Wha Extras Do You Wish Your Tractor Had?

[4570Man]

Hydraulically activated levers for the SSQA. so you can change from the bucket to the forks without leaving the seat

I’ve found the fact that it works without binding up and never comes unlatched far nicer than not having to leave the seat.

 

[Lelandwelds]

Us farm kids grew up either standing on the draw bar and holding on to the back of the tractor if the tractor had nothing in tow or we were sitting on the fender. And we all grew up, none of us were killed or injured. Not recommended for today's generation...............

We had a 1967 Case 741 (?) that we used to sit on the fenders and hang on to the umbrella mount from the age of 5 up. We were not allowed near the PTO at all.

 

[Lelandwelds]

Hydraulically activated levers for the SSQA. so you can change from the bucket to the forks without leaving the seat

They have that for excavators. I am not that excited by that one. It might be cool to have an electric diverter and use that control for some other function. (Grapple? Thumb? )

 

[shooterdon]

I believe if many of the options people would like were standard equipment the costs would drop significantly. But dealers would NOT want that. They make money by adding accessories. One example....back up cameras. In my limited experience, these would be a very useful item for most users and they are not expensive. And how much can it cost to add a molded tool box? Etc etc

 

[Einthewoods]

Rear taillight cages to protect them. Probably more for those that are in the woods more so then fields.

 

[WranglerX]

Moved the ROPS mounted tail/turn signal lamps inboard as flimsy guard just bent when I got to close to tree.... $127 for some plastic garbage replacement lamp assembly.....

Best thing was adding separate switched DC power connection back towards 3PH... Disconcerting to have to have tractor running when trying to just pump out, clean out sprayer assemble .... Silly factory supplied power connection turns off with ignition switch.. Guess its factory version of idiot proof....

Going to add grab handle to FEL subframe for getting up on tractor, think its bad idea to be pulling on steering wheel assembly all the time....

Some sort of minimal storage for a few extra clevis pins and shackles and the all important chain.... Sort of tackie having to wire spare pins to ROPS incase one decides to abandon ship....

Yes to hooks or shackle brackets in FEL...

Better dash board layouts with better tachometer and hour metering would be a plus....

Dale

 

[Industrial Toys]

I have the hydraulic SS coupler and man is it nice. Mind you, many attachments have hydraulic connections and I still have to get off the loader. To make matters worse, I have to shut off the machine to relieve pressure on the FF couplers.

I think the manual SS levers are safer. When operating a grapple, I have found that pressure can leak by the selector valve and I have lost the grapple into the back of a dump truck, busting the hydraulic lines. If doing a lot of work with the aux lines, I will occasionally hit the coupler hydraulics just to make sure.

 

[TractorNH]

I wish my tractor had a printing press for money so I could buy more implements....LOL. Do they make a PTO powered printing press?

 

[ratpie]

all tractors and mowers should have a tilt meter.
all loaders should have 3rd function as standard equipment.
all tractors with a PTO should have a rear remote as standard.
all PTO shafts should have a safety shutoff in case of failure. just like when a driver falls off a jet ski.
rear toolboxes should always be standard. even before those worthless reflective triangular signs.
parabolic mirror for 3 point operation (i can never see the hitch pin/link on the far side of the tractor)
all manufacturers should provide a pack of replacement bolts and nuts for the 3pt hitch system. (since i can't buy metric grade 8 hardware anywhere in my MURICA.)
1 free quart of factory paint for every new tractor purchase.
1 free ball cap and t-shirt for each year you own your tractor. (y'all know ya love this idea)

 

[ovrszd]

Hydraulically activated levers for the SSQA. so you can change from the bucket to the forks without leaving the seat

Newer skid steers and CTLs have that. Very handy. Requires an additional hydraulic circuit.