Implements you regret buying

[Kubota 46]

I totally agree on the landscape rake. I bought an 84" from TSC and had an additional 10% coupon. I had "convinced" myself that it would by just the thing to gather up small sticks and branches when I push over dead trees. Nope!

I even bought some gage wheels from Rural King, which did make it work better but, still not great. It still gathers up more dirt than sticks.

I need to find another fool to sell it to.

I buy it and i tell you why remove every other tine and it will work for sticks and roots a rake was designed for lanscaping cause it would break up clods of dirt then

 

[Kubota 46]

My list:

- 6' Bushhog
- 6' Box blade
- 6' Rock Rake
- 6' Disc
- Ratchet Rake
- 10' grader blade

Anyone see any common attribute for the first four items. Yea, I listened to the "conventional" wisdom and the owner's manual and bought 6' implements. With my rear tires widened to their widest point, they sit 76" outside to outside. I used the Ratchet Rake once, then turned it into part of my weight block for my BB.

The 10' grader blade is all on me: After he loaded it and took my money, the seller (a farm store owner north of Florence, AL) tried to talk me out of it. I bought it anyway. Now I'm gong to replace it with a no name XD HD brand out of Newton, NC, from someone none of you guys have ever heard of before.

Everything attachments is a great bunch they can answer your questions. Ted is great on the YouTube videos explaining everything you need to know and if Ted don't call them they will explain what you want to know

 

[Kubota 46]

The disc works OK as far as "discing up the dirt. The problem is; it moves dirt to the center of the disc in windrow fashion. Then a pain to level out again.

Put a drag harrow behind your disc and it should level out the windrow

 

[Otto Syracuse]

I regret buying the DR Mower Fence Post Weed Trimmer. It looked like a tool I couldn't live without. It works OK, but not great, and requires you to go at a snail's pace. And the nylon trimmers are very expensive and only available from DR. I have not found an alternative product.

It's just easier to remember to hit the fence rows with Roundup a couple of times a year, that keeps the weeds to a minimum. That, plus I realized that the horse fence will not be a trimmed and pristine as the fence near the house. Actually that sounds like a to do item for today.

 

[robertm]

Me? The rear snowblower for my late B2620 and now my BX2670.
THREE YEARS I have put it on and used it ONCE. I know that one day I may use it, but after three years, I'm just about ready to sell it. You'd think in Illinois it would have hours of use by now.

Then there is the front loader blade for my BX2670. While it sure looks good, it's about useless on the BX. When pushing snow, the BX does not have enough weight, so after minimal snow buildup on the blade, the tractor slides with the angling of the blade and steering is lost as well.

Then there is the pine needle rake. Works great for pine needles, but useless for sticks in my yard. Going to go on Craigslist soon.

After all this thread therapy, might just sell the BX with all the goodies, and buy a BX2680 with just the rear blade and loader for snow like the old days.

 

[oldballs]

The Boom Pole is my biggest regret. Usually it takes two people to use it, i.e. a "Groundman" to control the swinging object. The FEL functions much better. Then the Pin On type Pallet Forks that I sold when buying a different model tractor....and besides......lining up those pins was a PITA for quick mounts.

 

[aczlan]

I regret buying the DR Mower Fence Post Weed Trimmer. It looked like a tool I couldn't live without. It works OK, but not great, and requires you to go at a snail's pace. And the nylon trimmers are very expensive and only available from DR. I have not found an alternative product.

I have had the same result with ours. Tempted to work out something to mount it on the front or middle of the tractor to make it less finicky when the tractor hits bumps. On the line, someone suggested 3/16ths stainless cable and then heat the end up with a torch until it forms a little ball and essentially welds itself together. I did that but haven't gotten around to putting the mower back on the tractor to see how it does.

It's just easier to remember to hit the fence rows with Roundup a couple of times a year, that keeps the weeds to a minimum. That, plus I realized that the horse fence will not be a trimmed and pristine as the fence near the house. Actually that sounds like a to do item for today.

Yep, planning on putting on my rain gear and going out to weed-eat the fence line of the horse pasture in a little bit. It's drizzling and wet and we can't do anything else we had planned today.

Aaron Z

 

[bdhsfz6]

A lot of interesting points in this post. Obviously, where you live and what you need to do will have a bearing on the type of implements you need / use.

I have quite an array of implements I've acquired over the years. Most I find useful, some more often than others. The exception was my Frisori PTO Ag spreader which I used once when seeding the 3 acres next to the house. It sat in the barn unused for several years and I considered selling it until I got a coal stove. Now, with some modification, I use it in winter to spread coal ash on my 1.25 mile private road. Sometimes, old unused implements can find a new purpose.

 

[4get gto]

The exception was my Frisori PTO Ag spreader which I used once when seeding the 3 acres next to the house. It sat in the barn unused for several years and I considered selling it until I got a coal stove.

He made a coal bin out of that sucker! (Was my first thought ):laughing:

 

[oosik]

The light weight disk harrow(Land Pride 1048) I bought when I had the Ford 1710 4WD is too light to cut the soil I have here. Its still too light now that I have the Kubota M6040. I need to sell it and purchase something like a Brown or other heavy offset disk harrow.