Every Tractor Owner Should Buy These Things

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2022
  • Welp, there you have it - I've solved the greatest mystery of all time! What should EVERY tractor owner buy for their tractor? I'm selecting 1 loader attachment, 1 implement and 1 surprise tractor thing that I believe everyone should have for their tractor!
    Spoiler:
    Shown in the video are the LS Tractor MT342, a 72 inch Box Blade made by Bad Boy for the LS brand, Northstar Attachments 48" pallet forks, and a Bareco Senior sized canopy. No links. Google it yourself!
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  • @No_bread-and-circuses
    @No_bread-and-circuses 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I’m planning on buying my first tractor, and just want you to know I really appreciate the videos you are making to help us care for our equipment well.

    • @HomesteadBandwagon
      @HomesteadBandwagon  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What machines are you considering? There's a lot of great ones on the market.

  • @LittleCabin
    @LittleCabin ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love my box blade -- that was really the biggest reason for me to buy a tractor in the first place. We've got about a half mile of gravel driveway to maintain, and it's really made a big difference for us and our neighbors (who we share about 500 ft of driveway with). Forks are on my short list now. We also bought a brush cutter and a backhoe in our initial purchase with the tractor. I wanted to go ahead and take advantage of JD's 0% financing with the more expensive attachments, figuring it would be a little easier to save up for the others down the road.

  • @drgnner6028
    @drgnner6028 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I got my first tractor, no canopy. I burned my skin. I put a nice canopy on my second tractor and that helped me a lot. When I needed a larger tractor, there was no doubt whatsoever that I had to get one with a cab. It was expensive, but now I can work in 90 degree weather all day long if I have to. So I think you are 100% right.

    • @HomesteadBandwagon
      @HomesteadBandwagon  ปีที่แล้ว

      If the Tractor Gods smile upon us, our next machine will DEFINITLEY have a cab

    • @drgnner6028
      @drgnner6028 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HomesteadBandwagon My Kubota keeps me cool in the summer and warm in the winter. You wont regret it. 🙂

  • @stuartrinker
    @stuartrinker ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Forks were our first attachment. Also use them as much as my bucket. Getting older I can’t lift the stuff I did when I was younger. I agree with the quick attach style. The only thing I would recommend is getting the full back cage instead of the step through. Especially if you’re not that familiar with operating forks.

    • @HomesteadBandwagon
      @HomesteadBandwagon  ปีที่แล้ว

      The full back can definitely be useful, but demand for the split back is way higher. Everything goes in cycles, though, so I'm sure full backs will be back in fashion soon

  • @chrisvan9430
    @chrisvan9430 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree with the canopy. The one I put on my tractor also came with a fan. Not only does the fan keep me cool but also the bugs off. One thing id add to your list is a 3-point quick attach. For the 3 point I only have a box scrape but everytime I put it back on after mowing I struggled.

  • @foggyvalleyacres
    @foggyvalleyacres ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really need to get a set of forks, definitely one of the most useful things you can buy for a tractor! New subscriber, keep up the good work!

    • @HomesteadBandwagon
      @HomesteadBandwagon  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Every time I use the forks, I wonder what good a tractor would be without them. Thanks for the sub!

  • @cspfitch
    @cspfitch ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love your video!!! I have an LS XR 3037 and you are right about the box blade I use mine all the time. I had to cut about 1000 ash down along side the house and in the back a few years ago and decided I needed forks to move the trees to the field and I wish I would have gotten them sooner!! I use them more than my bucket as well. I noticed that you put a pvc toolbox in your front tube that is definitely something I want to do next!! Please continue with your videos your awesome!!!

    • @HomesteadBandwagon
      @HomesteadBandwagon  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Using the PVC test caps was a trick I learned from another youtuber (messicks, maybe?). I had to make mine with the cap from a 4" and the rubber parts from a 3", so it was a real jury-rigged situation. Still a bit of a tight squeeze to get them in, so I took one off the other day, and haven't bothered to put it back on. Still searching for the perfect way to stow my chain...

  • @jeromebecigneul2911
    @jeromebecigneul2911 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    how you doing Micah? Love your videos. The thing I like the most is you are down to earth. Many of the TH-cam channel guys seem to have anything they want as far as equipment goes. And for me it gets tiring not to be able to just buy any attachment that you could really use. So many attachments are specific use items and there is nothing inexpensive anymore. I have the MT342SC. The Servo HST. Didn't even know that it wasn't normal HST when I bought it. But I'm older, retired and love the cab for air and heat. The first winter we got a storm with about 4 feet of snow and I cleared out my drive and two other neighbors with only the bucket. And I'll tell you 6 hours in 40mph winds, blowing snow didn't hurt me at all. Cabs are comfortable. I like you have woods and we had the ash borer come through and trees are down everywhere. That's why I bought the 342. Enough power to move logs. But anyway just wanted you to know you have a great channel and many of us appreciate your common sense.

