My NX6010

[MinnesotaEric]

I just contacted Brian about getting step up with a tilting ram appropriately sized for my kind of work.

For those who want to know the Kioti NX6010 series CAT2 measurements, a 3" ram with 4-5" of travel with clevises on both ends. Inside pin clearance is 1" top and bottom, outside measurement on the stock link is 2" (using 1/4" material for the clevis). Clevis length on lower side measures 5" from top, outside of U to the very end. Center of pin to center of pin on the factory adjustable measures 16.5" collapsed, and 19.75" extended, while the center to center measurement on the non-adjustable side measures 17.25"

 

[Ford1710]

Out of all the other brands machines with hst I've n ver had a problem going into l m or h only with the kioti td!! My buddy just bought a Kubota (nx5510 equivalent) his HST is smooth going into all

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Out of all the other brands machines with hst I've n ver had a problem going into l m or h only with the kioti td!! My buddy just bought a Kubota (nx5510 equivalent) his HST is smooth going into all

I used to race motorcycles. On constant mesh transmissions built by the Japanese, I could upshift without use of the clutch whatsoever by preloading the shift level, and blipping the throttle. Downshifting was the same way. On BMW and Harley transmissions, premium motorcycles by price comparison, their transmissions where clunky things that always required the use of the clutch to change gears.

My point is this: different manufacturers do things differently. On your Kioti, the range gears are not synchronized. By that I mean they lack a blocking ring that speeds up or slows down gears. Moreover, because we have HST machines, we have no clutch to take power completely off the transmission so we cannot double clutch by matching the engine speed with the speed the transmission gear needs in order for the gears' tech to interlock and mesh. For this reason we will always get grinding trying to change range gears while moving, and when stopped, we may need to blip the forward or reverse pedals in order to align the range gears to get the incoming gear to mate with its partner gear.

This isn't a fault, it is the very nature of the design.

Moreover, every NX tractor here in North America is basically brand, spanking new! To the best of my knowledge none of our NX series tractors have enough hours on them where any of us can consider the transmissions are broken in.

 

[kapper]

Eric, my Kioti dealer (as I mentioned largest in the country so lots of sales) says there hasn't been any problems with brush and stuff clipping hoses/lines on the underside!!! So...... that tells me that you have been a very naughty boy.......

I'm thinking about cutting a company name and phone number into mine so people know who to call.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Eric, my Kioti dealer (as I mentioned largest in the country so lots of sales) says there hasn't been any problems with brush and stuff clipping hoses/lines on the underside!!! So...... that tells me that you have been a very naughty boy.......

Kapper, we've both been on this planet long enough to know that unless the dealer has a ready way to remedy the problem, no matter how often or what the problem may well be, the standard dealer issue response to any concern is, "Really, I've never heard of that problem before!"

 

[k0ua]

Kapper, we've both been on this planet long enough to know that unless the dealer has a ready way to remedy the problem, no matter how often or what the problem may well be, the standard dealer issue response to any concern is, "Really, I've never heard of that problem before!"

That is the absolute truth. Ref. My Kubota L3400, and its 3pt hitch. "nope we have never heard of no jerky 3pt hitch on those"

 

[murphy1244]

Kapper, we've both been on this planet long enough to know that unless the dealer has a ready way to remedy the problem, no matter how often or what the problem may well be, the standard dealer issue response to any concern is, "Really, I've never heard of that problem before!"

Yeppers I've heard that line before.

 

[kapper]

Yeah, I know. I wrapped all of my hydraulic lines with plastic and electrical tape and I bent one up good on the steering arm, and I bent one on the loader frame but luckily didn't break either one. Honestly I am amazed that I haven't broke more on my Deere because I do a lot of what you have started doing by clearing roads and overgrown fields/woods. Maybe the Deere is better situated than the Kioti. Although I noticed on one of your clearing videos that you had the loader in float mode. Personally, I don't do that because the bucket could just ride over the brush you want to remove and then it comes up and pokes underneath. Rather, I manually manipulate the bucket to either A) rip the roots out of the ground while I push or B) cut the brush/tree at the base so as to leave only a few inches above ground. It is a bit slower this way, but the clearing is more efficient and of course, safer to the underside.

Kapper we've both been on this planet long enough to know that unless the dealer has a ready way to remedy the problem, no matter how often or what the problem may well be, the standard dealer issue response to any concern, "Really, I've never heard of that problem before!"

 

[TSO]

That is the absolute truth. Ref. My Kubota L3400, and its 3pt hitch. "nope we have never heard of no jerky 3pt hitch on those"

LOL EXACTLY!!! And it's not just tractor dealers. I was at my Ford dealer today grabbing something, BS'ing with the service manager about my 6.0 powerstroke. When he heard I wasn't running Ford Gold coolant, he balked and said I've gotta get that back in there! I said no, Ford Gold has silicates in it, and under hot pressurized conditions it has been known to fall out of suspension and clog the Oil Cooler and EGR Cooler, leading to the very common EGR failures that the 6.0L is known for ... he said, "Well, I've never heard of that. The engine calls for Ford Gold coolant, so that's what you should run." It is well known to apparently the whole rest of the world that swapping out that Ford Fools-Gold coolant for a premium standard E.L. coolant ASAP will prevent most of the oil cooler/EGR failures (if they haven't already clogged up your oil cooler passages).

Dealerships never want to admit there's a problem with one of their products ...

 

[countrybumpkin]

I've got a sheet of 3/16 and a sheet of 1/4 aluminum plate I'm thinking of making a skid plate out of one of them for the bottom of mine before I start using it, just to be on the safe side.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

LOL EXACTLY!!! And it's not just tractor dealers. I was at my Ford dealer today grabbing something, BS'ing with the service manager about my 6.0 powerstroke. When he heard I wasn't running Ford Gold coolant, he balked and said I've gotta get that back in there! I said no, Ford Gold has silicates in it, and under hot pressurized conditions it has been known to fall out of suspension and clog the Oil Cooler and EGR Cooler, leading to the very common EGR failures that the 6.0L is known for ... he said, "Well, I've never heard of that. The engine calls for Ford Gold coolant, so that's what you should run." It is well known to apparently the whole rest of the world that swapping out that Ford Fools-Gold coolant for a premium standard E.L. coolant ASAP will prevent most of the oil cooler/EGR failures (if they haven't already clogged up your oil cooler passages).

Dealerships never want to admit there's a problem with one of their products ...

6.0? What turbo problems? 3.5L ecoboost misfire? F150 axle wrap? huh what? You don't say? No, never!

Kapper, I made my 3rd function: zero problems. Simple perfection. On the other hand, I also spent 2K doing it. I have a box full of handles I tried and then didn't like, I have extra sub plates and electric hydraulic valves and my goal was to make it all look like it was something the factory themselves made. In other words, every hose is perfectly fitted, every fitting looks like it belongs. My wiring harness is higher quality than the factory harness.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

I've got a sheet of 3/16 and a sheet of 1/4 aluminum plate I'm thinking of making a skid plate out of one of them for the bottom of mine before I start using it, just to be on the safe side.

Kapper has me thinking about taking my underbelly plates off, making dxf files and cutting out more plates at some point.

 

[TSO]

Duplicate

 

[TSO]

Kapper has me thinking about taking my underbelly plates off, making dxf files and cutting out more plates at some point.

Come make some templates for my Massey ! . I'll keep the prototypes

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Come make some templates for my Massey ! . I'll keep the prototypes

I'd love to focus on building out products, but I need to get my city house sold first and consolidate the tinker-toys all at one tinkerage.

Speaking of, a couple is coming over tomorrow for an unlisted, private showing. God willing, if they want to buy my house, I may have kickstarted my summer plans by two or three months!

 

[Ford1710]

Well my ck35 kioti HST worked smoothly when they adjusted the shifter!! And bumping the forward /reverse pedals to get it in doesn't work on either machine! Besides doing that will only damage gears long term! My dealer said the NX series needs to be level for it to smoothly go in!! So I push the front end up with loader leveling out machine and lo and behold it goes right into gear nice and smooth!! I'm a Harley guy mostly!! I have an electra glide and 2 sportsters!! I understand the differences about the trans, it's in for repair to the loader the handle controls let loose in the bulkhead!! They said there's a TSB on the HST shifter and they'll have it calibrated to go into any of the 3 positions smoothly!! We'll see

 

[Ford1710]

Eric let me know if you make protection plates for sale for the fuel tank and lines!! We have same machines I cleared a filed of saplings like you and have a a twing jammed right next to tank missed the fuel line by a few inches!!! My ck35 was horrible everything is exposed underneath filters get damaged all the time

 

[AaronS]

I look forward to videos of the new box blade in use. Gotta paint that thing! Green and orange don't mix!

 

[MinnesotaEric]

I look forward to videos of the new box blade in use. Gotta paint that thing! Green and orange don't mix!

Ah, you think? Kapper called me this morning because he planned to chase off and buy a Kioti NX6010 to compliment his existing pimped out John Deere 4720! If Kapper follows through, I expect him to make what will become a wildly popular video comparing his 4720 with his NX6010.

Orange and green, what a machine!

 

[TSO]

Ah, you think? Kapper called me this morning because he planned to chase off and buy a Kioti NX6010 to compliment his existing pimped out John Deere 4720! If Kapper follows through, I expect him to make what will become a wildly popular video comparing his 4720 with his NX6010.

Orange and green, what a machine!

That's a video I'd like to see as well. Even though the science behind it baffles me, someone corrected me on the available 400cx loader on the 4720 and it looks like a very capable loader. I'd like to see how he compares the overall machines.

Speaking of that, Eric, when you get a chance can you snap a picture of your loader specifications page in your loader manual? I'd like to see the full numbers including the different lift points as listed in the actual manual.