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Read articles →This is an owner's first-use test of a budget Amazon ballast box on his Kioti, not a Kioti-specific buying guide. He installs it, fills it with roughly 400-500 pounds of pea gravel bags, then compares lifting a log with the grapple and moving IBC totes with forks before and after adding the weight. Useful for owners considering a cheap counterweight solution rather than deep implement comparison.
Posted by Firewood on the Hill, an owner-operator named Matt sharing hands-on impressions from his own property rather than a dealer or reviewer.
Yes. Without it the log barely lifted and the frame rose up, but with about 500 pounds in the ballast box the log lifted with no problem.
The owner used eight bags of pea gravel at about 48 pounds each, plus the box weighing about 88 pounds, totaling roughly 500 pounds.
The supplied hitch pin did not fit properly, and a black version cost about 100 to 200 dollars more than the red one he bought.
Yes, the owner says the rear end will not come up on hills and he no longer has to worry about overloading the front axle.
