Most useful attachments

[dieselscout80]

Oh, come on, what fun is that?

For me, it's a tossup between bucket and pallet forks as the most used. Least used would be my 3PT platform lift, which I think I have not mounted for 3 years now, and the poor thing's sitting out in the woods. But once upon a time I used it at least twice a week.

It’s justification to buy all of them.

 

[Bronco82]

Summer time, FEL, box blade, pallet forks, and rotary mower in that order.
Winter, it's the snowblower, then FEL.

I would suppose the trailer mover gets used the least, not season dependent.

 

[crashz]

Most used (in order):
Loader with bucket & toothbar, brush cutter, finish mower, snow plow, pine needle rake (works for other leaves too), landscape rake (mostly as ballast but does push snow), forks.

Least or never used:
I bought, but never used a sub-soiler. I just move it around to get to the implements I actually use.

 

[LouNY]

I don't really consider the FEL an attachment, to me it's a part of the tractor.
Attachment can go on the loader to replace the bucket or attach to the tractor.
My back blade is one of the more often used attachments, my box blade one of the least used.
My brush hog and flail mowers are second in the summer.
In the winter my snow blowers are second to the back blade.

 

[jaxs]

If you don't have a FEL... A dirt pan, boom pole and a back blade/box blade are a must..

I 100% agree and will add 3p hay forks whether you feed rounds or not. In addition to moving things around with forks a pallet carryall is handy as shirt pockets.

 

[PJRAM]

Lately I've been using my grapple the most and my post hole digger not at all. I plan to use the post hole digger to put a fence in this coming spring.

 

[jaxs]

Middle buster - used at times but I really have not been able to get it deep enough to really make a difference for me.

Middle busters were a necessity for row cropping until no-till farming took over. Ground was already tilled up (usually deep disced or flat broke) before using middle busters. If your soil hasn't been plowed recently, wedge posts or 4x4s in bedder frame and sticking out behind. Slide 8x8x16 hollow concrete blocks onto posts. The added weight will do wonders in driving plows deeper. Properly setting point so it digg's in takes a litle pratice and is done with top 3rd link. Now that your plow actully plows,here's how to put it to work. Set centerline of L&R tires exactly 72" on centers. Set plow points 36" apart. If you have 3 point cultivators,set them up for 36" rows or simple put 3 points on 36" centers and "lay off rows" ( scratch a pattern ). If no cultivators,improvise a row marker on bedders that makes a scrtach 36" out tire track to one side. If soil is in need of organic matter and there's cover crop or heavy weeds on ground plow them under as ground is bedded. If there's not much vegetation ,spread compost before bedding. Wheat,Rye,Clover or such might be broadcast for incorpration following Spring. Done in the fall and alowed to rest over winter,wet/dry and freeze/thaw cycles will pulverize hard clay clods alowing much needed air inside bed. Well in advance of planting,unless there's a nice amount of cover crop lay compost in middles then "bust" beds into middles. Now you know where the plow's name originated. Rain will break clay clods up between now and time to plant. Farmers used planter-plows that resembled busters but you can knock tops off beds with your box or straight blade a couple days before hand planting. Once crop is hearvested the rows are already marked and soil can be flipped with bedders. Needless to say beds can be leveled at any time to leave soil similar to if it had been tilled. Might be more than you wanted to know but someone might find the rest helpful.

 

[MF243RedTop]

Middle busters were a necessity for row cropping until no-till farming took over. Ground was already tilled up (usually deep disced or flat broke) before using middle busters. .

What I run down each row before laying fertilizer and seed..

 

[jaxs]

What I run down each row before laying fertilizer and seed..
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That can help where soil isn't loose below. Depending on how it's used it's called subsoiler or root plow.

 

[MF243RedTop]

That can help where soil isn't loose below. Depending on how it's used it's called subsoiler or root plow.

Yeah, I mainly use the subsoiler to keep the hard pan which is very close to the topsoil in my garden opened up for moisture to reach plants during dry times. The garden area was converted from low lying area/swamp flat along a drainage ditch.