Tractors and must have attachments

[Lereg]

Beings that I'm going to be just starting out on this journey, I'd like to know what size tractor you have and the most important attachments you have for your farm.

I know that most of you, if not all, have gardens as well, so please include your gardening equipment too. I've read from a few sites their opinions, but would love to hear what you have and what you would possibly get to make the farming experience better.

 

[Latestarter]

If you expect to be moving round bales of hay (most economical to purchase) you need to make sure your tractor is capable of doing so... Generally nothing less than 30-35 HP will do it. Obviously you want a front end loader (FEL) as you'll use the heck out of that. You can get a "strap on hay bale spike" for the FEL or a whole separate attachment. You'll be putting in fence (outbuildings as well that may need holes dug) so a post hole digger would be highly beneficial. You'll have pastures that need mowing so a bush hog kinda goes without saying. There are many attachments available... Pallet forks for the FEL, for the back PTO; wood chippers, splitters, hay cutters/rakes/balers, box blades, tillers, etc. What you decide you need will many times be determined by what you can afford... I'm searching for all that good stuff for myself right now. The costs get steep.

 

[greybeard]

I don't produce my own hay here so no haying equipment other than what I need to move round bales around. . I'm pretty much low input on equipment.
Off the top of my head.....
A 35hp tractor.
A 45 hp tractor.
Case 420 backhoe/loader combo.
a single and a double breaking plow
a couple of tandem discs
landscape rake
a 6' box blade
2 straight blades
3 pt rock/dirt scoop
a 5' and 6' bush hog
3 pt power post hole auger
4 row cultivator
middle buster x2
seed/fertilize spreader
330 gal herbicide sprayer on a trailer*
3 pt mounted 35 gal sprayer.
hay fork and hay spear for handling round bales.
3 pt 5' wide power tiller
1 front-one rear tine garden tiller
3 pt driven 3"x4" water pump.

* I haven't hooked on to my mowing equipment in several years. No need to.
On my want list is a no-till drill and small dozer.

 

[Lereg]

I don't produce my own hay here so no haying equipment other than what I need to move round bales around. . I'm pretty much low input on equipment.
Off the top of my head.....
A 35hp tractor.
A 45 hp tractor.
Case 420 backhoe/loader combo.
a single and a double breaking plow
a couple of tandem discs
landscape rake
a 6' box blade
2 straight blades
3 pt rock/dirt scoop
a 5' and 6' bush hog
3 pt power post hole auger
4 row cultivator
middle buster x2
seed/fertilize spreader
330 gal herbicide sprayer on a trailer*
3 pt mounted 35 gal sprayer.
hay fork and hay spear for handling round bales.
3 pt 5' wide power tiller
1 front-one rear tine garden tiller
3 pt driven 3"x4" water pump.

* I haven't hooked on to my mowing equipment in several years. No need to.
On my want list is a no-till drill and small dozer.

Wow, that's quite a list!! Won't be able to afford all of it at once

 

[greybeard]

Took me years. some of it I rarely use, but when I need it... I need it.

 

[Lereg]

You. Should have it all covered!!

 

[Baymule]

We have 8 acres, moved here 2 years ago this month. We bought a VERY lightly used 23 HP Kubota with trailer, disc, bush hog, FEL,and forks for the FEL. It will not lift a round bale. But it is a good size for what we want and need done. We buy round bales from a guy about a mile away. We pay him extra (still at a good price) to keep it in his barn and he delivers them when we text him. My tractor's name is Marigold.

 

[Lereg]

We have 8 acres, moved here 2 years ago this month. We bought a VERY lightly used 23 HP Kubota with trailer, disc, bush hog, FEL,and forks for the FEL. It will not lift a round bale. But it is a good size for what we want and need done. We buy round bales from a guy about a mile away. We pay him extra (still at a good price) to keep it in his barn and he delivers them when we text him. My tractor's name is Marigold.

That's a more comfortable list. For now I'm thinking of a rototiller as well.

 

[babsbag]

I live on 5 acres in California and I have a 23 HP John Deere. Round bales aren't common in CA but I buy BIG square bales and my tractor can't lift them.

Implements:
disc set
rock rake
FEL
rototiller
box scraper
auger
backhoe
bolt on forks for FEL

The FEL is always on and the box scraper 95% of the time for counter balance. We seldom use the backhoe, the augers are useless without down pressure. The rototiller works great but I have mostly raised beds so don't use it much in the garden except where I plant my corn. We don't have pasture to mow as summers here are hot and dry and they don't grow year round. Plus our property is not level and all so mowing would be really hard.

Last summer I bought a walk behind Bobcat, the BEST thing ever. It has a FEL, power auger that WORK, and a trencher. It is small enough to get in my barn and clean pens and I don't have to worry about it tipping over on our hilly ground. I love that thing.

 

[Lereg]

I live on 5 acres in California and I have a 23 HP John Deere. Round bales aren't common in CA but I buy BIG square bales and my tractor can't lift them.

Implements:
disc set
rock rake
FEL
rototiller
box scraper
auger
backhoe
bolt on forks for FEL

The FEL is always on and the box scraper 95% of the time for counter balance. We seldom use the backhoe, the augers are useless without down pressure. The rototiller works great but I have mostly raised beds so don't use it much in the garden except where I plant my corn. We don't have pasture to mow as summers here are hot and dry and they don't grow year round. Plus our property is not level and all so mowing would be really hard.

Last summer I bought a walk behind Bobcat, the BEST thing ever. It has a FEL, power auger that WORK, and a trencher. It is small enough to get in my barn and clean pens and I don't have to worry about it tipping over on our hilly ground. I love that thing.

That is the list that I've pretty much been reading about on the different sites. I would think the the auger would have some sort of pull downs on them, so they would be more efficient. I guess not.

I know you can cultivate with the discs, so what's the differences between them and a rototiller?

The trencher is something I haven't really thought about, but I bet it sure comes in handy at times!