I appreciate all the advice! Will plan to add pallet fork to my purchases. My road is still a problem. It's rocky, usually hard packed, sloped, and often ruts deeply. I'm currently maintaining it using a 4600 Ford tractor with a 7 foot box blade with removable teeth. The road requires maintaining drainage ditches on both sides and crowning which requires really digging the road up, digging out the drainage ditches, and moving dirt back into a crown before smoothing. The tractor and box blade are being sold now that we have the toolcat. As the road needs to be redone only about once a year, I'll plan to rent whatever implements I need but am still at a loss as to what would work best. Any thoughts about how well the edges of my combo bucket would work (with or without teeth)? Would a "tilt-tach" be useful? What about the "soil conditioner"?
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radman1
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A rear blade with hydraulic tilt seems like the cheapest and easiest idea to pull the material from the ditch back onto the road but that isn't going to work with a 5600. A dozer blade on the front of the toolcat can be tilted into the ditch and angled to pull the material onto the road That is probably the next best choice. Just need to be careful with the toolcat center mounted boom that you don't push too hard on the outside corner. Your Toolcat would require the attachment control to operate the blade. A front mounted dozer blade can be tricky to control. They have a tendency to dig to deep or not deep enough depending on the ups and downs of the terrain. This is why a rear blade works better.
I have a tilt-tach, but using it to clean out ditches would kind of be a slow process. You can only fill the corner or the bucket then would have to back up, drive on road and dump. OK for short stretches but not for long road, unless you like seat time.
I have a tilt-tach, but using it to clean out ditches would kind of be a slow process. You can only fill the corner or the bucket then would have to back up, drive on road and dump. OK for short stretches but not for long road, unless you like seat time.
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Depending on how fine of a cut you desire for the fields, a brush cutter or flail cutter is useful.
While the Brushcat is useful and easy to use with its rear roller, its limited reach is very limiting as it shuts off if lifted too high off the ground as a safety precaution. Due to this, I opted for this cutter as is direct drive model and very stout and affordable, not to mention that I can cut tree limbs 12 feet off the ground! Skid Steer Direct Drive 6' Rotary Cutter
As an alternative, a flail cutter can proide an awesome cut and is very safe. Again, you cannot use it to trim high branches but the cut is much better than a brush cutter - you may even be able to finish mow your lawn with it and get a 2 for 1 use and pocket the difference! http://www.rockhound.com/72F ToolCat Mower.pdf
While the Brushcat is useful and easy to use with its rear roller, its limited reach is very limiting as it shuts off if lifted too high off the ground as a safety precaution. Due to this, I opted for this cutter as is direct drive model and very stout and affordable, not to mention that I can cut tree limbs 12 feet off the ground! Skid Steer Direct Drive 6' Rotary Cutter
As an alternative, a flail cutter can proide an awesome cut and is very safe. Again, you cannot use it to trim high branches but the cut is much better than a brush cutter - you may even be able to finish mow your lawn with it and get a 2 for 1 use and pocket the difference! http://www.rockhound.com/72F ToolCat Mower.pdf