit my 3510 Branson.

 

[HIPO]

Roger, thanks.

 

[Erik_in_Hoyt]

HIPO - for the record, in case you or your neighbor don't know, Century 2535 is the same as the Branson 3510.

where in Ks are you?

 

[HIPO]

My neighbor probably does not know that, and I'm not all that familiar with the brand. So he could outfit his machine with a Branson backhoe?
Hoyt, Jackson County, gotcha a nice fly over U-75 at 150 road now!!!!!!
I'm on the outskirts of Topeka.

 

[Erik_in_Hoyt]

Shouldn't be a problem - of course the closest Branson Dealer is on the other side of Junction City, so if he can find a shop closer to home that can fit a different brand to the tractor he might be in better shape.
Who does his maintenance now, or is it fairly new?

I notice you have a DK35 - now that you've seen your neighbor's 35 HP Century in action how would you compare the 2? pretty similar, trade offs? Not being a brand snob, just curious and trying to learn more about different units.

 

[HIPO]

I like his quick disconnect bucket, and where they mounted the joystick for loader operations (on the right hand fender). It's a very smooth running little tractor, dual PTO speeds would be very nice. I am still partial to my Kioti however. I've had 2 of them, both DK35's, not as much hanging down underneath the Kioti as the 2535, fuel tank and hyd. hoses look like they sit a little low maybe it's just his setup though. We both went up against a tree stump with our loaders (at separate times) that I had loosened up with the backhoe. He wasn't able to pop it loose and I was, his argument was that he loosened up more for me, all in good fun (having a backhoe as weight to the rear didn't hurt either)
To me any tractor is a good tractor now days and his Century is a worthy opponent, I think he bought his new for around $15,500 with a loader and R4's 4 or so years ago. I bought my 1st Kioti around the same time for $16,500 with a loader and R4's.
The place that sold him his tractor is no longer in the Century business.