Kioti touts new ROPS additions to its CS30 line of sub-compact tractors

North Carolina-based Kioti Tractor continues to build its profile in the world of sub-compact tractors with two new releases in its CS30 series.

The ROPS (rollover protective structures) models include the CS2530 and the CS2230. Both include a standard fold-down roll bar as their ROPS mechanism.

According to Kioti (pronounced ki-o-tee), the 2530 with cab — released last year — features the sub-compact tractor industry’s first factory-installed, four-season climate-controlled cab.

“You can run it in the south or southeast just as good as you can run it in the north,” says Joel Hicks, product line manager for tractors with Kioti.

“It’s got all the comfort features that you’re looking for.”

Both ROPS models include an illuminated digital instrument offering access to critical information such as vehicle status, warnings and TMS (tire monitor system) alerts.

The two versions – both of which feature a three-cylinder diesel engine — are somewhat different under the hood.

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The 2530, at 24.5 horsepower and 51.63 lb.-ft. of torque, has slightly more horsepower and torque than the 2230’s 21 h.p. and 46.47 lb. ft.

Otherwise, both tractors have the same hydrostatic transmission “for smooth speed control,” rear differential lock, four-wheel drive and wet disc brakes as well as mid and rear power take-offs with optional quick-connect system.

These support a wide range of implements, including a front-end loader, mowers and tillers, as well as a three-point hitch with a 700 lb. lift capacity.

“Most people are pairing them with loaders,” says Hicks, who also noted the tractors’ appeal for non-farming acreage owners.

“For the big estate owner, the person that’s got a nice house and they’ve got some acreage that goes along with it and they really just like to go outside and do all their own little chores and not have to sort a lot of things out … it’s really a good little pair for anything of that nature.”

At 6.72 feet high and 4.03 feet wide, they’re also easy to store, he says.

“If you’ve got a house that was built in the ‘60s or ’70s, eight-foot garage doors were not popular back then. They were seven-foot garage doors.

“So if you want to walk into the garage where it’s nice and warm and hop in the tractor in your short sleeve shirt and roll out and go blow snow, you can roll it out of the garage and go blow snow with it.”

Hicks calls them the “pocket knives” of tractors.

“You always find something to do with it.”