Most Useful Implement For Your Tractor

[brownthumb]

I know very little about farming. I bought a Kubota 37hp a couple years ago and it has a front end loader but no backhoe attachment. I bought a small plow for plowing fields (not snow) and a brush hog. I am thinking of getting a 3 pt tiller or maybe a disc for smoothing out the field after I plow. I usually just back dragged the bucket to accomplish this task. I only have 2 acres of field so this wasn't a problem. If you are wondering why I bought the tractor in the first place it is because I have a large parcel of woodland and I use the tractor to drag logs around. I am also hoping one of my neighbors decides to sell a bit of their farmland. What implements do you think are most important if you can't get all of them?

[Denise K.]

The Driver Sorry couldn't help it. Sun is shining here today after so many dreary days......just can't help being silly!!

[Ramblin Wreck]

Of the ones you don't already own, I probably use the tiller most. The loader and mower are the most used implements for me however.

[highlands]

In order:
Front loader - I have 5' 4-in-1 jaws plus a 7' bucket. Love them jaws.
Backhoe - why we bought it - to put in water line which paid for tractor.
Box scraper - maintains long farm driveway and other things - plows too.
Pallet Forks - for unloading tractor trailer trucks of free cheese!
Rake - useful once in a while
Seeder - Wish I had gotten the heavier duty one that spreads sand in winter

Might get:
Fence post auger
Bush hog

Weld hooks on all your buckets, front and back. Terribly useful. See these articles with photos:

http://sugarmtnfarm.com/blog/2006/06...-1-bucket.html

http://sugarmtnfarm.com/blog/2006/12...ering-hay.html

Cheers

-Walter
Sugar Mountain Farm
in the mountains of Vermont
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/blog/
http://NoNAIS.org

[Beeman]

Originally Posted by highlands

In order:
Front loader - I have 5' 4-in-1 jaws plus a 7' bucket. Love them jaws.
Backhoe - why we bought it - to put in water line which paid for tractor.
Box scraper - maintains long farm driveway and other things - plows too.
Rake - useful once in a while
Seeder - Wish I had gotten the heavier duty one that spreads sand in winter

Might get:
Fence post auger
Bush hog

Weld hooks on all your buckets, front and back. Terribly useful. See these articles with photos:

http://sugarmtnfarm.com/blog/2006/06...-1-bucket.html

http://sugarmtnfarm.com/blog/2006/12...ering-hay.html

Cheers

-Walter
Sugar Mountain Farm
in the mountains of Vermont
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/blog/
http://NoNAIS.org

I agree about the hooks on the bucket, just welded some on mine.
I like your links and that's interesting about your sketch, I was wondering about it.

[moonwolf]

so far I've used most the back blade, post hole auger, and front end bucket lifter/loader.
If I had a bigger tractor, I could have use for a chisel plow and a larger brush hog.

[Jim-mi]

Front end loader #1

I bolted on square channel boom bars and set trusses all by my self. With the additional boom length I got the trusses to the final upright position on the ten foot walls.

[LisaInN.Idaho]

It's hard to say. When it snows, the plow is most useful, then when the road gets slippery the big sand spreader is. We use the bale spike to move 1000 pound hay bales all the time. In the summer the bush hog is wonderful and after putting in about 18 million fence posts by hand before we had the tractor, I don't think we could live without the fencepost auger. We do use the front loader all of the time and couldn't survice without the backhoe either. I just can't decide....

[ChickenFryChato]

I have a front end loader and bush hog. The bush hig is very useful in the summer, however the front end loader is used year round. As far as implements though, I'm going to invest in a box blade here soon. I think it will be very useful for maintaining my long driveway, smoothing out and leveling my yard, creating a small wall around my pond, etc.
I would also LOVE to have some grapplers to attach to my front end loader. I'd love to be able to grab things instead of just scoop.
Just my .02

CFC

[ChickenFryChato]

Originally Posted by ChickenFryChato

I have a front end loader and bush hog. The bush hig is very useful in the summer, however the front end loader is used year round. As far as implements though, I'm going to invest in a box blade here soon. I think it will be very useful for maintaining my long driveway, smoothing out and leveling my yard, creating a small wall around my pond, etc.
I would also LOVE to have some grapplers to attach to my front end loader. I'd love to be able to grab things instead of just scoop.
Just my .02

CFC

I forgot to mention. By far, without a doubt (or anyone reading this and thinking about tractors), the most useful part of my tractor is the 4-wheel drive. There's no way I could do what I do without 4 wheel drive! If you're going to buy a tractor, invest a little more in 4wd in my opinion.

[YuccaFlatsRanch]

front end loader - hands down. Around here #2 would be the auger and #3 a rock rake. I like the rock rake for smoothing roads. Next would be a drag harrow.

[HermitJohn]

A loader is most useful thing. If you have older or smaller tractor where loader isnt practical, a heavy duty 3pt dirt slip is quite handy at times as is a 3pt cherry picker boom type lift. I have an old 3pt carrier that comes in handy at times. Between it and the loader bucket, you can move good bit of firewood, rocks, etc. Something I'd like but wouldnt use that often is a 3pt cement mixer. New one way too expensive no more than I would use it, and I keep missing out when used ones come up for auction. Probably should just build one.

[FarmboyBill]

I had a sled made out of Lehr chain, around 8ft wide and 24ft long. I used it to move rock, wood, hay, ect. I over loaded it with concrete blocks and buckled it which rolled it. I now got a small sled made out of the bottom of a skid. around 6ft wide and 12ft long. I use it more than anything else I have, and I have all the machinery that farmers used back in say 1950/40, Even got a grader aand terracer blade kinown as a Texas Terracer

[hunter63]

4 wheel drive (interesting enough, on the keyboard, look above the "4" and it's "$")
Brush hog, purchased with tractor
Front end loader, '' ''
Back blade, " "
Post hole digger w/2 augers, 8",12", yard sale $300
Next was going to be a box blade, neighbor says to use his as he doesn't use it anymore, but doesn't want to sell it.

Next tiller, for large garden. (post hole digger was for fencing the garden).

[Rockin'B]

1. Front end loader
2. Rough service bush hog
3. Back blade
4. post hole auger.

Would like a tiller, box blade, and two bottom plow.

[Ramblin Wreck]

Originally Posted by hunter63

4 wheel drive

Didn't think about this as an implement, but it sure comes in handy. I'll have to look for the $ sign now that you mention it.

[mtman]

this time of the year the hay spike for shure

[Snakeoil]

Disc

[MWG]

Front end loader
Auger
Plow
Tiller
Lay off plow
Seeder
Bush Hog
Cultivator
Core areator
Rake
Middle buster (potato plow)
Box Scrape
Spike areator
Ditch plow
Scrape blade
Boom pole
Carry all
Disc

In that order except once I am done with the holes the auger will move down the list...

[fixer1958]

My old tractor is not suited for a frt loader.
But I aquired an old 6' front bucket off a backhoe and adapted a 3-point hookup with a dump lever. A cylinder on the top link is useful also.
It's the handiest thing I use next to the brush cutter.