Happy Days!!

davidak · Nov 8, 2008

Well I finally bought my Kioti tractor after a year of research and reading
reviews and post from a lot of sites!

I bought a 2008 CK30 HST, FEL, and a Woods BH70X back hoe.
The Woods back hoe has the Mechanical thumb and a 16" bucket.

I bought it from Jennings Equipment and just waiting to go pick it up
once they get the back hoe mounted.

The wife is making a new honey-do list!! One I can live with!!
Stuff she wants done at home and at our property in Eastern
Washington.

I want to thank everyone on this site for all the good info
posted here, it has been very helpful in making my decision.

Now I just can't wait to start PLAYING, OH I meant working;
with my new TOY, wrong again, I meant equipment!!!

Again thanks for all the info!!!

See ya in the sandbox!! When it's time to play!!

Dave

LBrown59 · Nov 8, 2008

davidak said:
Well I finally bought my Kioti tractor after a year of research and reading
reviews and post from a lot of sites!

I bought a 2008 CK30 HST, FEL, and a Woods BH70X back hoe.
The Woods back hoe has the Mechanical thumb and a 16" bucket.

I bought it from Jennings Equipment and just waiting to go pick it up
once they get the back hoe mounted.

The wife is making a new honey-do list!! One I can live with!!
Stuff she wants done at home and at our property in Eastern
Washington.

I want to thank everyone on this site for all the good info
posted here, it has been very helpful in making my decision.

Now I just can't wait to start PLAYING, OH I meant working;
with my new TOY, wrong again, I meant equipment!!!

Again thanks for all the info!!!

See ya in the sandbox!! When it's time to play!!

Dave

welcome to the sandbox !

George in Spokane · Nov 8, 2008

Good for you!

Oleozz · Nov 9, 2008

Good luck Dave, you bought a nice tractor that should give many years of reliable work. I get jealous everytime I read that someone has a new backhoe!

Dodgeram · Nov 9, 2008

Congratulations Dave, and welcome to the pack..You're gonna love that "little" machine

Mine's starting it's fourth year, with no (knock on wood) problems.
We were out your way in Sept. visiting my Mom and my brother in Seattle.
We visited Hurricane Ridge up by Port Angeles and decided then and there that our goal will be to move to the great northwest with-in the next 5 years.
It is beautiful out there

Tom

twigpig · Nov 11, 2008

Howdy neighbor Dave. I have a CK30 tlb over here in Gold Bar. Well, it is actually at my brother's place out by Flowing Lake but now that the Boeing strike is over it should be home soon. I think my brother thinks it is a dozer and has bent a steering and brake rod and busted a turn signal but I owe him big time for helping me frame my house. Before my brother's place it was at my sister-in-law's place over in Maltby. I got to use the brush hog for the first time in some 15-foot tall blackberries. We knocked down some old sheds that the blackberries had swallowed up and dug up a couple of 30" diameter doug fir stumps with root wads that were about 10 foot wide. There's a nice carpet of new grass out there now. We took the CK to my sister-in-law's place in June and it's high time it comes back home.

Jennings put new loader arms on the fel. They were nice to deal with and I bought some parts through them. I have a bit of a bulge on one of the hydraulic hoses where it connects to the metal quick connect for the fel since they put on the new loader arms. I think they may have tugged on the ends a bit too much when they changed the lines over but I'm not going to fuss about it since I am just happy they gave me the new arms. I try to ride my motorcycle to pick up parts in Puyallup when I can. I probably looked kind of funny with a tie rod sticking out of my backpack on my way home. My brother and I had actually heated the old rod and bent it back and it is still working fine. But since Jennings had to order the tie rod I went ahead and bought it for a backup. The new tie rod is beefier than the old one. Most of my parts I get through Wallace by UPS.

Tom. I used to give snowshoe walks up on Hurricane Ridge 23 years ago. The rangers taught me to cross country ski up there. I have never seen it in the summer. I bet the lupine and indian paint brush were out. I was over in Port Angeles in September for a memorial for a friend that got killed on duty in September. She is missed.

Dmace · Nov 11, 2008

Congrats and Welcome to the Pack!

I am going on the 4th year of operation with my CK20HST with just over 330 hours and love it more and more every single time I get on it and work.

Post some pics when you can.

wallace · Nov 11, 2008

Dodgeram said:
Congratulations Dave, and welcome to the pack..You're gonna love that "little" machine
Mine's starting it's fourth year, with no (knock on wood) problems.
We were out your way in Sept. visiting my Mom and my brother in Seattle.
We visited Hurricane Ridge up by Port Angeles and decided then and there that our goal will be to move to the great northwest with-in the next 5 years.
It is beautiful out there
Tom

Dodgeran
I will be down your way this weekend you want a new SEcab???