What is the most useless piece of equipment

[RadarTech]

This is my tractor. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My tractor is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
My tractor, without me, is useless. Without my tractor, I am useless. I drive my my tractor true. I must scrape the snow straighter than my neighbor who is trying to laugh at me. I must be done him before he sees me. I will...
My tractor and myself know that what counts in this winter is not the scraping we do, the noise of diesel engines, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the job we do that count. We will work hard... We will....
My tractor is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its attachments, its sights and its wheels... I will ever guard it against the ravages of weather and damage as I will ever guard my legs, my arms, my eyes and my heart against damage. I will keep my tractor clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will...
Before God, I swear this creed. My tractor and myself are the maintainers of our property. We are the masters of our wintery weather. We are the saviors of my peaceful country home.
So be it, until winter is over and there is no snow drifts, no slick driveways only peaceful beautiful scenes....



Sorry.... It just seemed to fit....


Semper Fi,

RT

 

[Nightrain1]

A rear carry all on a tractor w/fel. It just sits there on the ground and says, what were you thinking?

 

[JDgreen227]

In the snow, the box is useless... In the summer the blade is useless...

In summer the blade can be used for grading, if you have dirt that needs leveling. I have gravel delivered for my driveway and the RB is very useful for that purpose. I would take a RB over a box scraper any day.

 

[RadarTech]

In summer the blade can be used for grading, if you have dirt that needs leveling. I have gravel delivered for my driveway and the RB is very useful for that purpose. I would take a RB over a box scraper any day.

In some cases I agree. On my driveway we have lots of incline and declines.. The box works better for me in the rut repair, and the water run off from a few places that I haven't got a good solution for yet....

 

[lostcause]

snowblowers - walk behind or tractor mounted.

don't get me wrong, i think they do a great job compared to a plow, but after years of doing it, i'll stick with a heated truck cab and deal with the performance and damage issues that come with a truck mounted plow. i guess if you have a heated cab on the tractor, then you're good, but otherwise, never again for me - 12 years plowing with the bucket loader was it.

 

[jinman]

HEY I have one of those that I used on my Jubilee and it sure was handy. I keep thinking about hooking it up to my 4210 and seeing how useful it is with 4wd and PS....:laughing:

I have one that I keep thinking I'll adapt to my FEL quick-attach and use it as a trenching bucket. Like you, I used it all the time with my Jubilee, but the FEL/Boxblade combo has made my scoop a rust collector. I'd sure like to adapt it for FEL use. It seems it would have high visibility and be able to do fine work.

My most useless piece of equipment is my 3PH boom pole since I have a FEL. I have not used it a single time, but like the dirtscoop, I could convert it to the FEL if needed. I also have to say that my PHD spends most of its life hanging from a tree limb. Even my neighbor who is a half-owner has only used it one week in the last 8 years.

 

[massey990]

A rear carry all on a tractor w/fel. It just sits there on the ground and says, what were you thinking?

I can move at least 5x the amound of firewood with my carry-all than I can in my loader bucket. Also I can load my box blade, scrape blade and my rake all on the carry-all and move them to where I will be using all three without having to go all the way back to the barn to switch them out.

 

[JDgreen227]

I have one that I keep thinking I'll adapt to my FEL quick-attach and use it as a trenching bucket. Like you, I used it all the time with my Jubilee, but the FEL/Boxblade combo has made my scoop a rust collector. I'd sure like to adapt it for FEL use. It seems it would have high visibility and be able to do fine work.

My most useless piece of equipment is my 3PH boom pole since I have a FEL. I have not used it a single time, but like the dirtscoop, I could convert it to the FEL if needed. I also have to say that my PHD spends most of its life hanging from a tree limb. Even my neighbor who is a half-owner has only used it one week in the last 8 years.

Here is a picture of me and my Jubilee with scoop, taken in the fall of '93. Sorry for poor pic quality, this is a camera phone pic of an existing 35mm film picture. I always felt my rear scoop would have been a lot more useful if the Jubilee had at least PS.

 

[scrappy isb67]

I suppose it's the fel bucket boom that I worked hard to build. I've never used it.
But the pto and mmm capability on my tractor is also useless as I've never used it, have no accessories that make use of it and have no plans to get any.

I second this, the only thing the mid pto might be good for (for ME) is a snowblower but I don't need one of those either.

This is my tractor. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My tractor is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
My tractor, without me, is useless. Without my tractor, I am useless. I drive my my tractor true. I must scrape the snow straighter than my neighbor who is trying to laugh at me. I must be done him before he sees me. I will...
My tractor and myself know that what counts in this winter is not the scraping we do, the noise of diesel engines, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the job we do that count. We will work hard... We will....
My tractor is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its attachments, its sights and its wheels... I will ever guard it against the ravages of weather and damage as I will ever guard my legs, my arms, my eyes and my heart against damage. I will keep my tractor clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will...
Before God, I swear this creed. My tractor and myself are the maintainers of our property. We are the masters of our wintery weather. We are the saviors of my peaceful country home.
So be it, until winter is over and there is no snow drifts, no slick driveways only peaceful beautiful scenes....



Sorry.... It just seemed to fit....


Semper Fi,

RT

Nice!

 

[Western]

For me, it would be my Box blade. I have used maybe once, but usually go with the FEL. Right now though, it is making a nice "weed protector"