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Read articles →A practical real-world lift test where the owner loads a firewood tote with roughly a third of a cord of red oak, hauls it to a public weigh station, and comes back with an actual number: 1,520 pounds. He then honestly compares that to the Kioti CK3510 loader's 1,835-pound rated capacity and notes he couldn't lift the load to full height. Useful for anyone curious how the loader performs against a real-world heavy load, not a spec sheet.
An owner-operator sharing hands-on experience from their own property, with no apparent commercial affiliation.
It is rated at 1,835 pounds at the pivot pins, and the owner lifted a 1,520-pound firewood tote, but could not raise it to the full eight-foot height, only about three or four feet.
A tote holding about 46 cubic feet, a bit over a third of a cord of red oak that was not fully seasoned, weighed 1,520 pounds at the weigh station.
The owner does not recommend it. His 2016 Tacoma managed the 1,520-pound tote but was maxed out and squatting, and he suggests a half ton or 3/4 ton truck instead.
