Most useful implements?

[2manyrocks]

They make bale accumulators. Maybe somebody makes a junk accumulator.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

They make bale accumulators. Maybe somebody makes a junk accumulator.

A neighbor repurposed and old spud picker for picking river cobbles <4" out of his fields. It also picked up woody debris. Results were mixed. It worked great on little rocks, but got bent if he hit a big rock.

 

[SmallChange]

I've been thinking about a land plane for attaching to the loader. It'd look like Venetian blinds or Jalousie windows. There would be multiple blades pivoted together so they would stay mutually parallel. The dump/curl loader motion would change the angle so you could control how aggressive it was, and the raise/lower motion would control ground engagement generally. Perhaps there'd be a spring that tended to keep the whole thing approximately horizontal when raised, so it would be able to clear the ground completely and land in a controlled fashion rather than digging in at the front and binding.

 

[Xfaxman]

I've been thinking about a land plane for attaching to the loader.

Look at landplanes made for skid steers, that is what I have made by Blue Diamond:

 

[SmallChange]

that is what I have made by Blue Diamond

Yeah, the ones I have seen look more or less like this one. You have to dump/curl to get the whole thing to contact the ground, and there's no adjusting angle of attack. I'd like to make one that pivots to follow the ground, and lets me use dump/curl to adjust the angle of attack simultaneously on all the cross pieces.

 

[mwemaxxowner]

The loader mounted plane, drag, whatever you wanna call it worked beautifully.


Roughing in. Wish I would have taken more photos before I started.

What I found was that if I set the loader in float, and back drag, I could control what it does with my tilt. Tilt back so the edge near the tractor cuts into the hump (s) and it would really do a lot of cutting. Tilt forward and it would cut more mildly, and/or allow some of the dirt building up in front of it to move under and be distributed and deposited to build up. If things were already close just tilt pretty far forward and back drag for a quick smoothing. It's very useful for pushing and smoothing where that is necessary too. That requires being careful and close attention to tilt adjustments for desired effect.

I worked top to bottom then left to right. Since it can only float in one plane on the loader, this would leave lines on the side of the plane left to right doesn't match up perfectly. So, after working it in on the loader, I unhooked, chained to the rear, and made a quick pass over everything dragging it. I don't have any pictures from after pulling but I go back this weekend to work some more. It worked really well and I was quite pleased for the $0 investment and ease of use.

 

[scaredychicken]

grapple is my best friend, grabs almost anything ... not always gracefully though

 

[mwemaxxowner]

Ordered March 3. Stoked!

 

[Xfaxman]

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Ordered March 3. Stoked!

Looks like pin on for your BX.
Start a thread with pictures please.

 

[mwemaxxowner]

It is pin on. I have the AI2 quick attach.

 

[Xfaxman]

grapple is my best friend, grabs almost anything ... not always gracefully though

My little 44 inch wide grapple trying to be graceful with some 4 inch thick concrete:

And another big piece:

 

[oosik]

I think my Land Pride grapple is my most useful implement( SGC1560). It saves me from having to pick everything up by hand. OR reducing things to a size that they can be picked by hand. It is designed to be used on a skid steer - it's made of very thick steel - it is heavy( 820# ). I can still pick and move objects up to 3000 plus pounds.

Tough as a bull moose - the only damage - loss of some paint on a few tines.

 

[Vigo327]

I've been thinking about a land plane for attaching to the loader. It'd look like Venetian blinds or Jalousie windows. There would be multiple blades pivoted together so they would stay mutually parallel. The dump/curl loader motion would change the angle so you could control how aggressive it was, and the raise/lower motion would control ground engagement generally. Perhaps there'd be a spring that tended to keep the whole thing approximately horizontal when raised, so it would be able to clear the ground completely and land in a controlled fashion rather than digging in at the front and binding.

That sounds ambitious! I don't know how you could keep it level with loader up/down unless it was a self-leveling loader to begin with.

But the equivalent type of self-leveling linkage on the implement itself would let the curl function control 1 or more extra blades. You got my gears turning with this one.

 

[mwemaxxowner]

I've been using the bajeezus out of my grapple. It's already paid for itself.

Both the raking and grappling functions are incredibly useful. Worked on cleaning up an old brush pile half a day this past weekend and got a lot done.

 

[mwemaxxowner]

I've really wanted a tiller, but I've continued to hesitate to spend the $2000 on one, and I never see any used ones for sale.

I happened across a 5' disc harrow for $300 on Marketplace, so I decided to try it. I wasn't sure about my BX's ability to lift one, or whether I'd be at all satisfied with the performance of a 5' disc on unbroken ground.

I have a small garden I like to tend, but I really was interested in one for discing up and renovating lawn areas. I had a neighbor with a really neglected back yard who asked me a while back to "plow the whole thing under and start over".

So I tried the disc harrow out in her yard and was very satisfied. I spent about 3 hours going over it, so it was time consuming. But, for $300 I'm happy vs $2000. There were a lot of roots and rocks, so I think a tiller would have been a bad idea anyway. By the time I finished up the areas without roots had the disc cutting down as deep as it can go. I threw about 100# on top of it (ratchet rake and 30' chain) before I started working up the back yard. I think I will let it sit and dry for a week or so, maybe disc it one more quick time, and start grading and smoothing.

It's a bit of an uncommon implement to see behind subcompacts, but I think this might wind up being one I like having.

 

[Straightgrain3016]

Probably gonna cause a frown or two with this tangent; but here it is; maybe the OP might want to think outside the box or come into another woodlot someday.

I couldn't do without the FEL or the FX65 logging winch on my tractor....the skid-steer FEL has 4 pallet forks mounted (no grapple yet); both stay mounted 99% of the time.

It takes me 3-5 days to do one day of work+ recovery time; I can't do much without the "help".

 

[ning]

FEL has 4 pallet forks mounted (no grapple yet);

Ok this I like
Biggest problem I have with forking my piles is when things are cut short, typically from shorter pine slash, they fall out between my forks.

You bought an extra pair of tines for the fork?

 

[Yander]

Ha ha, I started reading the first post on this thread where you @mwemaxxowner had a little white you got from your dad with no front loader and skipped to the end of the book where you now have a Kubota with a grapple. Seems that tractor math got you too !

 

[scootr]

My inexpensive pallet fork grapple comes to mind. I had the forks left over from another machine.

 

[Xfaxman]

Biggest problem I have with forking my piles is when things are cut short, typically from shorter pine slash, they fall out between my forks.

This reminded me of another "Most Useful Attachment".

The 54 inch wide 4 foot long Brush Forks: Debris forks - problems solved

The 2 foot long tines: