Tractor usefulness

[kenmbz]

I haven't used my tractor since yesterday
lifting, moving, hauling, digging.
It gets used for so many projects I never even thought about.

Tree falls, lift, cut, move to splitter, move to firewood holder.

Clear our trench.

Dig out invasive plants.

Plow snow.

Portable work table.

Move mulch, stone, gravel.

yep, long list.

 

[Ricn]

growing up on my Dad's JD-70 and Grandad's Model M, I just can't be without my tractors. After college, I told my wife we needed to buy land first, when she asked why I said, So we can have a tractor. 50 yrs later, we are still there having several tractors. My L-Kubota gets used almost daily for something, forks are on it more than the bucket, so is the rear flail mower. My oldest Son and I have restored one 8N, also my uncles 1020-JD and they too get used just for fun! Life without tractors would be so boring...

 

[etpm]

Yesterday my wife and I planted another tree with the help of the post hole digger. With my rocky soil using a shovel would have taken about an hour and a half, with the auger the hole was ready for the tree in about 15 minutes.
Eric

 

[scootr]

The only machine I use more often than the tractor is the little 5k CAT forklift. Gotta love your machines. It does duty as a scaffolding or a work bench as well as moving stuff around like hauling the dumpster next to the window when the wife is cleaning out her closet

 

[JohnP3616]

My dear wife says “her” tractor is a force multiplier. We don’t use it every day, but when we do it’s worth every penny.

 

[sd455dan]

Tractors sure are Handy. Rhino has been sitting for a week or two after doing the felled tree clean up with grapple at the other property, but been replacing seals and fixing leaks on the 1978 Ford 550 TLB. No more leaking down stabilizer. Cured the power steering leak also today decided to test it out and found a 16" diameter stump that was infested with red ants to dig out. That was a fun 7 minutes and the hydraulic thumb was handy to grab the stump and take it to the burn pit. Then used it to dump over a horse water tank that the deer use and then pressure washed it in the TLB FEL bucket.

Tomorrow probably do some barn /stall manure clean up with the 1992 Rhino tractor and grapple and ancient Gannon box blade.

Not to offend any skid steer owners but I do Not miss the New Holland wheeled skid steer one bit, the tractor and TLB is such a better fit for me.
I always enjoy when it is above what the Rhino can handle and switching to the TLB and Having the extra weight of a 13000lb machine plus being able to lift over 4400 lbs in the bucket, even though it is old- using it never gets old, best $8k I ever spent.

Wife saw one of the new 25 HP Bobcats (Kioti) at the farm store the other day and said Oh That's cute that would sure be handy for the tight spaces...

 

[check 6]

I’ve gone from small tractors to larger ones and now back to a BX while I have a front bucket the grapple gets used the most and then the fork lifts . On the back either my airiator or box blade anything to preserve what’s left of this 82 year old body. The other machine that I have and while not used often when I need it the mini excavator is so much better than a shovel

 

[Skeletor]

I use pallet forks constantly. I use the backhoe as an extension of my hand for moving wood haha it’s awesome.