[tractornewbie]

What is your most called upon skid-steer attachment and/or the most often used?

Stump grinder? Just a guess. The reason I mention stump grinder is that I have several in my own yard I could practice on first.

What do you guys charge to grind a good size stump anyway?

I like to buy the most productive starter attachment when I buy the unit.

Thanks,

DT.

[Stonehenge]

I don't charge a penny. We don't remove stumps.

But seriously, other than forks and a bucket, our Harley Rock Rake is our only attachment. Great tool for what we do. If I had to buy another attachment, it'd probably be an auger. Stump grinder would be low on the list.

[Pelican]

Hands down a 4 way bucket!!!! Don't even consider purchasing one without it! Next would be my backhoe in a close tie with the pallet forks. My forte is hardscaping so these are my everyday tools, I bought these attachments with the machine. What you plan to specialize in will determine your needs.

I've also got a grapple rake that's real handy for brush clearing, a Harley rake, a jib boom and a high flow snowblower. I could live without these if I had to but they sure make life easier!

[Bill Schwab]

6 way blade along with the bucket on a swivel mount has to be the most money making items on my list. We have cable hooks on the ROPS on a 257B so we can crane it over the tops of houses to cut terraces and do other work on 2-1 and 3-1 slopes. Also use it to cut and fill grades. Forks are good too, but they are not money makes, just support to make money faster.

[Tiffany]

Landscape Rake... Pounds clay into powder in seconds. and unlike a scarifare it collects rocks and debris and pushes it into the bucket for dumping later on .. rather than dragging the debris around the yard.. and unlike the rototiller it only works up a couple of inches.. Perfect to to seed on top of. Gives a nice final grade in one step

[cutntrim]

Snowblade. I've got more winter hours than summer on my 553, and plowing has brought in the most dough so far...

[NCSULandscaper]

its a tie between my 4 in 1 bucket and harley rake

[RHayden]

Agree with Tiffany on this one. Our landscape rake generates the most $$$ per attachment. Next would be the trencher.
As others have said, it will all depend on how you wish to use the machine as to what might generate you the most $$.

[rgj]

Originally posted by cutntrim
Snowblade. I've got more winter hours than summer on my 553, and plowing has brought in the most dough so far...

Snowblade on A300 and Toolcat, 8' Bosses.

[start2finish]

I make my money with the bucket and teeth. We opted to go with bolt on teeth(individually) unlike a tooth bar. I have found more durable than a tooth bar (S250) steel over the tire tracks. This size machine has tremendous pushing and digging power and they stand up.

The root/grapple is also very useful.

as for the stump grinder everyone has their own opinion but the grinder is not very efficient on a skid steer compared to a self contained unit.

We also have a snow blade, but after 18 months of ownership we haven't even knocked the paint off LOL. Hopefully it will get pulled out of the shed this year. I am in the piedmont of NC and we can get a foot of snow once in a while, when it happens the phone is usually ringing constantly it cripples things here.

Best of luck to you in your decision.

[agla]

This is the classic landscaper mistake mentality. The idea that what equipment you have gets you the work you want. It is the dog wagging the tail.

The best attachment is the one that YOU use constantly, not what others have a use for. The "if you build it they will come" mentality is the anchor around a lot of guy's necks.

You should buy equipment because you already need it. If you need it, you don't need to ask what it is.

[Squizzy Taylor]

Originally posted by agla

The best attachment is the one that YOU use constantly, not what others have a use for. The "if you build it they will come" mentality is the anchor around a lot of guy's necks.

You should buy equipment because you already need it. If you need it, you don't need to ask what it is.

I often see posts I don't agree with and mostly say nothing but I find this post almost offensive. You can go to your grave wondering or you can do some research and give it your best shot. You may not know just how valuable an attachment is until you have used one awhile.

I don't see where any of the previous posts where dreaming or speculating on attachments only asking about what was the most used. Better to give advice in response to a question than to lambast eveybody with unimaginitive negative opinion which has nothing to do with the thread.

My 4 in 1 is my most used attachment. I wouldn't be without it, closley followed by our custom built trash rake.

[Paydaze7]

Originally posted by Stonehenge
I don't charge a penny. We don't remove stumps.

But seriously, other than forks and a bucket, our Harley Rock Rake is our only attachment. Great tool for what we do. If I had to buy another attachment, it'd probably be an auger. Stump grinder would be low on the list.

same here...

[Bill Schwab]

Excellent points by Agla and Squizzy. It brought me back to when I felt the need for every usless piece of equipment or implement was a necessity to conduct business. Incidentally it was why we nearly escaped BK in the early years.

I'll offer the same advice as with computer geekery. Buy only what you absolutely need at the time, leave the rest on the shelves.

Learn to use the tools you have to their fullest potential, rent the tools you use very little. And if you see a particlar tool can save you labor significant, buy it as you see it can improve performance of the company.

An example here in our company would be jack hammers....They cost 10K, and we rent them for $150.00 a day with the use for them at 1x per month, possibly 2 times. At the sale price, there is no way it pencils out to own, even with travel to and from the rental store factored in.

Mini X, we bought the first one and saved time. We bought the second one and layed 3 guys off because it now does their work.