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[texas law dog]

What are the differences with hydrostatic vs synchronized Kioti. Is the difference so great that hydrostatic is a must have?

 

[JoelD]

Do a search on gear versus hst and you'll find a bunch of threads on this one.

Joel

 

[deputyrpa]

What Joel said - but be forewarned - it's a pretty inconclusive debate!!

 

[greenmule]

Well its kinda like using a car or truck with auto and using a car or truck with standard shift,both work fine,both operate differently,each have advantages over the other.
I like geared things generally speaking,less stuff to tear up,cheaper to replace and buy.But will add,never had a hydro tractor.

 

[tommu56]

For loader work the hydrostatic seems better (mine is ) the shifting with a clutch forward and reverse a lot will be harder than pushing the pedal heal toe.

Just my opinion and I've ran both types

Tom

 

[Egon]

Only one way to find out; use each one and make your own decision.

 

[texas law dog]

thanks for the info. I'm purchasing a tractor for the firsttime and I'm trying to educate myself in as manyt aspects as possible. Especially with the uses I will have for it. A friend told me that he had a standard transmission but was synch/shuttle and he said that it was very good and you don't need to use the clutch to shift from forward to reverse. If thats the case I might be leaning toward the manual trans and just go for the DK45S.

 

[DK35vince]

The Kioti DK's are not power shift type transmissions, they have a syncronized shuttle. You can shift between forward and reverse using the shuttle lever onthe left side of the steering column.
But you DO need to use the clutch to shift.

 

[JonKioti]

As Egon said, I would also suggest trying each one out. As a first time purchase, my thoughts would be to lean towards the HST - you can get very precise movements without honing your skill a lot.

That being said, I prefer a standard shift car/truck too. But my car doesn't have a loader bucket on it, either.

I'm sure you will enjoy your new tractor, regardless.

Jon

 

[greenmule]

Yeah like was said about the shuttle shifter[at least on a ck30],you got to clutch it,its actually a forward/ reverse lever. Only advantage I see in it and just having a reverse on main shifter is it allows different reverse speeds[the faster the main gear you are in,when you put shifter in reverse,the faster you go in reverse].
Like said,don't have hydro,but the only advantage would be loader work that I can see,plus maybe real slow work,was kinda thinking along those lines when I bought mine concerning tilling,but first/low range works just fine for tilling[for me anyways],would probably go a little slower if I could,but than again,now that I know I can till and do a good job at that speed,wouldn't want to go slower.

One thing for you to think over is what kinda tires you want on it before you buy it,ag's or industral,kinda likeing my industrials[so far],but ain't tested them in any real snow or deeper mud. They do have more side ways stability,especially when loaded,in my opinion over ag's,but would say ag's would have to be better in deeper snow or mud. Industrials are supposed to be a tougher tire as far as punctures,but don't know that for sure,mines got 6 plys,don't know how thick ag's are for it.