I finally got a chance to go by the Kioti dealer and talk to the dealer and drive a few tractors. I told him that most of the hours that I would be putting on the tractor would be mowing 8 acres that I would probably not let it get over 8". I told him I also wanted a grader to maintain a long drive and a tiller to till a garden but I would only be doing those task a few times a year. He recommended the ck27. The free loader program is on for the ck27 and ck30 but not the ck35 The ck35 has a $2,500 rebate. He said the loader was worth $3,500.
He said that it would be hard to tell the difference between the ck27 and ck35 while pulling a 6' finish mower if I truly used it as a finish mower. He said that if I wanted to go to a 7' finish mower he would recommend the ck35 but he only recommended a 7' if my land was pretty much level. If not he recommended a 6' regardless of which tractor I bought. He carries the Woods PRD and RD finish mowers. The PRD is :shocked: $2,700 and the RD is $2,150 but man that PRD is built well.
He recommended a 5' KingKutter tiller and a 5' woods grader. I believe it is a GS600. He said that the ck35 would handle a 6' and possibly a 7' but if I was only grading my driveway a few times a year was it worth the extra money? He said that he sold more ck27s than ck30s and ck35s combined. He said that most people he sold ck35s to wanted a tractor to run a 6' brush cutter but he thought that the dk lineup was better for a 6' brush cutter. He said that the ck35 was a great tractor and if I bought one I would never want for hp as long as I used implements designed for that frame sized tractor but performing the task that I described he felt that I would be happy with a ck27 plus save some money.
Sorry for the long post but I thought you might want to know what the dealer recommended.