Owning a small tractor is a blessing.

[EddieWalker]

I agree! I wasn't feeling right last week so I Googled my symptoms. Google told me I need another tractor so now I have 3, a sub, a compact and a full sized and each one gets a workout on our farm

Genius!!! Getting another tractor will ALWAYS make you feel better!!!!!

 

[careyo63]

1950 style Bumper jack. The bottom metal plate was Notorious for falling over sideways.

 

[Bill the Elder]

I couldn’t agree more with the title
It is a blessing, I couldn’t imagine life anymore without one

As I get older the tractor enables me to do thing that I could not do with out it.

Took the thought right off my keyboard. Staying on acreage when you're in your 70s is much enhanced by getting some, and then using them, mechanical advantages. My sweetheart and I are coming up with every device we can find to protect our bodies and let us stay on our property.

 

[Gregster613]

I picked them up off of Amazon; they're not the best quality but they work for my needs.
Rollbacks use them to winch cars up onto them, hooks right up to the lower control arm or around the axle. I never knew about these until I did a stint driving tow trucks; they are extremely useful.

I've got two sets, one with a longer chain that I keep in my truck.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DFGHZK1J?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Amazon.com

If I were using them commercially, towing for example, I'd go with a better brand- but for use around the house these work well.

Thanks for the link and info Tactical, I'm going to get myself a pair of those! Greg

 

[John_Mc]

Tactical, where did you get those huge hooks? Those would be very handy for a lot of various tasks. A link or a source please. Thanks Greg

I've always heard them referred to as "recovery hooks"

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Just completed.my second tractor job for my neighbor.

My tractor is a blessing to them too

 

[Rockbadchild]

I would absolutely give my kids hell for not putting safety first, but look at me not taking my own advice.

ha the old ''Do what I say not what I do''

I love the gloves as a paint protector

 

[Jaygyver]

They make thicker blades, will save you headaches......

BAHHH, that's nothing!!!!
Have your wife mow and ask her to pick up any branch's or knock down the mole holes she see's before she mow's over them. I just could not figure out how to make her understand why. Thinking back I guess I should have had her remove and install them when they went bad.lol

About the time I retired I went thru the shop to clean it up (in other words make another trail) and found almost 2 dozen blades that I just took off and tossed them somewhere over the years. If they weren't too bent I would just bang them back straight but basically gave up and tossed the bad ones in a pile to get at later. It finally dawned on me that the "great buy" I was getting for the blades were literally half the thickness of the "normal" blades. Had very few problems after getting the thicker blades.

I only have 5 acres but 3/4 was wooded and brushy. Due to the hours I worked I just didn't have the time to do stuff so decided on a tractor. What I needed or what I wanted was the biggest hurdle. Just built the house so money was a little bit of a deciding factor but ended up getting a JD 770 24 hp tractor with a 3 pt 5' Brush mower. Could have used a larger tractor but then the would it be oversized after everything is done? It did me good.

 

[Aquabird]

Just today we moved a very heavy glider style porch chair from the front porch to the back patio, using the FEL. 2 days ago I used the tractor to unload the 60 gal gas tank from the back of my truck. A couple days before that, I mowed about 2 acres with the tractor. Would not think about how much I use mine without posts like this.

 

[tacticalturnip]

ha the old ''Do what I say not what I do''

I love the gloves as a paint protector

It was a great idea, it's a shame I didn't think to use them the second time I had to pick the mower up.