Nice place! Overheating with a rotary is a bit concerning (Were you running the AC in that cab? Or did you try the old trick of opening all windows and running max heat to get hot air out from under the hood?) While big rotaries can require power, it's usually more intermittent and less punishing on the cooling system than a flail mower in heavier brush, and especially than a mulcher. Since I'm sure the cooling system is up for it (It's not like Daedong/Kioti don't know a thing or two about engineering tractors), I wonder if we're starting to hit harder limits from making engines smaller and smaller, and getting power from higher and higher turbo pressures. Generating ever more power, and heat, in a smaller and smaller space. Requiring governors to step in more aggressively, to ensure even the hottest corner of the engine don't get too hot.
Paul Norman i probably had the AC running at first. The stuff we were cutting is fairly thick. And it handled it quite well. But yes, the overheating was annoying.
Paul Norman I know this is an old post but the overheating was tracked down to dirty radiator. Lots of chaff got stuck in the fins. Once I blew it out the problem was gone.
Heck of a tractor. Astonishing power and weight. And still a metal hood !
Pine Forest yes, the Kioti has been a great tractor.
Now that you have a little time under your belt with this thing.. Do you have any complaints about it? Maybe do a short separate video on it?
I’ve got some cutting to do soon. I should shoot some video and show how it’s held up.
@@breakheartorchard4761 That would be great! Thanks for your reply!
Not sure why but seeing you work on that hill makes me cringe!!! 😂 Good to see you working that machine hard.
You just need to go slowly when figuring out the limits of the machine and make sure the weather is right.
Nice place!
Overheating with a rotary is a bit concerning (Were you running the AC in that cab? Or did you try the old trick of opening all windows and running max heat to get hot air out from under the hood?) While big rotaries can require power, it's usually more intermittent and less punishing on the cooling system than a flail mower in heavier brush, and especially than a mulcher. Since I'm sure the cooling system is up for it (It's not like Daedong/Kioti don't know a thing or two about engineering tractors), I wonder if we're starting to hit harder limits from making engines smaller and smaller, and getting power from higher and higher turbo pressures. Generating ever more power, and heat, in a smaller and smaller space. Requiring governors to step in more aggressively, to ensure even the hottest corner of the engine don't get too hot.
Paul Norman i probably had the AC running at first. The stuff we were cutting is fairly thick. And it handled it quite well. But yes, the overheating was annoying.
Paul Norman I know this is an old post but the overheating was tracked down to dirty radiator. Lots of chaff got stuck in the fins. Once I blew it out the problem was gone.
I have a 5' Titan rotary cutter and I do not like it. It does not cut decent at all compared to others I have owned over the years.
What model do you have? This is my first rotary cutter so I don’t have anything else to compare it to.