Kama 554 questions

[schmalts]

I am looking into the Kama 554. I seen that the Jinma 454 had troble with the front axle breaking with a front loader test that a manufacturer did on it. My question is does the Kama 545 have the same light front axle? I see on web sites of dealers that you never see loaders on them for some reason.
Any owners of 454 and 554 kamas please give details about how you like yours, and any trouble you may have had. Thanks

 

[bluechip]

Schmalts,
Koyker has engineered a loader kit for the KM series. The axle and especially front differential are much heavier on these tractors. I was playing with the tractor in the pics on the following link last night, no problem filling the 6' bucket digging into fairly hard ground. KAMA 554 with Koyker 195 pics from ARTRAC

 

[schmalts]

So this is a heavier axle than the jinma 454 and 545?

 

[bluechip]

I have not seen the JInma axle first hand to compare, but Koyker had no problems with the KAMA axle, fitted a loader with nearly 3500 break away and 2500 lbs lift capacity.

The KM series has been around longer than the 400 series Jinma, which I understand is fairly new.

Also with the KM series you get constant mesh trans and wet disk brakes, not sure what Jinma offers. The FD395 and 495 engines seem to run great and have some very massive internals (connecting rods, bearings, etc.).

If you like I can email you a picuture of the front axle assembly. just drop me a line.