KIOTI Tractor Empowers Nonprofit with Equipment Donation

The donation is the latest effort in KIOTI’s Dirt Brigade initiative, which empowers and celebrates people using heavy machinery to give back to those in need.

November 19, 2021

Alexis Sheprak

Kioti Tractor Division, Daedong-USA Inc.

KIOTI Tractor is helping one local nonprofit use heavy machinery to make a difference in its community, donating a custom CK2610 HST tractor, KL4030 front-end loader, KB2475L backhoe, and accompanying trailer to Rebuilding Together of the Triangle (RTT).

The organization will use the equipment in its work providing no-cost home repairs to local neighbors in North Carolina. The donation is the latest effort in KIOTI’s Dirt Brigade initiative, which empowers and celebrates people using heavy machinery to give back to those in need.

"Rebuilding Together of the Triangle embodies the selfless spirit of KIOTI’s Dirt Brigade through its essential work in our community every single day,” said Peter Dong-Kyun Kim, president and CEO of Daedong-USA Inc., KIOTI Tractor Division. “We were honored to have the opportunity to support its mission through this donation and look forward to collaborating more in the future."

The custom CK2610 HST tractor includes an open station platform, twin HST pedals for effortless forward/reverse movement, and a standard single-lever joystick. The front end loader features a 60-inch bucket with a lift capacity of 1,835 pounds, while the backhoe includes a 12-inch bucket with a digging force of 2,817.5 pounds.

“We’re on pace to provide more than 150 no-cost repairs to local residents in need this year, but we still have more than 650 families awaiting assistance,” said Dan Sargent, executive director of RTT. “KIOTI’s generous equipment donation will help our team make repairs more efficiently and assist more homeowners across the Triangle for years to come.”

KIOTI’s Dirt Brigade launched last year as a virtual community of doers using their KIOTI tractors, utility vehicles, and zero-turn-radius mowers to better their communities. Through their Facebook group, hundreds of Dirt Brigade members share inspiring stories of their own acts of kindness – from assisting with hurricane cleanup to maintaining an elderly neighbor’s yard.

Information provided by KIOTI and edited by Alexis Sheprak