Well finally back home after almost four weeks traveling south of Argentina. My first morning home I awoke to smoke rising from the trees on the back of the property. My wonderful neighbor Dan had gone ahead and applied for burn permits. We burned branch piles for three days this past week until the tractor broke. The loader joystick went limp and floppy after one of the pivot pins broke. I have ordered parts from East Tractor, I will see how quick they arrive or if I need to try a new dealer. They did reply to my email and advise that the design has changed, eliminating the plastic balls and replacing them with stainless pins and balls.

I am looking for recommendations or reviews of a small disc harrow, thinking this might be a cheaper easier alternative to a PTO tiller.

Next update after the tractor is fixed and burning some diesel at $3.80 a gallon!

Back to the daily grind

Well the Christmas break is definitely over as the first week of work for the new year is almost done. I did order the shop and owner manuals for my Kioti Ck20 from eBay today. Saturday I won't get anything done around the property as I will be going to the Seahawks vs Saints play off game, go Hawks!

Kioti CK20 HST Maintenance

Spent a few more hours out breaking up rotten stumps, knocking down more trees and moving limbs. I then decided to do some maintenance on the tractor, which has about 338 hours on it and ran to Wally world for some oil.

I have not purchased the manuals yet but plan to from East Texas Tractor Parts http://www.easttexasequipment.com/ through their Ebay Store http://stores.ebay.com/East-Texas-Tractor-Parts . I have not purchased anything yet but have talked to them on the phone and come across as some nice people.

I picked up a Oil Filter at NAPA P/N FIL1334, they do also stock the Air and Fuel Filters. After warming the engine up, draining the oil and changing the filter, i put 4 qts of oil in.  OK well the oil didn't stay in the engine very well as I forgot to put the drain plug in.....duh. So after the flushing procedure i put the plug in and filled the oil...success it actual shows on the dip stick. That was enough for tonight.