What attachments did you THINK you needed but don't use much?

[LBrown59]

I bought the big Kubota ballast box. Filled it up and used it once. It seems if I have work enough to need the extra weight in the back, there is some other attachment that is also needed in the first flace. Wish I had that 300 bucks back.

A ballast box is a poor investment = use an implement or attachment instead.

 

[LBrown59]

I'm with Eddie, the box blade. I used it for one project and haven't moved it since. I could have used the FEL & landscape rake just as easily. I have used just the rake on other projects that I originally thought I needed a box blade for.

Ken

A FEL and a tiller is a better combination than a Fel and box blade in my book.

 

[LBrown59]

I really like my box blade, maybe its a soil thing. with my rocky soil my loader is not very effective at grading. My box blade with rippers works really well. Then I finish off with my landscape rake.

I don't have an implement I don't use.

By far and away the most useful is my loader followed closely by my backhoe.

Tiller would be a nice to have but used so infrequently that I can get by with my box and rippers.

Joel

If I didn't have a BH I'd think I didn't have a tractor.

 

[BigJim]

Although the concept of a grapple bucket is a good one, mine did not work out so well in practice. I ended up with an MDS rock bucket grapple, which while a very sturdy product, is simply too big for my tractor. Also, the grapple part of it is an after-thought that really isn't very useful because its "bite" is way too big (can't clamp down on a stack of sticks, etc.)

Being a newbie (when I got the setup), I let the dealer sell me what he had instead of what I wanted (an Anbo grapple). Although I did manage to use my MDS to drag a few downed trees, I could have just as easily (and a lot more cheaply) done this with chains. My problem was that the tractor was not plumbed for grapple hydraulics and I was afraid of putting those on myself, so I just handed the dealer a big wad of cash in exchange for an education.

I don't use the disc harrow or rear blade all that much, but since they are on loan from a neighbor who doesn't use them, this doesn't really count, now does it.

For that matter, now that I've cleared my orchard of trash trees, I no longer have a lot of use for the backhoe, but it sure was effective in tearing out an acre of thorn trees in short order. Besides, I might feel destructive once again some day, and I'd hate to be without it.

Most useful? Easy: the brush hog. Was going to use it tomorrow, but since we got a good rain tonight, that's going to have to wait.

 

[Sackett2]

For me its the rear 6' blade. It has it's purpose and I can use it if needed, but I find the box blade more practical.

 

[Steveguy]

I use my box blade alot, both as counter weight and for grading driveways. I guess one item that doesn't get used often is the roto tiller, but when I do want it, there is no substitute!
I suppose it could be possible to rent one for a day, but at the time I purchased it I had a bunch of work to do on my yards, and had a job lined up that paid for the tiller. All the other implements are so inexpensive that I don't care if they aren't often used. I think a backhoe would be fun, but I can't justify the money because I don't have the actual need for one.
I'm using a Kubota BX 1800
Right now I have :

4ft KK box blade
5ft rear blade
3point fertilizer spreader
4ft landpride tiller
5ft smoothing drag with home made 3point lift
home made ripper/wire/tubing plow
receiver hitch

They all have uses yet, but the tiller is probably the least often used.

 

[browns40]

Pallet forks.

Had grand plans for using them clearing brush (brush sticks right through), Popping roots out (not the 300CX 42" out!), having an organized storage system for other implements (great if you have smooth ground-not here!).
Still use them a few times of year for moving logs, but a chain on the bucket works nearly as well, just on/off the tractor more.

They have been great the 2 times in three years large items came on pallets.

 

[hoogy]

Just bought my tractor in january. Bought it second hand. Have a 60" mower and fel. Want to buy a snowblower. Was reading all your attachements you don't use. Is any of these things for sale? I am thinking of buying a pail of bucket forks for tractor.

 

[lawn_king]

I purchased a quickhitch that i never use. Theres nothing wrong with it. I myself dont like anything between the tractor & implement, wierd huh?

 

[dirt ditch]

For me its the rear 6' blade. It has it's purpose and I can use it if needed, but I find the box blade more practical.

I don't use my rear blade near as much as my box blade except when the drive needs the ditch recut or the crown put back on the road, then tilting and angling the rear blade does a better job faster.

 

[coobie]

A ballast box is a poor investment = use an implement or attachment instead.

Not really,I have a kubota 1,000 lbs ballast box I use quite often.It is more compact than my other implements,and easier to attach.coobie

 

[JoelD]

I do have one attachment that I no longer use. A three point trailer hitch bracket. I do not use because when you load the back of a trailer the hitch will pivot up. I use an adapter for my bucket that works great for my needs, also is faster on and off.

Joel

 

[Gizmo2]

That's an easy one. The box blade. It's been a total waste and I'm giving it to my brother now that he's just bought a place. I've learned that I can do more with my loader bucket then I can with the box blade.

Eddie

Wow, That is a first. I have never owned a box blade cause my thinking has always been the same as yours Eddie.

 

[wolc123]

3 pt disc. I bought a pull type that is a couple ft wider and pulls half as hard, doing twice as good of job on each pass (and only cost me $100). 3 pt discs are all junk in my opinion. Way quicker on and off also just with a single pin for the pull type, and I can use it with my antique, pre-3pt tractors. Unless you have to trasport over road regularly or are just doing very small areas, dont waste your money on a 3 pt.

 

[Gizmo2]

On the flip side, now after 20 some years I have a ballast box and a set of FEL forks and they are not going anywhere soon. After living at the same location for many years my BH and PHD do not get used near as much as when I first bought the place but they sure got used in years past. Do I really need the BH and PHD now, No, but I am not going to get rid of them either.
My wife questioned our need for another BH last year when I traded in our other tractor and BH. My answer was the kids will need it, plus a shovel handle no longer fits in my hands for any long period of time.

 

[LoneCowboy]

That's an easy one. The box blade. It's been a total waste and I'm giving it to my brother now that he's just bought a place. I've learned that I can do more with my loader bucket then I can with the box blade.

Eddie

+1
Exactly
used it twice in 3 years and then sold it, don't miss it at all.

 

[LBrown59]

For me its the rear 6' blade. It has it's purpose and I can use it if needed, but I find the box blade more practical.

I have a FEl front blade tiller and a back hoe so have no need for either a rear blade or box blade.

 

[LBrown59]

I don't see why anyone who has a FEL would need a Box Blade.

Aren't they just a poor mans fel anyway?

+1
Exactly
used it twice in 3 years and then sold it, don't miss it at all.

 

[LBrown59]

That's an easy one. The box blade. It's been a total waste and I'm giving it to my brother now that he's just bought a place. I've learned that I can do more with my loader bucket then I can with the box blade.

Eddie

If you have a fel you don't need a box blade .
If you have a box blade you still need or could use a fel.

 

[windy acers]

5 inch goosen chipper. just burn it. sold chipper 6 months latter.