Buying land and building! Need attachments

SulleyBear said:

If you have a good rental place in your area who rents SCUT implements, I would start there for the limited use items, like post Hole Diggers, etc. Things like the landscape rake will be handy for the final site work, but then you likely won't need it much afterwards. Rent what you are going to use just a few times if you can.

I have sold a number of Frontier Implements which I used and then no longer needed and they sell very easily in my area. I don't think it took more than a week to sell a single one on WasteBook Marketplace. Just be careful to not pay too much and make sure you know what you have in each implement when you sell them. In most cases, I sold them for anywhere between 80% to 95% of what I paid for them when I bought them in a group.

If you don't have pallet forks, you will definately need those and keep them, so get what you want. Don't waste extra capacity consuming the lifting capacity as the lightest weight forks are likely just fine. other stuff, i would wait until closer to the project as its likely to change.

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MattL said:

Thinking outloud, after just spending more than I would like to on suitcase weights, that's something I wish I had rolled in to the 0% loan. I plan to buy the same amount (2-42s, 2-70's) again after the bank recovers, but if it had been rolled in to the loan I'd have 8-70s and 4-42s. Another positive is there's usually further discounts on attachments saving some more money when bought with the tractor. Adding an extra ~16.67/mo (5yr @ 0%) for 728lbs of flexible ballast is totally worth it. Further thinking outloud- paying for suitcase weight ballast outright is painful, considering how expensive it is for what it is. When rolled in to a 0% loan is so much more palatable cause you don't see the line items for every payment.

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ClydeLogan said:

In my opinion you would do well to acquire a PTO driven fertilizer spreader. After my initial tractor-owning year and paying to have fertilizer, lime, and fire ant bait spread, I bought both an imatch hitch compatible Frontier PTO driven fertilizer spreader and a Herd GT-77 seeder for spreading winter ryegrass seed and fire ant bait. I saved enough money doing these services myself to reach the break-even point financially after the first year of ownership of the spreader and the seeder.

You mentioned your 1025R and need for a post hole digger. There is an ongoing thread about this right now. The 1025R has a category-1- limited three point hitch which will restrict the length of auger it can use, and you will find that the holes may not be deep enough for your fence posts. If you are young, strong, and motivated enough you can dig 3/4 of a hole, and then finish the last 1/4 by hand.

Other things to think aboout acquiring are a core aerator, a pinestraw rake, a chain harrow, a set of pallet forks, a single point hydraulic connector, and a canopy for all those sunny summer days coming up soon,

It's been a pleasure to help you spend your money.

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JohnDeereJoey said:

My vote for spending your money:

Pallet forks. Tooth bar for loader bucket. Grapple for loader bucket. Ballast for rear of tractor.

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