Most useful implements?

[Bill Guenthner]

The implement I’ve gotten the most value out of is my 3-point chipper. No more weed choked brush piles and no more burning. Worth every cent and then some.

 

[Bill Guenthner]

Just pick up some gravel or crushed rock. Dump some around the post and wiggle it a bit. The rock/gravel is self tightening. The more you wiggle the post the tighter it gets. I learned this from the power companies in our area. They only set power posts with crushed rock.

Yep. The wiggle method works great with sackcrete as well. Just pour it in (dry), wiggle the post until it tightens up, check level then pile dirt around the post and tamp it down.

 

[Bill Guenthner]

Large square bales are more popular in the PNW because of the export market. They take a 1000 lb. square bale, mash it to 1/3 the original volume with a high pressure press, then pack the results into shipping containers. There is a big export market for wheat straw and grass straw, not crops you grow a lot of in Missouri. I think there may be some shipped down the Big Muddy to the Middle East, but shipments to East Asia head right across the Pacific.

Yeah, California is outlawing round bales…
because the cows can’t get a square meal

 

[Xfaxman]

Yeah, California is outlawing round bales…
because the cows can’t get a square meal

 

[Xfaxman]

Two thumbs way up for the boom pole in conjunction with the drag. Now I can use it in forward and reverse, and at the end of a run if I lift it it would sweep back and up and feather any material piled under it nicely. View attachment 738508View attachment 738509

I did a drag job with a "pusher" out front:

 

[mwemaxxowner]

I did a drag job with a "pusher" out front:

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I've seen you post this before, which got me wondering how well a cattle gate attached to the bottom of my forks would behave as a "land plane" for loose material.

 

[Xfaxman]

Try it. Might even work in float and add weight if needed.

With the independent suspension on the Toolcat I was able to put some down pressure on the gate.

 

[mwemaxxowner]

Only thing is,I'd have to purchase one to try it. If it's a flop it's an expensive experiment. If it works well it's pretty cheap for what it will do!

 

[mwemaxxowner]

Might give this a whirl. Should be easy to transport on my trailer with my tractor and other implements when I go somewhere. I've taken the 8x8 drag a few times and it's cumbersome to transport to say the least.

 

[RoyJackson]

My flail mower in the Spring, summer and fall...Snow blower in the snow season.
Although I haven't had to use them yet, I expect my pallet forks will be very handy as well.

Although only used a few times a year, the Woodmaxx wood chipper is invaluable after trimming some trees and low hanging branches