Purchasing my first CUT and considering the Kioti DK40SE HST

[Coyote machine]

I've got you beat. I've pretzeled my bucket level indicator twice!!! At a hundred bucks a pop, I now just get off and check if it is critical. Those level indicators are too vulnerable if you work in the woods or under trees.

Ahhh, topping contest:dance1: I broke off the turn signal 'handle', smashed the hood on my DK-35 with a tree trunk that cleared the brush bar, and bent the PTO shaft cover! All over time, not in one attempt. And the level indicator has come out of the holder a couple of times and had to bend it back to straight enough.:confused2: Oh yeah, forgot I ripped the steering boot on the left side; used plastic bag and duct tape to seal the grease back inside the boot- didn't want to spend $150+ for a new tierod/ball joint end.
Tractor not phased by any of my mishaps.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

Ahhh, topping contest:dance1: I broke off the turn signal 'handle', smashed the hood on my DK-35 with a tree trunk that cleared the brush bar, and bent the PTO shaft cover! All over time, not in one attempt. And the level indicator has come out of the holder a couple of times and had to bend it back to straight enough.:confused2: Oh yeah, forgot I ripped the steering boot on the left side; used plastic bag and duct tape to seal the grease back inside the boot- didn't want to spend $150+ for a new tierod/ball joint end.
Tractor not phased by any of my mishaps.

I also broke a hyd line to the grapple and bent one side of the 3 pt mounts on my stump gvrinder...

 

[k0ua]

I pretzeled the bucket level while working in the dark in about the first week. The level rod tube had become unscrewed and allowed the rod to slip out and get wadded up some how.. I carefully straightened it on a table. I was surprised at how straight I got it. Good as new. Then I put locktight on the threads and then I staked the edges for good measure. About 140 hours later still working great.! The top radiator hose did develop a weird "seep" Not a leak between the joint of the hose and the radiator but a seep coming out of the cords inside of the hose. Really weird, only thing I could think of, there must have been a tiny crack on the inside of the hose that allowed fluid to reach the cord materiel inside of the hose, and it wicked it out the end. Tiny droplets would form on each bare cord end of the hose. The dealer sent me a new hose and I changed it out about 15 hours ago, No leaks now. since The "freeze" had been in there almost 2 years I decided to just change the fluid while I was at it. Overall the tractor has been a reliable hardworking machine.

 

[murphy1244]

I knocked off the exhaust pipe at 11 hours, had to make a adapter kit.

 

[kiotiken]

Wow, this thread took a turn. Well, since we're at it, I tore a worklight off the back of my cab, punching a hole in the roof. Also ripped the antenna off the side of the cab, also creating some roof "ventilation".

 

[k0ua]

Ahhh, topping contest:dance1: I broke off the turn signal 'handle', smashed the hood on my DK-35 with a tree trunk that cleared the brush bar, and bent the PTO shaft cover! All over time, not in one attempt. And the level indicator has come out of the holder a couple of times and had to bend it back to straight enough.:confused2: Oh yeah, forgot I ripped the steering boot on the left side; used plastic bag and duct tape to seal the grease back inside the boot- didn't want to spend $150+ for a new tierod/ball joint end.
Tractor not phased by any of my mishaps.

Ok, I give up, how did you bend the PTO shaft cover?:confused3: