Most useful attachments
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Of course my front end loader and with it pallet forks, and grapple with which I am always using one of them. One of them is always on the tractor and I don't know how i could do without all of them.
4570Man
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I use all of my attachments a fair amount. A good set of pallet forks is very versatile for a relatively small investment.
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Least used is a set of discs. Most used this year is a toss up between the gannon and the landscape rake.
I have a bobcat and a forklift so that effects my choices.
I have a bobcat and a forklift so that effects my choices.
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I had a disc and sold it. I also have a tiller. The tiller does everything better and takes a fraction of the room to store.
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The Towner disk I have is big and heavy with actuating steel wheels.
jyoutz
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FEL, pallet forks, rotary cutter, and 6 way rear blade. I also have an all purpose plow that is great but I only use it once or twice a year for garden prep. All that I ever have need for. I used to own a lot of seldom used implements for another smaller tractor and sold them with the tractor. When I bought my new tractor I only bought the implements that I used frequently. Your mileage may vary for your uses.
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For next couple of years my big usage will the bale spear, backhoe and loader. Least used right now is brush mower, but invaluable when needed.
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It will depend on where you live and what you need to do, but for me, in order of the time used: FEL, Box blade, pallet forks, grading blade, and carry-all (to which I have built a box/uber +). And whichever one you really need at the time for the task is the most important one you have.
Others are not used much - this is why:
Rotary Mower- bought it with the tractor - just don't need it much so will sell it.
Post hole digger - the least useful purchase for me because the hard dirt and DG and rocks - kind of make it worthless - the effort to hook it up and line it up (often on challenging terrain), and storage/handling issues, just does not make it worth it for me - will sell it.
Middle buster - used at times but I really have not been able to get it deep enough to really make a difference for me.
And though it is not an implement - a tooth bar is very useful at times.
Others are not used much - this is why:
Rotary Mower- bought it with the tractor - just don't need it much so will sell it.
Post hole digger - the least useful purchase for me because the hard dirt and DG and rocks - kind of make it worthless - the effort to hook it up and line it up (often on challenging terrain), and storage/handling issues, just does not make it worth it for me - will sell it.
Middle buster - used at times but I really have not been able to get it deep enough to really make a difference for me.
And though it is not an implement - a tooth bar is very useful at times.
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GeneV
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The loader itself, snow plow, ratchet rake, debris forks, backhoe with the thumb, pull behind sweeper, dethatcher...in that order.
TractorTYMe
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Pallet forks, grapple, front snow blade most used on FEL. Rear 3 point most used: Flail mower, box blade, inverted snowblower. Never used so I sold it, 7 foot rear blade.
ptsg
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When I have the loader on the tractor, the forks are there like 70% of the time, bucket 20% and no attachment 10% of the time.
For the 3 pt implements, I use the rototiller the most, then the brush cutter and lastly the carry all box. The spading machine just sits in the corner and will get sold eventually. The carry all box use went way down ever since I built the dump trailer. Dump trailer use is growing really fast and going up on the list every time I use it. I really should've done that thing a looong time ago.
For the 3 pt implements, I use the rototiller the most, then the brush cutter and lastly the carry all box. The spading machine just sits in the corner and will get sold eventually. The carry all box use went way down ever since I built the dump trailer. Dump trailer use is growing really fast and going up on the list every time I use it. I really should've done that thing a looong time ago.
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WranglerX
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Besides FEL.... The BALLAST weight....
dieselscout80
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I’m going to say the correct one for the job.
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FEL, Bush Hog and a Box Scraper. The Bush Hog is not sometime I use much anymore as the property is now mature, and more controllable with the little riding mower. Its pretty much now just the FEL and the Box Scraper as a counter weight.
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For all around general (utility) property maintenance etc...The box blade is by far the most versatile attachment...Although it is a common consensus that box blades can have a steep learning curve*... A quality box blade alone can perform many tasks depending on the skill level of the operator...
* Having hydraulic top and tilt for the 3PH greatly speeds up and mellows out the learning curve and will save a new operator an enormous amount of time becoming adept and staying in the seat and not stopping, getting off ,making adjustments, getting back on the machine...
IMO...if a tractor is going to be used for any type of grading etc. on a regular basis...far and away the most utile modification that can be made to a CUT...I hydraulic top and tilt...
* Having hydraulic top and tilt for the 3PH greatly speeds up and mellows out the learning curve and will save a new operator an enormous amount of time becoming adept and staying in the seat and not stopping, getting off ,making adjustments, getting back on the machine...
IMO...if a tractor is going to be used for any type of grading etc. on a regular basis...far and away the most utile modification that can be made to a CUT...I hydraulic top and tilt...
MF243RedTop
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If you don't have a FEL... A dirt pan, boom pole and a back blade/box blade are a must..
Gardening a set of disc/tiller and or bottom plow.
Rotary cutter/flail mower if you maintain trails, brush or fields..
That's my top list
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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.
