Thanks CAG and Redrocker and all that have contributed , I did not have much success with the dealer. They are located about 100 miles from where I live. I got the impression that they don’t see me as a repeat customer and just brushed me off. They told me that there was nothing they could do. They showed no interest in helping me at all. I very pleasantly said that I was going to contact Kioti and see if they had a fix. They said “good luck”. So now you can see where this was going so I loaded the tractor up and headed for home. Frankly, they don’t have the kind of facility to do a major repair job anyways. To do the repair correctly I would think that the ROPS and frame would have to be removed. The welds to the mounting plates that attach to the axel ground out correctly aligned and re-welded. Their operation is more geared to small garden tractors and lawnmowers. The reason I bought from them is that they had the CK30-HST in stock and they actually returned my phone calls! The other local dealers I contacted were less than enthusiastic in dealing with me because I did not want something off their lots. I actually had one dealer tell me that he would call me with a price on a CK30-HST when he got one in. He would not give me a quote even though I was there at his lot, not just calling on the phone. (He has never called!) All that being said, I like my tractor. But the few dealers in my area leave something to be desired. My hat is off to the good dealers I see posting on this forum and I am envious of those who are luck enough to live close by them. I needed that little catharsis, now I have to concentrate on the repairs.
