Must have tools/equipment for a new tractor owner

[oosik]

Grease rags - check at your local Good Will or Salvation Army stores. They will take any discarded terry cloth toweling, cotton T-shirts, etc - wash them - rip them into rag size chunks - sell them by the 10 or 15 pound cardboard box full. Excellent one-time-use grease rags.

 

[bunyip]

RATCHET strap for holding 'things' in the bucket, in my case a 100 litre sprray uniit but also posts when transporting over bumpy terrain.

 

[John_Mc]

1) A Lock N Lube grease gun coupler -- if you are around tractors and do your diligence using a grease gun you will get so frustrated and hacked off that it adversely affects your lube habits. Half the time the grease squirts out somewhere other than where it is needed or intended. The gun tip won't stay on the zerk, etc., etc. This little gadget seems very overpriced at $30 and once you buy it you will never be without it again.

I'll second that recommendation. Bought my tractor in 2001. I didn't buy the Lock N Lube attachment until a couple of years ago. Now that I have it, I don't know how I got along without it.