I bought my Kioti LK 3504 new in 1999 with flat blade scrapper, box scrapper, York rake, rear snow blower and a finish mower. I quickly found out a rear mount snow blower was a poor choice with the amount of snow we get and at the time a 3/4 mile long driveway. It certainly worked well just difficult looking back as you blow snow. This tractor has been a loyal friend since and I have worked it extremely hard picking and pushing rocks and gathering a lot of firewood each year. It has graded and still does the dirt driveways for years. My wife and I currently are caretakers on a horse farm that has 186 acres most of which is fields and woods. I use it for gardening and food plots in the back end of the property as well. The snow gets heavy here and have to use it to scrap the paddock clean usually once a week. I got to this site and decided to join as my wife decided to go to round bails as opposed to the standard 50# bails. The round bails come in different sizes and initially we picked up two smaller 4'X4' rounds that my old tractor was able to pick up but not easily as you have to raise them 5-6' to put them in the feeders. We just picked up 6 - 5' X 5' rounds and my old girl cold hardly get them over 2' in the air. Had to have my wife push down on the bucket handle while I lifted with the bucket. I was looking on the internet to see what I could do to increase the hydraulic pressure so I could get more lift. What was troubling is when I picked up the bales the guy I got them from had a smaller cub cadet and it easily lifted them into my trailer. I looked through the manual that came with the tractor for some help and it didn't have any real info. So next thing I know I am a new member of this site as of yesterday trying to get help on increasing my hydraulic pressure so I can get the next round in a bit easier.
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oosik
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Good morning flyfish and welcome to TBN. There should soon be very knowledgable members that can offer help with your hydraulics. Hydraulics have always been somewhat of a mystery to me.
For eons I had a rear mount 3-point snow thrower. Finally age dictated a change - I upgraded to my much larger Kubota M6040 and now with my heavy duty rear blade I can plow snow whilst moving forward. My neck, back & shoulder are still applauding my change.
For eons I had a rear mount 3-point snow thrower. Finally age dictated a change - I upgraded to my much larger Kubota M6040 and now with my heavy duty rear blade I can plow snow whilst moving forward. My neck, back & shoulder are still applauding my change.
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Welcome from lower Lower Mich. Suggest you repost with “ hydraulic problem..need more pressure.”
That will attract the hydr experts.
That will attract the hydr experts.
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:tractor: I'm going to move this thread over to our hydraulics section of the forum to see if we can find you some advice.
Welcome to the forum!
:tractor: I'm going to move this thread over to our hydraulics section of the forum to see if we can find you some advice.
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Welcome to TBN!
I have a few thoughts about your issues.
One question is are you using a hay ring for the rounds and that is why you have to raise so high? If so, we always would cut the webbing off, set the bale down and then roll the ring beside the bale and throw it over the bale.
Next suggestion would be to get a pressure gauge to check what kind of pressure your system is reaching. You will need at least a 3000psi gauge. My tractor is very similar to yours and the parts are basically interchangeable. I have mine set at about 2400psi with no issues.
Also, Kioti had a 8GPM and a 10GPM pump depending on the year. I upgraded my pump to the 10GPM and it made a big difference in the total system. Much faster and will lift the front end at idle. If you post a picture of your pump I can tell you which one you have.
Hope this helps!
I have a few thoughts about your issues.
One question is are you using a hay ring for the rounds and that is why you have to raise so high? If so, we always would cut the webbing off, set the bale down and then roll the ring beside the bale and throw it over the bale.
Next suggestion would be to get a pressure gauge to check what kind of pressure your system is reaching. You will need at least a 3000psi gauge. My tractor is very similar to yours and the parts are basically interchangeable. I have mine set at about 2400psi with no issues.
Also, Kioti had a 8GPM and a 10GPM pump depending on the year. I upgraded my pump to the 10GPM and it made a big difference in the total system. Much faster and will lift the front end at idle. If you post a picture of your pump I can tell you which one you have.
Hope this helps!
That’s neat. What do you think makes a “hydraulic expert”?
to the OP, looking at the specs of your tractor and using a rough rule of thumb estimate for what a bale of that size weighs, this isn’t a hydraulics problem
Your tractor is too small to safely lift something that heavy. Sorry, you need a bigger tractor or smaller bales.
