Attachment quandary...what to buy, will work?

Fuddy1952 · Mar 9, 2021

My JD3038 I got with FEL and backhoe, bush hog, auger. I'm sure I use bucket the most, and I got a tooth bar for it. Backhoe, bush hog a fair amount. Grapple is great when I need it, maybe twice a year. A boom is nice but rarely use it.
Right now I could use a box blade, and was looking at County Line one, a rake and blade.
The quandary is I'd like every attachment I can get, but deciding most useful and how often is the question.
At the barn is compacted #57s with sand on top, but horses make a mess, straw + manure. I assume a rake good for that?
Then beyond land gets steep, down 4ft every 10ft, horses go up and down that all the time but after rain a mess. A box blade or just a blade or too steep? (I can drive straight over without tipping sideways).
We're in late 60s, no kids...just spend it?
Where do you draw the line as in something used 2 hours/year for $800 (example).
I'm so used to growing up we had a Farmall tractor, a homemade trailer I still have, a push blade, sickle bar, lots of hand tools.
I'm used to just doing everything by hand.
Last picture is a stump I removed from front yard yesterday. It weighted a ton.
Thanks any ideas.

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Fuddy1952 · Mar 9, 2021

(I can drive straight over without tipping sideways). I meant to say drive straight down not over...

Wyobuckaroo · Mar 10, 2021

For pasture, road apple issues, this is what I have done that works cheap, easy...

I bolted together 7 heavy duty light truck tires.. A row of 4 wide behind a row of 3 wide.. Bolted together at each tangent point.
A length of chain to pull it with.. It breaks up and spreads road apples, breaks weed stalks, bends over grasses that have the chance to come back more quickly..

For more aggressive action I drilled and bolted about 3" of exposed all thread rod to the side wall of the tires.. Using 6 or so per tire, all on one side.. Need more aggression, turn the bolt teeth down.. Need less aggressive, turn the bolt teeth up..

Not fancy, but not expensive.. May take more passes over a given area than other more expensive implement options.. Actually best results are from multiple passes from different directions..

Good luck..