I still need forks and a Pirhana bar for the bucket. I make do as I can.
I too use the forks more than a bucket. They are a huge help. Don't cheap out and get those ones that clamp on the bucket. But also don't go crazy and get heavier duty than you need. Remember, the implement weight counts toward your loader lift capacity, and that capacity is usually measured at the pivot pins. The further forward the weight is, the lower the capacity. You attach a set of HD skidsteer forks on a small tractor and you aren't going to be able to lift a lot more.
This. When I bought my tractor I made sure that the dealer was spec'ing me the lighter weight forks made for a sub compact.
I'm torn on forks or a snow pusher...........pusher would be more useful but I do already have a snow blower sooooooo
Forks . Snow can be done with back blade front bucket or just do what I do drive over it and let it melt .
I use both a plow blade on the rear and the front bucket when I do snow. having the bucket lets me move and stack the snow. Typically I will plow first, and then go back and use the bucket to clean up tight areas, sight lines so you can see pulling out of driveway, and around the mail box. , If it's a lot of snow, I'll also move/stack snow further back so there is room to plow the next time without making the driveway increasingly smaller.
I don't have a snow issue down here by the Gulf but I do have a 'pick stuff up' issue. We use the forks all the time for moving or picking up odd and end stuff. Makes it a lot easier for me to do stuff by myself - or at least not needlessly break my back.
Yeah, since I have the snowblower I'm leaning towards forks. We do get pummeled sometimes though and it takes a while with the snowblower. It would be nice to just push it away in 10 minutes and be back inside where it's warm. My drive is only like 250" long which is nothing for a pusher but is pretty long for the snowblower....hmmmmm, did I just talk myself into a pusher. LOL
Yeah, I have a Kioti CS 22hp unit. Just enough for my small property. Sometimes I wish I had bought the Deere you bought. Definitely has more capability. At least mine takes universal skid steer attachments which makes it easier to find attachments on FB or Craigslist.Heck our whole property is only 220 feet from east to west.
Yet here we are with a 1 Series
Yeah, I can't deal with driving over it because my drive becomes an ice rink for the rest of the season.
I looked at the Kioti first, but I was a little turned off when I visited the 'dealer' and the two Kiotis he had were still in crates, sitting in a gravel lot amongst four foot tall weeds, and the carboard boxes holding the parts of the yet to be assembled tractors were water logged.
You must live further north than me . Heck last January it snowed 15" I shovel two paths behind wife's car and I parked on top of it in the yard every day for a month. It eventually warmed up end of February.
