Real Handy on the farm

[littletom]

What is something you bought or acquired for the farm? You don't see how you made it before.

 

[ccr]

littletom, that is a great question and topic starter.

For me I think it is the cab tractor. No dust, no over spray of chemicals, no heat, no cold, and it's got a radio.

 

[kenny thomas]

Polaris 6x6 side by side in 2003. Still running it most every day.

 

[Dave]

Cows. Next to that a tractor with a front end loader.

 

[SBMF 2015]

My MFWD loader tractor. It gets ran 365days a year.

 

[Brute 23]

Cab tractor
UTV
Bat powered grease gun & impact

 

[Lucky]

Everything I've bought is essential on the ranch!! Seriously though I'd say the Skid Steer

 

[shaz]

Mule, impact wrench, squeeze chute, grain bin

3pt hitch log splitter would probably be up there too.

 

[jltrent]

Probably in the last few years is a chainsaw...I have had Ash trees galore die. If I had to use a hand saw I would be SOL.

 

[sstterry]

3pt hitch log splitter

Why is the 3 point splitter better than a stand-alone model?

 

[sstterry]

Probably in the last few years is a chainsaw...I have had Ash trees galore die. If I had to use a hand saw I would be SOL.

Are you selling firewood now?

 

[JMJ Farms]

Front end loader for sure. Battery powered impact a close second.

 

[Silver]

I poster earlier but it seems to be gone, so here goes again lol
I think it depends on what season the question asked. Right now the power harrow is being appreciated for what it brings to the table. The addition of a dozer and excavator have been invaluable. ATV's were a game changer when they showed up.
Free standing corral panels have to be about the handiest thing around though.

 

[Brute 23]

Squeeze chute is a good one. Our portable chute has been handy as a shirt pocket.

 

[jkwilson]

Fence fault finder
Baskets for my ATV
Pole saw to clean up field edges
Cab tractor with loader

 

[JW IN VA]

Hard to choose. One of the things I bought a couple years ago I regret not getting sooner was a set of pallet forks for my loader. They stay on most of the year.
Another thing would have to be the fault finder.Easier to use a shows direction of problem.When I need to,I can get my grandson to bring their Polaris Ranger.Those things are nice.
One of the others would include two things. A three drawer tool box with lid that can be lifted in and out of a pickup or SUV.Plus a set of ratcheting boxends.

 

[Dusty Britches]

Hard to say, but glad I was able to acquire what I needed and when. A few items:

• JD 5525 tractor with cab
• Golden Rod fence stretcher, crimp sleeves and crimper tool for mending old wire fences that lost tensile and cannot bend without breaking
• Recently, the Gallagher orange step in posts for hot wire, their Turbo wire, and offsets for attaching to barb wire fence. I wish I had known about this years and years ago. The offsets are awesome for keeping my bull off the fence and away from my neighbor's herd.
• Injection guns for vaccines
• Priefert squeeze chute, 04 head gate, palpation gate, and sweep and building the circular funnel alleys, gates, etc. so I can work my herd without help, other than my dogs.
• Blue Lacy Dogs

The single biggest thing I've acquired - patience, knowledge and humility to learn from others and ask others for advice and help.

 

[kenny thomas]

The offsets for installing the hot wire on a barn wire fence are very nice.

 

[shaz]

Why is the 3 point splitter better than a stand-alone model?

Usually, if I have a tree down I need a tractor with a loader. Plus, it's one less thing to change oil in.

 

[Rafter S]

Hard to choose. One of the things I bought a couple years ago I regret not getting sooner was a set of pallet forks for my loader. They stay on most of the year.
Another thing would have to be the fault finder.Easier to use a shows direction of problem.When I need to,I can get my grandson to bring their Polaris Ranger.Those things are nice.
One of the others would include two things. A three drawer tool box with lid that can be lifted in and out of a pickup or SUV.Plus a set of ratcheting boxends.

Pallet forks are all I use for loading round bales. I don't like the spears, and don't even have a spear attachment for my FEL.