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Tractors can do a ton of work on their own.
But when coupled with their ever-increasing range of attachments, tractors do even much more.
Below we’ve compiled a list of the most popular tractor attachments and their uses (under various categories).
Land preparation/maintenance tractor attachments and their uses
For working your garden, these attachments may be useful:
· Rotary Tiller attachment
A rotary tiller attachment could help quickly turn your previously abandoned garden into the perfect seedbed, ready for planting, for instance, when preparing a vegetable garden in your backyard.
A rotary tiller attachment can as well be useful in transforming a scrub yard to a clean tilled garden.
First, it breaks–up hard soil and dirt then mixes them with organic mulch materials to enhance soil productivity.
Note that rotary tiller attachments vary on sizes so you should match the attachment to your tractor when purchasing.
· Disc Harrow attachment/ Plough attachment for tractor
With this, your can till your yard 8-10 inches deep quickly and effortlessly when preparing your yard for planting.
The equipment is magical: it chop-ups weeds and crop remainders, burying them on the topsoil, and leaving them to decay with its sharp concave metal discs.
What’s more, you can use the tool (together with a chisel plough) when you want to bury organic material (or mineral fertilizers) in large quantities into your yard.
· Cultivator attachment
A cultivator attachment mixes soil perfectly, particularly non-compacted soils and helps promote proper crop growth- all essentials reaches the roots thanks to the excellent aeration.
Seeding/planting/fertilization Tractor attachments and their uses
There are a couple of brilliant tractor-driven farm implements here.
Take a look:
· Spreader attachment for tractor
When it comes to scattering seed and compost fertilizer onto the soil, trust a spreader attachment to do a great job especially if you have an expansive property (they hold a lot of seed/fertilizer).
Some of the spreaders include a wiring harness plus an on/off switch for your convenience and mounts to nearly all lawn and garden tractors.
· Seed planters for tractors
Planting vast tracts of your land by hand can be nightmarish and may even go on for days.
Enter planter attachments for tractors and planting corn and legumes has never been this easy.
Recall the Spreader attachment for tractor? You’ve its close sibling in this.
Rake Tractor attachments and their uses
Rakes are some of the most useful tractor attachments and can help you complete a range of tasks depending on the type.
Here is a rundown of these cool tractor implements..
· Landscape rake attachment
Because of their strong metal tines, landcape lake attachments are best suited for tasks like gathering stones/stubborn muscle roots, and breaking up dirt clods.
· Dethatching Rake/ Dethatcher attachment for tractor
This is ideal for dethatching grass for healthy turf growth and other dethatching applications including dethatching food plots.
· Mulching Sweeper Rake attachment
This mows (chops) small leaves, sticks, and other vegetative litter into smaller manageable pieces and attaches to the tractor’s mowing deck.
Lawncare Tractor attachments and their uses
For lawn care, you can choose any of these implements attached to a tractor:
· Boom mower attachment for tractor
Boom mowers are versatile equipment used to trim trees/ brush/hedges and mow hard-to-reach areas such as pond banks, fence lines, behind guardrails, and more.
Like other attachments, this piece of tractor-mounted equipment is easy to use and comes self-contained.
Some of the tractor brands compatible with boom mowers tractor attachments include Caterpillar, Bobcat, Yanmar, and Case.
· Rotary cutter attachment for tractor/brush hog attachment for tractors
A close sibling to the Boom mower attachment, the rotary cutter is a useful tool when it comes to cutting stubborn brush, grass, and weeds on gently sloping ways, pastures, and more.
Some folks call it Bush hog attachment because Bush is the leading brand name for conventional brush hogs.
· Grooming mower attachment (or finishing mower)
With a grooming mower, your lawn will always be the pride of the entire neighborhood.
It has super sharp blades that will cut your tender turf grass nicely leaving behind a well-manicured look and is recommended for large open areas.
And make no mistake about it: these are very different from rotary cutter attachments (rotary cutters are best for maintaining grass growing in rough areas like road edges).
It’s worth mentioning that these mowers don’t cut overgrown weeds or brush that well.
· Lawn sweeper attachment for tractor
Why spend tons of hours doing the back breaking work that cleaning up debris from the yard is?
Simply pull a lawn sweeper behind the tractor for a faster job.
Plus, it guarantees the professionally-groomed lawn that you’ve always dreamed of.
· Lawn aerator attachment / tow-behind plug aerator
A plug aerator attachment is often more effective at easing compaction in lawns dominated by heavy clay soil as its solid tines cut effortlessly into the soil.
This permits easy absorption of oxygen, water, and nutrients promoting lush grass growth.
Hay and Forage Tractor attachments and their uses
Maybe you have grown tired of paying insane prices for hay and you want to invest in tractor rear attachments that can help you make quality hay.
If so, consider the following types of tractor implements..
· Hay Baler attachment
If at some point you decide to start making your own hay, a Hay baler attachment is the perfect solution even if you own a small tractor.
You have various shapes and sizes to choose from so be sure to select something that will work perfectly with your specific tractor.
· Hay Tedder attachment
A tedder can also be handy in haymaking- it’s used after cutting hay but before windrowing to aerate (wuffle) the hay to speed up the hay-making process.
This tool helps the hay to cure/dry better resulting in improved aroma (and color).
· Transverse tractor rake attachment
Use this to quickly arrange harvested hay into piles.
The hay should be perpendicular to your tractor’s direction if done right.
Other Tractor attachments and their uses
1. Landplane attachment for tractor
This is your attachment if you’re often into gravel road/driveway maintenance.
For the most part, the plane attachment has two parallel blades that cut at a very shallow depth and also work wonderfully when smoothing horse arenas, leveling yards, among other tasks.
That said, there are models with scarifiers in case you need more aggression in the churning of the soil, for example, when repairing gravel drives or other eroded surfaces.
You’re also free to adjust the top link appropriately to suit the job.
One of the greatest alternatives to the landplane is Box Blade Tractor Attachments such as this or even a Box scraper tractor attachment.
2. Front end loader attachment
Front end loaders come in handy when you’re digging hard ground, including when digging holes on tough surfaces.
Plus, you can use the bucket to load and move materials such as soil, rocks, limbs, lumber, poles, logs, pipes, etc. around.
Mounting a front end loader attachment to your tractor is easy-peasy thanks to the built-in coupler.
3. Backhoe loader attachment
A backhoe loader attachment for tractors has many uses including:
- Performing heavy tasks like excavation, breaking asphalt, paving roads as well as landscaping.
- Executing light tasks such as transportation of construction materials around the job site.
In short, a backhoe loader attachment is one of the most useful multi-purpose tractor attachments and can make your life easy when tackling a world of projects.
4. Posthole digger attachment for tractor
A posthole digger attachment is perhaps the quickest way to dig holes in hard and rocky soils and will save your time and energy.
In most cases, the attachment is made from construction-grade steel making it perfect for heavy-duty posthole digging particularly on large properties.
A posthole digger attachment typically integrates with the tractors existing 3-point connection and PTO.
5. Pallet fork attachment for tractor
There’s a sea of things you can achieve with a Pallet fork attachment for tractor.
From lifting the mower to change blades, lifting roofing materials up high, to hauling logs, firewood, fence posts, and timber, a pallet fork’s versatility is endless!
The best part?
Setting up the pallet fork attachment is incredibly easy- they traditionally come with an innovative connection system that makes installation a walk in the park.
6. Snowblower attachment for tractor
Quickly and efficiently clear snow, slush, and ice from your walkways and sidewalks with a Snowblower attachment for tractor.
These attachments fit to the front of the tractor with some offering massive throwing distances.
Like independent snowblowers, you can opt to go for a two-stage or three-stage snowblower attachments depending on your needs.
7. Leaf blower/vacuum attachment
There might be no snow but you may have a ton leaves falling year round.
Perhaps the best implement to use to blow this and other light debris off very long driveways, dirt service roads, etc. is a leaf blower/vacuum attachment.
These can be quite costly so make sure you have enough work for it before splashing out.
Recap
As you can see, you can save time, effort, and hundreds of dollars with your tractor, one attachment at a time.
Choose wisely!
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