THE KIOTI BANNER

[Oleozz]

Things have been slow on this forum, thought I would mention that it's good to see Kioti join the gang and advertise on this site. I'm not sure that I've seen a big ad at the top like they have now? Right now I'm headed over two mountains to visit our local Kioti dealer, who knows, I just might buy something.

 

[MrsTractor]

Oleozz: Us as a dealer are also glad to see Kioti getting involved with advertising their product on one of the biggest live discussion websites.

 

[Oleozz]

Well, I came home empty handed. My intent was to take a look at the Hardi sprayers, which I did, but I also looked at the lineup of new Kiotis sitting on the lot. They had a nifty looking 25 with a cab, it wasn't a Kioti cab but fit the tractor well. This is farming country so the big tractors seemed to outnumber the smaller ones, I believe they had four 55's but only one with a cab. I was pricing the 105 gal sprayers with a 20 ft boom, it would be small for a lot of operations but about the right size for my needs. The only thing that didn't fit was the price.

 

[thcri]

Last week-end I was going to be in the northern part of Iowa and wanted to see a Kioti for the first time since there is no dealer in our area. I did the zip code thing on the Kioti web page to find the dealer in the Mason City/Clearlake Iowa area and there is none listed anymore. Does anyone know if that dealer is still around or what happened? A year ago they had a dealer there.

murph

 

[caver]

Strong chance there will be a new LB1915 in my driveway Tuesday evening.

 

[tf116]

Welcome to the Kioti Forum Caver...Hope you have a new tractor in your driveway also.......

 

[williekioti]

Strong chance there will be a new LB1915 in my driveway Tuesday evening.

Yes, welcome to the forum caver, but to become part of the "family" you must post pics of your new toy Tuesday........

And yes that was a welcome site to see the banner. Good job Kioti!!

 

[caver]

I'll try to put some pictures up.
Last week I priced the same tractor at an area dealer in Missouri.
$2500+ more.
His only comment was "Guess they want to get rid of it".
They are the dealer that originally put me off Kioti as I passed by their dealership last summer. Dealership was closed but I think they had prices on the units. Seemed a bit high to me so I wrote off the brand.

 

[caver]

Found this in my driveway tonight

 

[Dodgeram]

Welcome aboard Caver.
There's something wrong with that picture.... I got it, it's too clean.
Nice looking machine
Tom

 

[williekioti]

Nice machine Caver, now like Tom said, go get that think dirty. And give us your report card.

 

[IslandTractor]

Welcome aboard Caver. Nice to see the ranks of 20ish hp machines continues to grow on TBN. You'll get a lot of work done with that TLB.

 

[Oleozz]

Very nice looking tractor, welcome to the site. I have a friend who has been looking at the 20's for his 12 acres, I will have to tell him about LB1915. He claims that the 20 fits him better than the 25 and he is a big guy.

 

[mathey]

wait, is there a LB1915 now?

or is there only a LB1914?

perpetuation of error?

 

[Oleozz]

I just looked at the Kioti web site and it is a LB 1914, maybe they are giving Carver an extra hp. with his!! Whatever, I still like the looks of them.

 

[caver]

hehehe oops I did type 1915 instead of 1914.
Tractor will not get much use until I get it over to my property.
I need to finish this horse barn the previous owner cobbled up so I can secure the tractor. A neighboring property owner said I could keep any stuff at his place but it will be stored outside.
I was going to dig a stump out in my front yard (I live in a subdivision) but the buried locater service shows a water line running right along the edge of where I need to dig.....and it's my water line.

Thanks for the welcoming messages.

 

[IslandTractor]

I was going to dig a stump out in my front yard (I live in a subdivision) but the buried locater service shows a water line running right along the edge of where I need to dig.....and it's my water line.

One of the first backhoe projects I tackled was to help a neighbor out by digging next to his house to expose some water pipes. He marked the area for me and I dug carefully. Unfortunately, his markings were about six inches off and I "dug" right into his main. Amazing how quickly a 4x4x4 hole can turn into a mud swamp. Luckily, he is the manager of the neighborhood water association so he quickly shut off the service at the street. I then bailed the water out with the BH bucket and he fixed it up. Break in water main to restored service took about 45 minutes. Not bad.

 

[williekioti]

Yup, dig ccaarrrefuullllly till you get a feel for 'er and the nearby hazards. When I was digging a trench last year for my new OWB's water lines/electric I hooked my well supply line(3/4" black plastic) with my neighbor's Woods 9000 BH attached to a TC35A. I was really amazed how much force it took w/o breaking anything, whew!! Had a couple beverages, and resumed in a more cautious digging manner.

 

[tf116]

Congrats Caver!, hope that you have a lot of fun with your new toy.....by the way, you just can't keep them clean!!......Mike

 

[CBB]

One of the first backhoe projects I tackled was to help a neighbor out by digging next to his house to expose some water pipes. He marked the area for me and I dug carefully. Unfortunately, his markings were about six inches off and I "dug" right into his main. Amazing how quickly a 4x4x4 hole can turn into a mud swamp. Luckily, he is the manager of the neighborhood water association so he quickly shut off the service at the street. I then bailed the water out with the BH bucket and he fixed it up. Break in water main to restored service took about 45 minutes. Not bad.

That sounds precariously close to a nightmare. Glad it worked out for you but that was close to some major trouble.