New Kioti CK2610 purchase/Thoughts.

[jrsue]

Do you have a grapple consider doing this adding brush guard like it did It値l cost you 50 bucks in a few hours work it痴 well worth it my tractor was brand new this year and I was very careful in the stick went right through the lower part of my grill cost me $95 in about 2 1/2 hours of labor replacing it. Now I don稚 have that problem or what you can do you can do expanded metal to the back of the grapple. That would also help

That looks like a good idea. I'm thinking something easily removable so I can slide it in and out as needed.

 

[Mudflop]

1 Year and ~120 hours with mine:

Most seriously: Back hoe control knobs hit the outrigger knobs and causes the outrigger to swing up randomly. It damages the back hoe and can crush your foot or knee. Adjustments can easily be made but it is unacceptable that this passes QA.

Less serious: hydraulics drop relatively quick and my loader "tilt back" goes into free fall before going up causing me to lose lots of loads. The loader also drops so fast that if I'm using the forks to hold lumber and walk away for 5 mins the whole load is dropped on the ground. I'll leave it up to your imagination of what happens when I use the forks as scaffolding... 1 month after the warranty expired the spring housing end cap of the back hoe hydroulic manifold blew a gasket and cracked. When I was fixing it, I noticed a screw on the toggle was loose, so I pulled up the rubber boot and a gush of water poured out and all the gears were already rusting. I treat the tractor well. I store it in my carport and very rarely does it get rained on. Looks to me as water snuck in through the loose bolt and had no way out once inside the boot. Would have been a simple design fix to put a cap over the boot and screws to avoid this.posted some pictures of this below.

Annoyances: very difficult to shift gears (L-M-H) I have hydrostat. Bolts loosen up on loader arm. So far back hoe bolts have been fine but I've heard they loosen up quickly as well. I don't regret the HST but the tractor really struggles to go uphill unless you're in snail gear, I mean low gear.

Everything else: Pretty happy overall. 50 hr maintenance was pretty straightforward. Used a shop vac on the transmission fill hole so I could change the hst and tranny filter without changing the fluid and it worked perfectly.

If I could go back I would chose the ck 3510 hst and make the dealer fix the back hoe controls before leaving the lot.

 

[Mudflop]

A whopping 20 hrs on mine. So far so good.

Check your front axle fluid level. Mine was a quart (946ml) low as delivered. Seems to be a common occurrence. Also your front axle pivot grease zerk may not take grease when you first attempt to service. Also seems to be a common occurrence. Usually means the cavity is full, and it will take grease when it needs it.

Good luck with the new tractor.

I switched the zerk with another location and it worked for me. May also be related to tractor position.

 

[tacticalturnip]

Hey, would you take a look at something on your 2610 for me?

Friday night I noticed that the hook to hold the top link was against the fuel tank; thinking about it, and not wanting to rub I pulled it away, to discover it had already put a hole in it.

Would you check your 2610 and let me know how close your hook is far enough from the fuel tank to not touch it?