Best used attachment under $500.

[rdinatal]

The title should say "Most Used Attachment"

What if you had $500 and wanted to spend it on something. For arguments sake you had a (S)CUT, FEL and a rear blade (box or scrape).

What would you get and why?

-R

 

[Lnk]

In my case, at $500 it would be my 9' Flail mower, which I have yet to see in person. But will Friday night. Hope to try it out on Saturday. Otherwise I guess a 5' Rotary mower would be useful.

 

[Streetcar]

What type of property and how much property do you have.
What do you do on property
Generally rotary cutter

 

[vvanders]

If you don't already have a drawbar they can be handy. Cost almost nothing and great for dragging and pulling posts/etc out of the ground.

 

[CADplans]

If I did not already have one,,, I would buy a $200 chain,,,
for that much, it is unbreakable,,, and doubles as a front end weight!! :thumbsup:

 

[airbiscuit]

Landscape Rake
Bolt on Grapple
Disk
Toothbar
Omni Hitch
Middle Buster (Sub-soiler)
Clamp on Forks
Ken's Bolt on Hooks

 

[sweettractors]

Something to work the soil. Ripper, plow, cultivator. Ken Sweet

 

[Fallon]

In my case, at $500 it would be my 9' Flail mower, which I have yet to see in person. But will Friday night. Hope to try it out on Saturday. Otherwise I guess a 5' Rotary mower would be useful.

I paid $100 for my ancient 7' Ford 917 flail. Have about $500 into it now with parts. I'd agree it's my most important implement. Good luck in finding one... there have been 7 posted to Craigslist in Colorado in the past 2 years, most crop flails or overpriced. A rough cut rotary cutter would be the much more likely alternate.

My box blade is #2 on my list. I've done a fair bit of digging & grading with it as well as the expected driveway maintenance. A land plane is on my build or used bargain hunt list. They are easier to use & level/smooth better than a box, but not as flexible.

 

[Wolfy]

Really does depend on your land. I would be lost without my landscape rake. A boom pole is also in my sights.

 

[topbuilder]

My "most used" for the compact tractor would be 3PT hitch hayforks. Fencing, cutting trees and brush, moving things.

 

[Catoosa]

What type of property and how much property do you have.
What do you do on property
Generally rotary cutter

These questions will need to be answered before anyone can give a good answer. In my case as with others a used flail mower was the ticket for mowing my 8 acres and as of last summer the most used implement I have.

That may change as late in the season I bought a 60 inch zero turn and am planning on mowing as much as I can with it. The problem is I have mowed allot of the property with the tractor when it was really too wet and have created tire ruts all over the place. This makes mowing with the ZT a pretty bouncy proposition. Could very well be next summer a plow and tiller will be the most used implements as I plow then till most of the property to level it out.

 

[rdinatal]

What type of property and how much property do you have.
What do you do on property

Less than 5 acres but the real use is as a landscaping tool. I'm saving up for a backhoe but I just might have to stretch for it sooner than later. No grass cutting for me, done enough of that when I was 15!!!!

What I have now:

Rear scrape blade
Subsoiler
Draw bar
Tow hitch w/2"x2" receiver (trailer mover)
Bucket hooks and D-Ring
Filled tires
Lights on ROPS

I was thinking of a set of Edge Tamers but there are some good ideas here.

-R

 

[MESSMAKER]

Tow hitch,hooks on bucket and a chain. Should have $$ left.

 

[Catoosa]

Then Landscape rake, many uses.. I use mine mostly for our gravel drive.

 

[hturner12]

Ratchet Rake. Already cleared 1.4 acre in about 50 hours

 

[bspeedy]

Surprised no one has suggested pallet forks. Use them as much as anything and less than 500 bucks. Trailer mover is a well spent 100 dollars.

 

[Turbys_1700]

Surprised no one has suggested pallet forks. Use them as much as anything and less than 500 bucks. Trailer mover is a well spent 100 dollars.

Just getting ready to mention forks and you beat me to it...

 

[TMGT]

I have about 500 in my grapple, use it all the time, next up would be my pallet forks.

For the rear I use my tilt and offset scraper, unless my backhoe is attached.

 

[rgr33]

I have a lot of grass and cover crop in and around my vineyard. For $500, I would get a used 3pt sprayer, and would probably have enough left over to get a small spot sprayer for the quad.

Can't imagine fighting weeds with a hoe.