Visiting a Tractor Sale: Choosing Attachments - Business

When you've decided on a new tractor your work isn't over. Buying a new tractor is only part of the decision making process. A tractor without any attachments isn't going to help you much on the farm or in the garden. In fact, a tractor without attachments is a limited and expensive piece of machinery. Visit the tractor sale to see the range of attachments on offer. At a tractor sale you may also be able to negotiate a good price on attachments when you buy the tractor itself. The most used types of attachments are for the purpose of moving things around the farm or garden. For this purpose, the front end loader is a good choice of attachment. The front end loader is a scoop with two arms, which is used for all manner of purposes including shifting dirt, carrying rocks and mulch, or for levelling and for landscaping. A front end loader is versatile, and because it is fixed to the front of the tractor the back is free for other useful attachments. Popular attachments includ e box blades, which are used to push earth or level ground. Mowers are also popular attachments, and they are used to mow grass and cut through heavy undergrowth. Tillers and ploughs are used for agricultural work, and front end ploughs and snow blowers are used on tractors in cold climates. Backhoes are somewhat more expensive than other attachments and provide digging power for heavy-duty jobs. Other popular attachments include forks, hay balers, rakes, grapples and spreaders. The type of attachment you choose obviously depends on the jobs you have to do in the garden or on the farm.

You attach your attachments to the tractor using a three-point hitch at the rear of the machine. This will allow you to use the PTO, the power take-off unit, as the source of power for your attachments. Generally, attachments can be interchanged between different tractors because most modern tractors use a standard PTO and three-point hitch. You need to check the horsepower of your PTO to make sure it is enough to run the attachments. You can also choose 1,000 and 2,000 RPM power take-off units but these units are generally not needed unless you have bought a specialist attachment which can only be used at those speeds. Other tractors have the PTO set beneath the tractor operator, in the middle of the tractor, which is a good position for precise mowing.

Foton Tractor provides you with superior-performing Foton tractors and excellent owner support. Foton tractors are considered the best and most popular Chinese-built tractors. Visit the tractor sale to see the wide range of Foton tractors, parts and attachments to suit all users.