PTO equipment

[sherpa]

I sold my finish mower that I don't need anymore. I was going to buy another PTO attachment for my tractor but can't decide which attachment would be the best? I thought about an Auger but they have gone up in price beyond my need. Any suggestions on something useful to use with my PTO?

 

[TractorNoob85]

What jobs do you need done?

 

[old and tired]

PTO sprayer? About to spray my mile long driveway!!!

 

[Roadworthy]

If you don't have a specific job in mind save your money.

 

[Mej13579]

Flail mower if I’m spending someone else’s money. lol.

 

[CliffordK]

I'm not quite sure why you are so focused on the PTO. Some implements require power, some don't.

As mentioned, it all depends on what you're doing. Your listed tractors are small, 25 to 33 HP gross, but good enough for a variety of tasks.

Tillers, Flails, Brush Hogs, Chippers, Fertilizer spreaders, water pumps, etc.

Or you could get a high flow hydraulic pump to drive additional implements, although it would be easy to overwhelm your tractor.

 

[old and tired]

My most used PTO implement is my Finishing Mower so it depends on your needs...

So just finished spraying my "easements" across a few other's properties. They don't maintain it so I do it.

You listed that you are from the North Carolina Mountains. How much flat land (usable as in a garden) do you have?

 

[chim]

Well, you sold the 3 point implement I use more than 90% of the time. As mentioned, we don't have a hint what work you have planned. Love to help spend your dollars but I'm at a loss.

 

[Racer4]

The only pto driven attachment I have is a macKissic chipper. I can get 3-3 1/4” stuff through it if it’s straight enough. Hopper on top for anything up to 1”.

Wish I had gotten the 2610 instead of the 2410. Those couple extra hp would help a bit.

The self powered version of my chipper only comes with a max 8.5 hp gas engine. Seems that would be underpowered.

 

[diesel85]

It's odd you'd sell the finish mower, as I'm eyeing up a 33-40 hp tractor to run a 72" finish mower on and to run my 62" flail mower on.

Unless you bought a dedicated lawn mower like rider or zero turn, it's strange you'd get rid of a finish mower. None of my business though.

As with the rest of us, there are a lot of PTO and non-PTO implements you can get for both of your machines. Just what do you need to get done is the real question.

You could also rent implements too. There are plenty of rental groups around me that rent 3 point equipment.

 

[sherpa]

These are all great ideals! I should have given more info. I live in the Pisgah Nat Forest (mountains). I don't have much of a yard, so I have very little grass and a weed whacker has to be used. I own 5.5 acres and border the USFS so I have another 150,000 acres to play on. I do heat with wood which I have access to plenty of free firewood here in the forest. I split all my firewood by hand (fiskars splitting ax) so I don't need a 3 point log splitter. I like the sprayer idea. My 25hp boomer is a TLB and the NH 33hp tractor has nothing on it so it is mostly used for everything and attachments. I will go back and read your suggestions again. Thanks!

 

[old and tired]

Sounds like a Logging Winch would work for you!!!

 

[sherpa]

Sounds like a Logging Winch would work for you!!!

I actually thought about a Logging Winch. Living here in the forest makes getting firewood easy, trees are always falling into or near the forest roads making firewood harvesting easy. There have been times that a winch would have been helpful but I get plenty of hardwood easy.

 

[K5lwq]

PTO powered generator for when one of those trees takes out the power line.

 

[CliffordK]

My most used "attachment" isn't PTO powered, but rather the front loader/bucket/fork.

Some people also find a grapple handy. I've got a big one I'll be working on soon.

 

[TractorNoob85]

Logging Winch/Skidder would be a great idea since you work a lot of wood.

 

[sherpa]

PTO powered generator for when one of those trees takes out the power line.

K5LWQ, you are correct about the trees and power lines! We have a lot of outages. I have that covered with a 5000 watt Generac generator. We have also learned to live 5 or 6 hours without power.

 

[Torvy]

My property is mostly forest. I have a flail mower for those areas that are not.

My next PTO powered implement would be a chipper.

If I had money burning a hole in my pocket, maybe a tiller.

 

[oosik]

If you can not think of a need right now - don't spend right now. Sooner or later it will come to you.

I have an 80 acre pine forest. Every other year or so - I thin my young pine stands. Due to wildfire concerns - burning would only be a winter time activity. I thin & chip in the spring. When its relatively cool.

My only PTO implement - Wallenstein BX62S - chipper. Used to chip those pines that are cut out.

The remainder of my implements are not PTO driven. Loader, grapple, bucket, LPGS, ROBB, moldboard plow, disk harrow & rear blade.