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[IamPro2A]

Yeah, I have a Kioti CS 22hp unit. Just enough for my small property. Sometimes I wish I had bought the Deere you bought. Definitely has more capability. At least mine takes universal skid steer attachments which makes it easier to find attachments on FB or Craigslist.

Or just step up to the Kioti CK series.
The CS is pretty small for a pusher. Might as well just use the bucket to push snow.
Back when I bought my CK3510SE, a similar Deere 3033R with the same options was like $15-20k more.
I love mine, and last year my neighbor bought a big 75hp Kioti with the cab, heat and a/c and a huge pto snow blower to replace his open cockpit Deere.
Is your driveway paved?

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[legacy_etu]

Or just step up to the Kioti CK series.
The CS is pretty small for a pusher. Might as well just use the bucket to push snow.
Back when I bought my CK3510SE, a similar Deere 3033R with the same options was like $15-20k more.
I love mine, and last year my neighbor bought a big 75hp Kioti with the cab, heat and a/c and a huge pto snow blower to replace his open cockpit Deere.
Is your driveway paved?

Yeah, the Kioti's are a good value and seem to be made pretty well. Eh, the CS is fine for my property. A CK would really be overkill for what I need it for which is mostly light landscape work.

My drive is paved thankfully. You're right, I should probably just use the bucket and get the forks.

 

[IamPro2A]

All my research on tractors this small eventually led to 'you are really buying the dealer you want to deal with'.

^^^ THIS! ^^^

All brands of tractors these days have issues (same as everything else). Hell, very little of a modern compact Deere is made in the USA these days. The dealer should be the deciding factor.
Mine is local, a decent size with a decent size shop, and I also use them for some of my powersports stuff. The JD dealer is actually closer to me, but they are horrible.

That said, my first choice in Kioti dealers is Concord Tractor in Chichester, NH.
They are not a good dealer, they are a GREAT dealer. But I'm well outside their pickup and delivery area, and at the time I did not have a trailer big enough for that tractor, and my local dealer is only 10 miles away. No regrets.

 

[IamPro2A]

My drive is paved thankfully. You're right, I should probably just use the bucket and get the forks.

Instead of, or in addition to the Predator edge for your bucket, consider a UHMW plastic cutting edge, or even a rubber one. Won't damage pavement and you wont wear down the bucket edge. Some DIY solutions are cut down old conveyor belts, or rubber horse stall mats. Some people cut a slot in a piece of heavy pvc pipe and slip that over the bucket edge, but for what pvc costs these days compared to how fast that will wear down or break, I don't think it's worth it.

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

I’ve been looking at the forks a bit. I’ve had the temp forks for a bucket on a Kubota in the past and they did ok for the little things I use it for. I have a better connection on the Mahindra so going for a fork that replaces the bucket. Now I just have to find flat enough ground to switch things in and out without tweaking the arms.

 

[Stan H]

Heck our whole property is only 220 feet from east to west.

Yet here we are with a 1 Series

I could definitely male use of one let me tell ya . I have a fair sizeable place would live to get me grubby cabbage collectors on a small 4x4 tractor

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

I could definitely male use of one let me tell ya . I have a fair sizeable place would live to get me grubby cabbage collectors on a small 4x4 tractor

They’re worth it. Prices have skyrocketed on them but in the long run a good diesel 4x4 tractor will outlast most if not all the lawn mowers you can get today. Theres your cost/benefit right there. Plus you can get a new grease gun for “tractor stuff”. And who doesn’t like shopping for grease guns??!!

 

[wuykats]

I picked up a new hobby, building wooden wagon wheels. This necessitated getting a wood lathe, band saw and a few other tools to add to my table saw and other tools. Working on my 3rd one now, may be able to put it together with no glue, we shall see if I can get the spokes to all fit just right. I found the lathe and band saw on FB Marketplace for very reasonable prices. I've had the table saw for over 50 years. The hardest part was sourcing steel for the "tires". I don't have the equipment to bend 1/4" flat stock nor a place to heat them up for expansion before putting them on the rim. Just using regular lumber for now, so these are just decorative. Finishing them with a rubbed in coat of used engine oil.

 

[ChrisNLA]

I picked up a new hobby, building wooden wagon wheels. This necessitated getting a wood lathe, band saw and a few other tools to add to my table saw and other tools. Working on my 3rd one now, may be able to put it together with no glue, we shall see if I can get the spokes to all fit just right. I found the lathe and band saw on FB Marketplace for very reasonable prices. I've had the table saw for over 50 years. The hardest part was sourcing steel for the "tires". I don't have the equipment to bend 1/4" flat stock nor a place to heat them up for expansion before putting them on the rim. Just using regular lumber for now, so these are just decorative. Finishing them with a rubbed in coat of used engine oil.

Display only wagon wheels is these most random hobby I've seen in a minute.

Looks darn nice, though.

 

[XraytecH]

Financial Suicide

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

I picked up a new hobby, building wooden wagon wheels. This necessitated getting a wood lathe, band saw and a few other tools to add to my table saw and other tools. Working on my 3rd one now, may be able to put it together with no glue, we shall see if I can get the spokes to all fit just right. I found the lathe and band saw on FB Marketplace for very reasonable prices. I've had the table saw for over 50 years. The hardest part was sourcing steel for the "tires". I don't have the equipment to bend 1/4" flat stock nor a place to heat them up for expansion before putting them on the rim. Just using regular lumber for now, so these are just decorative. Finishing them with a rubbed in coat of used engine oil.

That looks awesome!!! If you ever start an Etsy or something for one of those let me know!! My wife would love that on the front porch with the rockers.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Korean stamps of course because my grandson is half-Korean.....

Below because I love cars and have had 3 Javelins............

David Brittain envelope below - he was my great-grandfather on mother's side.

 

[wuykats]

That looks awesome!!! If you ever start an Etsy or something for one of those let me know!! My wife would love that on the front porch with the rockers.

Thanks, this turned out to be quite fun, but more time consuming than I thought it would be. Still working on getting the "right" hardware for these. It looks like I will have $30 more or less (mostly more LOL ) in materials in a 39 inch diameter wheel. I don't know what the market is, but am thinking people would pay 150 to 250 for something like this. I will be lucky to make one a month, spare time is at a premium!

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

That sounds about right. And what is this spare time you speak of?

 

[ShadowsPapa]

That sounds about right. And what is this spare time you speak of?

It shrinks once you retire.
My father told me years ago that as you age, thieves take days out of the years, leaving only about 300 and change for days, and months shrink, weeks become 5 days, not 7 and so on.
I look back and wonder- how the heck did I ever find the time to do a hardwood floor through almost the whole house while working a regular job and owning a store????

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