Buying Advice Help me pick my 2nd attachment/implement

[castiman]

I would say forks also but not from john deere their too heavy, forks from artillian forks, there light and well made. Is your driveway paved if not, a box blade or land plane, will help maintain the driveway and also will work for grooming your trails.

 

[kennyd]

I would say forks also but not from john deere their too heavy, forks from artillian forks, there light and well made. Is your driveway paved if not, a box blade or land plane, will help maintain the driveway and also will work for grooming your trails.

Yes, the JD forks are to heavy for sure...

 

[glc24]

I would say the box blade. Frontier BB2065!:thumbsup:

Greg

 

[Tenn_Blue]

Another vote for boxblade. You can do a whole lot of things with one if you don't have some of the other "must have" implements. Since YOU have to pay for the implement (correct?), they are not too expensive.

Agree on getting the forks, but aftermarket ones - the Deere forks are heavy and the 200cx loader doesn't have a lot of extra capacity to support them. Actually, forks are an easy project to build yourself (lots of threads about this in the build it yourself section.

 

[Gizmo2]

Yes, the JD forks are to heavy for sure...

I like heavy.......like me!

 

[crash325]

I wish I had a Backhoe:thumbsup: But at this point I would settle for a post hole digger.

A "back hoe" is the most useful attachment you can have, next to the FEL. Once you have a back hoe, you will find so many uses for it that are hard to imagine how much you will use it.

Creating trails, digging out trees, stumps, shoving heavy objects around, are a few in addition digging & trenching. My Gannon has not been on the tractor in about 4 years and its all hydraulic, very easy to use. Post hole digger is very useful, just not needed very often.

Forks are so easy and cheap to build ( I've made 3 different types.) I would never consider buying a set. I posted pictures of all three in a home made forks forum.

The balanced rock and stairs were both set with the back hoe as my only help. Neither could have been done without the back hoe. :thumbsup:

 

[kennyd]

I like heavy.......like me!

Because your head is filled with rocks?:laughing::laughing:

Sorry to others reading this...Me and the Giz have a understanding:drink:

Pole barn done yet?

 

[DavidVT]

if there is enough in the budget: Backhoe without question

if you need to be more reasonable: scraper/boxblade, forks, grapple,

 

[Gizmo2]

Because your head is filled with rocks?:laughing::laughing:

Sorry to others reading this...Me and the Giz have a understanding:drink:

Pole barn done yet?

"Me and the Giz have a understanding" We do?
"Because your head is filled with rocks?" You been talking to my wife haven't you?
"Pole barn done yet?" NO!

 

[Gizmo2]

For some reason I don't really consider the backhoe an attachment. But I certainly am not getting rid of mine. I don't use it often but when I do it is usually over an extended period of time and for some reason a shovel no longer fits my hands. Just sayin!