What attachment to buy next that’s most beneficial?

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

I suggest no more purchases until the tractor is paid for. If not careful you'll be back where you were 20 months ago. If you have cash to buy an attachment, make an additional payment.

I think I’ll hold off on buying a big attachment this year, the last attachment I bought was my EA BB and that was 2-3 years ago. I think I’ll get a tooth bar, I mainly want it for ripping saplings and bushes out too big to bush hog and the extra reinforcement 1/2 in of steel will add to the bucket.

I also planned on getting the iPhone 12 this year but since I bought a tractor, I’ll hold off on a new phone a year or two more lol. My 3 year old IPhone 8 is still in good shape.

The rest I’ll make a principle payment on the tractor. I should have the tractor paid off in 2 years or less.

 

[lostcause]

When you fill tires with fluid and go off YOUR property and onto someone elses property, or public property, ask yourself if itll be ok to lose a tire full of that fluid.
I learned the hard way.
My advice is if youre going into using it to do jobs on other peoples property, go with cast weights. Theres no danger and I think theyre better in every way.
Most dealers sell generic weights. Most wheels have universal wheel weight bolt patterns

what exactly do you mean? are you talking about doing damage to someone else's property? around here beet juice seems to be the go-to choice. i haven't heard of anyone looking for calcium chloride in ages.

 

[Hay Dude]

what exactly do you mean? are you talking about doing damage to someone else's property? around here beet juice seems to be the go-to choice. i haven't heard of anyone looking for calcium chloride in ages.

Yes, that is exactly what I am talking about. I was bush hogging a property years ago with beet juice filled tires. Ran over a metal t post while crossing onto customers driveway and opened up a tire like I open up a deer I just bow hunted. The smelly mess ran out all over on the lawn and driveway. Before I was out of the tractor, I had a 34” rim/tire on the ground and probably a drum of beet juice everywhere. It killed the grass. Customers dogs running around in it, too. :confused2: I know they say it doesnt, but this beet juice was hot from summer temps and killed the grass. It also stained the driveway. Customer was furious.
I think the thing you guys with filled tires don’t understand about your vaunted beet juice is that it makes a big mess once the tire is punctured. It isn’t cheap to resolve the tire repair.
Cast Wheel weights are more balanced, predictable and no mess to clean up once the poop hits the fan. If you are restricted to use on your own property, then do the liquid filled tires. It’s your property. When on someone elses property, you have to think about the consequences of a ripped tire and fluid spilling out.
The OP wants to bush hog for customers. Been in the bush hog business for 30 years. Filled tires are not the way to go when opening up new fields with junk in them. I bet cast centers cost a few hundred more than liquid. Probably what the average guy spends on beer or fast food in a month.
Thats what I call money WELL spent.

 

[Citydude]

When I was contract mowing I punctured a rear tire on two occasions. I carried a tire plug kit with me so loss of fluid (Beet juice) was minimal.

Simply rotate the puncture to the top and plug the tire. Of course ripping the sidewall would be another issue.

 

[Hay Dude]

When I was contract mowing I punctured a rear tire on two occasions. I carried a tire plug kit with me so loss of fluid (Beet juice) was minimal.

Simply rotate the puncture to the top and plug the tire. Of course ripping the sidewall would be another issue.

This was a 10” gash. A football wouldnt have plugged it. :laughing:

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

I made my mind up on a cutter bar and 300lb wheel weights for the rear. One weight per wheel. It’s not a bunch but will help ballast loader work and traction. Don’t want to go much more weight because I won’t be able to haul the thing lol. Adding 600lbs of weights will put me at 8600lb just the tractor.

Still waiting to hear back if local dealer can beat EA prices, he said he buys them out of Carolinas and has them shipped to him so I’m figuring price will be about the same. EA is middleman or local dealer the middleman lol.

 

[TractorGuy]

I'm bad about buying the cheapest implement I can find then having to repair, reinforce, or rebuild them. I bought a budget 5' landscape rake back when I had my JD855. I ended up breaking it a couple of times before having to rebuild it. When I rebuilt it I added and modified the Titan tail wheels to it. It's pretty tough now and I have worked the stew out of it. It's too small for my current tractor but won't get replaced unless I kill it again. I may weld some angle onto both ends and order more tines to make it bigger one day. For working land I have dug stumps out of I go over it with a disc harrow then smooth with the rake. My land is mowable with the finish mower now but still not as smooth as I'd like.

Been craving a tiller for a while so I just ordered the cheapest six footer you can find from Rural King. Gonna have to drive 3 hours one way to pick it up but the next cheapest option was the same unit from Agri Supply which is an hour and a half from me. The extra hour and a half saved me $300.

 

[Hay Dude]

I made my mind up on a cutter bar and 300lb wheel weights for the rear. One weight per wheel. It’s not a bunch but will help ballast loader work and traction. Don’t want to go much more weight because I won’t be able to haul the thing lol. Adding 600lbs of weights will put me at 8600lb just the tractor.

Still waiting to hear back if local dealer can beat EA prices, he said he buys them out of Carolinas and has them shipped to him so I’m figuring price will be about the same. EA is middleman or local dealer the middleman lol.

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You won’t regret it.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

You won’t regret it.

At around 80in wide tractor is loads more stable than my last one. I think the extra 600lbs on the rear will be perfect for what I’m doing with it. I think two weights on each wheel would stick out too wide from the rear wheel, each weight is 5 1/2in wide. From stud to even with rubber is about 7 1/2in.

8600lb 55hp Tractor is pretty heavy. Mahindra really builds a heavy tractor.

I don’t see where Mahindra suggests more ballast, I’ll have to poke around my books when I get a min.

That JD compact I had, JD suggested over 2000lbs of rear ballast on a 4300lb tractor/loader without cab. I had around 600lbs of 3pt ballast which lifted the rear end of that tractor often, way too light.

 

[oosik]

Most used - Land Pride SGC1560 rock & root grapple. For moving large rocks and chunks of pine trunk. Also - Rhino 950 rear blade. Winter snow clearing and summer driveway maintenance. Lastly - Wallenstein 62S chipper. Thinning & chipping my pine stands.