  • @doubleahomestead7794
    @doubleahomestead7794 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So I pick the landscape rake over the box blade all day. I was able to fix ruts on the trail with it. Gravel driveway I can refinish with what’s currently there using it. Humps in the yard are no problem (assuming the ground is soft enough) use it to rake out sod in a new garden or just rake up some leaves. I’ve used it to fill in holes. Surprisingly it’s done a lot of what a box blade does at least for me.
    Then pallet forks and a boom pole are my other 2. Boom pole is cheap and extremely handy if you move logs around. I’ll be posting a video about that next week.
    Thanks for the video.

  • @TF856
    @TF856 ปีที่แล้ว

    My dad had a rollover box blade, probably built in the 40s, on his really old Massey Ferguson tractor and he kept that until he finally sold all of his equipment.
    Some companies are still making modern version of the rollover box blade if you can find them.
    Just reach back and pull the lever to change position of the box, or have full depth rippers in a matter of seconds!
    Whenever you have a box blade you really need to have the top and tilt kit also!

  • @Kinja98
    @Kinja98 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greets from Curacao. Great videos. Absolutely right on the pallet forks. Very handy.
    I use them to load cut corn/sorghum stalks on the trailer by the bushel. Saves back-muscles and time. PS: Remember to stress everyone of the importance of ballast and weights to frt and back, either suitcase or wheel weights. Absolute must !!!! Take care.
    Willy

    • @HomesteadBandwagon
      @HomesteadBandwagon  ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely. I don't let a tractor leave the dealership without ballast. It's a life saver!

  • @timtation5837
    @timtation5837 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The forks can be useful, but they are still attached to a flimsy loader frame that can tweak/break if you torque it too much. Good advice on them not being able to light much on the smaller tractors. The box is a no brainer, but then again, so is a cab with a heater and AC… I wouldn’t call that an attachment tho… So for number three, a backhoe… Almost everyone with a tractor needs to dig at some point and a loader bucket is not for digging. Irrigation, stump removal, septic, walkway, planting trees, etc… They are also better ballast than a box, which comes in handy if you have a larger tractor that can lift more on the front end.

  • @TF856
    @TF856 ปีที่แล้ว

    My dad had his own tractor company and he would often put tractor umbrellas on his tractors with the tractor trademark before he had to start putting roll bars on the tractors!
    His Massey Ferguson never did need a roll bar cuz it was grandfathered in.
    Check out the big square tractor umbrellas that they still sell. They have position adjustments!!!

  • @DefunctG
    @DefunctG ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just ordered an mt225s, and I'm looking forward to getting it. I've watched a couple of your videos and I hope you keep posting. The other one I watched is how not to abuse your equipment, and I really liked that one. I'm getting mine with a loader, backhoe, and cab. A box is on my short list, but this is all I can handle right now. Block heater and snow blower are next. I live in Maine. I hadn't considered forks, but I now have to fit them in there somewhere! So, of your recommended items, I'm getting one, had one in mind, and now I want the third, but I'll have to figure out when. Box blade becaue of a gravel driveway has to come soon.

    • @HomesteadBandwagon
      @HomesteadBandwagon  ปีที่แล้ว

      You're gonna have a great time! A good box blade is hard to beat! Sometimes a person can find a decent used one and save enough money to get some forks!

  • @jerryrigsit5400
    @jerryrigsit5400 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a warehouseman I can confirm to the usefulness of forks. With a hole in the tip of a fork and a bolt you can move any trailer

    • @HomesteadBandwagon
      @HomesteadBandwagon  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My dad is a retired Teamster warehouseman. He taught me how wonderful forks are from a young age

    • @TF856
      @TF856 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can also move most trailers by putting a ball hitch on the dozer blade of your excavator.
      Like cotton-top did.
      Watch his video on that.

    • @TF856
      @TF856 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can you also move trailers with a pintle hitch or fifth wheel hitch?

  • @jokinjoe9447
    @jokinjoe9447 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Everything you said was right on the money I have an XR 3135H and i bought a box blade forks and bush hog , already had a canopy i put on when i got tractor also bought a potato plow an a everything attachments grapple , I have tryed to tear it up an cant do it , they are really made tough, keep up good videos!!!!!! I would love a coffee cup and I will pay for it,please let me know how much and where to send money and if you could get one with LS on it I would greatful , I have tryed LS but cant seem to get one,,thank you in advance

    • @HomesteadBandwagon
      @HomesteadBandwagon  ปีที่แล้ว

      A potato plow is on my list for nex5 year. Seems like a great way to make easy drainage ditches.
      I'll see if I can dig-up an LS mug... shoot me an email through my youtube profile and I'll work on it. If you'd like a Genuine Farmer coffee mug, I've got those for sale on my profile as well!

