New kioti owner

[bazman82]

I just bought a 2007 Kioti DK65S, cab (1500hrs). I took a chance buying this from a dealer online and it arrived on Tuesday. So far, it is everything they said it was. I am pretty impressed how clean it is and how air tight the cab seems to be. The loader has a bigger lifting capacity than my bigger tractor as well which suprised me (it came with the loader and tractor manual).

There are a few changes and upgrades I may want to do but before that, anyone have any mods they did to theirs? This is also my first time with a cab tractor. I was thinking my first thing I want to change is the work lights on the top of the cab from halogen to led, or to just replace the bulbs for now if I have to take the top off to change them out.

 

[part-time-Farmer-NC]

Welcome to the Kioti family. Once you go Orange you won't go back... Or something like that.

I have a dk45se for about 12 ish years. Other than a nagging PTO issue (resolved now you can search for the post, it was a relay (thanks again "grs") it has been pretty great. Mine doesn't have the Cab so not much good there either. I thought briefly about getting one with a cab but I don;t think it would last in my world. I am in and around trees regularly. It would certainly be nice though when mowing or discing in hot dry weather.

I love how easy they are to work on. Not a mechanic here but I do my own maint/repairs should they come up etc. To me the dealer is kinda like the dr. I only go when I can't do it myself or its an emergency.

I think I am at maybe 750 ish hours now. I planned this to be the last tractor I would need.

Hope yours runs/operates as well as mine has.

 

[grsthegreat]

Swapping out the cab lights to led was pretty easy. You only have to lift the top cover and then swap lamps. Honestly, it took me about 1.2-2 hrs to do.

 

[bazman82]

It'll mainly be used for moving round bales and plowing snow and maybe some other random tasks that come up at the horse barn. The reason I wanted a cab is because I don't have a place inside to store the machine inside and I wanted a dry place to be when I have to do those chores since those chores won't be at my home.

I may, however, bring it home during hay season and use the A/C while cutting my fields or raking or fluffing them up. I will say, this thing seems to turn on a dime compared to what I currently have. I forgot to take some pictures while it was still light out last night but I'll try and grab some after work today.

 

[RjCorazza]

Congrats. I look forward to the pictures.
I never had any satisfactory results in using LED bulbs in an incandescent housing for white light. Swapping the OEM cab lights to LED was the first thing I did to my most recent tractor. I used (4) 55w (9") flood / spot combo lights and they practically turn night into day!
I also replaced all of the individual red and amber bulbs to LED, which shaved off 14 amps of electrical load.