Best Mod/add on to compact tractor or attachment

[countrybumpkin]

Single best mod I made was converting to skidsteer style quick attach.

X2

 

[bironacad]

Pretty simple for me...the ballast box and the tooth bar

I like my skid steer quick attachment, but there are lots of tooth bars as best modification. Can some elaborate as to why?

 

[RoyJackson]

I like my skid steer quick attachment, but there are lots of tooth bars as best modification. Can some elaborate as to why?

Loader buckets without toothbars are great for picking up fresh loose material...but don't do well if the material has clumped up or dried out (crusty). The toothbar applies more pressure at those points then a bucket lip does to break through that crust.
The toothbar gives you the "bite". The ballast box provides the traction.

 

[bironacad]

I was quoted $360 cash for a 6' tooth bar but I have spent to much and will have to wait for the tooth bar, lol. I am going to the Metal Supermarket later today to get some steel to make up some trailer hitch receivers for my skid steer attachment and three point lift. Momma may give me the evil eye for this, lol. Oh well, I can change, if I have to, I guess.

 

[boggen]

100 to 300 gallon gravity fed diesel or gas tanks. those pesky 5 gallon plastic jugs, get old quick. then those special trips to town just for gas for tractor. more so on sunday morning when ya used up all your fuel friday and satarday that were in the jugs.

 

[BethesdaEC]

I like my skid steer quick attachment, but there are lots of tooth bars as best modification. Can some elaborate as to why?

Without teeth

With Teeth

 

[RonMar]

 

[oldballs]

That made my day.

 

[bironacad]

That made my day.

Looks like we have to much time on our hands, lol.:laughing:

 

[wolc123]

On my JD 4120, it would probably be the canopy I made that fastens to the top of the ROPS with (4) bolts. I used a canvas-covered wood frame. It is light wieght and I can have it on or off in less than (5) minutes. The canopy is larger, lighter and thus more effective than most store-bought ones. A primary usage of this tractor is open-field mowing in the summer and it can get mighty hot out there under the mid-day sun. Operating this tractor with the canopy installed is nearly as comfortable as an AC cab. It was great not to have to pay for one of them, and still have the versatility of quick removal for work in the woods, and so the ROPS can be folded down to fit into std 7 ft garage doors, etc. The hour or so I spent building that canopy has been paying big dividends for 5 years now. It also does a nice job keeping me dry when I get caught out in the rain. A close second would be the tree scoop I made that bolts to the bottom of the bucket. This is simply a piece of 12" x 3" channel iron that is about 30" long and bolts flat under the center of the bucket. I used (2) of the toothbar holes (thankfully I dont have one of them installed), and drilled a 3rd hole on center, 8" back to attach with (3) 1/2" bolts. This attachment also took under an hour to build and worked wonderfully to scoop and move about (25) 5-10 ft tall blue spruce last fall. I cant wait for the ground to thaw out this spring so I can move a bunch more. Like the canopy, I didnt need to purchase any materials (I had the channel and bolts laying around the barn), so it was just an hour of my time required to save weeks of back-breaking labor with a shovel and ball cart to get them trees moved. In my opinion, a "free" mod is a much better candidate for "best" than one you pay for in this uncertain economy.