  • @jamescraigrn
    @jamescraigrn ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really want some forks and canopy but I love my grapple. I know it doesn't have the utility of the forks but there is something therapeutic about using them. If gas and maintenance was free and time was not in limited supply I could grapple all day long just for fun.

    • @HomesteadBandwagon
      @HomesteadBandwagon  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've been moving brush with the grapple all morning. I kinda just want to keep a few piles around in case i need to go out and blow off some steam!

  • @javabean215
    @javabean215 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Heeey, expanding drain plugs! You must be using that torque tube for storage! ;)

    • @HomesteadBandwagon
      @HomesteadBandwagon  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I took the plunge! Had to mix and match parts from two types to make it work, and I've since abandoned the whole getup. I think I'm gonna just rig up a big ammo can or something to carry chains

    • @javabean215
      @javabean215 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HomesteadBandwagon The tractor I'm looking at is smaller than yours (MT2 40He). Storage is a premium, so I'm always looking for clever ideas. I've seen some folks use a PVC pipe sleeved into the torque tube. Cut a section out of the top for access, glue an end cap permanently to one side; and use the expanding drain plug on the other. When you need whatever's stored in the tube, you loosen the drain plug and slide the whole PVC pipe out the other side....
      I've also seen a flat bracket, like 10" across, held to the ROPs with big U-Bolts like a shelf, and ammo cans bolted to it. That's a great option if you can make it work. That also lets you keep chain in one box, and pins and hammers in the other.

  • @madtater5948
    @madtater5948 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks for sharing the video You're Dead on down here in Southern California an open cab tractor needs a canopy you add the dust and the Sun 🌞 equals miserable. I don't own a pair of forks but I do own a box blade I use it for everything

    • @HomesteadBandwagon
      @HomesteadBandwagon  ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, you're 2/3 of the way to Tractor Perfection!

  • @oldbuzzard76
    @oldbuzzard76 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Have been undecided about a canopy for about a year . Loving the outdoors as I do , a cab was not even a consideration . Having some shade is , but are there any real deficits, more than I am seeing ? In my case , the hedge rows would be expanding more , not being able to get in tight enough 'brush hogging' to keep them from encroaching more . I have not yet found a canopy that comes off quickly and easily for that phase of my work .----------------------What does a 75 year old boy to do ?????????P.S. Good videos by the way . ( gotta be that laid back style 😆)

    • @HomesteadBandwagon
      @HomesteadBandwagon  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I haven't found a good canopy that's easy to remove, but what i like about the BareCo canopy is that it won't get wrecked if it makes a little unkind contact with some brush

    • @oldbuzzard76
      @oldbuzzard76 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@HomesteadBandwagon Thank you for responding back . I will look into that manufacturer , but I have to wonder which one is least likely to become a lightening rod ? I have some hair left , and would like to keep it . Should we become unstable and not be grounded ??? 😝

    • @HomesteadBandwagon
      @HomesteadBandwagon  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@oldbuzzard76 We were just talking about that the other day! Since the top is all polimer and there isn't much metal exposed, I'd be curious how conductive it would be! I'm too chicken to find-out, but I'd think that with all the rubber in those tires, a person would hopefully be pretty safe unless they had their bucket or an implement on the ground!

    • @larrywelch4979
      @larrywelch4979 ปีที่แล้ว

      Get a trachoe to come in and break off overhangs. Did this on a 60 acre overgrown meadow

  • @Josh-zr3jy
    @Josh-zr3jy ปีที่แล้ว

    I disagree with the canopy because I’d tear it off in this Florida brush.

  • @renardturner8659
    @renardturner8659 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    where did you purchase the canopy from, LS does not make one from the factory? Your channel is good practical information,Thanks.

    • @HomesteadBandwagon
      @HomesteadBandwagon  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The canopy is made by Bareco. Fantastic quality. To my knowledge. LS does not currently make a canopy

    • @vanguardranchnaturalgourme8812
      @vanguardranchnaturalgourme8812 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HomesteadBandwagon thanks. Enjoy your videos!

    • @HomesteadBandwagon
      @HomesteadBandwagon  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching!

    • @jepsdog3859
      @jepsdog3859 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have the Bareco canopy also , it’s 2years now and love it It even came 98 percent the same color as my Ls tractor, the material it’s made of is durable and has flex to it , believe me you’ll bump branches and stuff when you least expect it while in the woods, helps to keep widow makers off your head.

  • @douglasjackson1998
    @douglasjackson1998 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Since my LS MT357HC came with a cab (the "C" in the model name) attached I get to chose an additional attachment, don't I? I've got an offset flail mower on order. I am hopeful that my enormous stands of blackberries will succumb to its attentions.

  • @thaneoflions975
    @thaneoflions975 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’d rather MacGruber things🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @HomesteadBandwagon
      @HomesteadBandwagon  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Have you ever heard the story about the explosion sound effect they use? They mixed in all sorts of different sounds, including a bobcat or mountain lion scream. Love that movie!