I made the lift from a modified sleeve hitch off a garden tractor. most of the implements i bought and modified to hold up to the beating.
I put in about 2 acres of clover soy and buckwheat last year. all did good and grew to maturity.
I got 4 deer last year, they hammered every thing i grew.
I'm putting everything into red clover this year, it's easy to grow, the deer like it and it last 3 or 4 years.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Deerkiller

I made the lift from a modified sleeve hitch off a garden tractor. most of the implements i bought and modified to hold up to the beating.

I put in about 2 acres of clover soy and buckwheat last year. all did good and grew to maturity.

I got 4 deer last year, they hammered every thing i grew.

I'm putting everything into red clover this year, it's easy to grow, the deer like it and it last 3 or 4 years.</end quote></div>

That sounds great. You got any pics of the deer? I am mostly a fisherman, but I started bow hunting about 5 years ago and love it. I am currently building another bow stand and will put it up next week. Then I will be starting another food plot. Can't wait for cooler weather.

 

Take a look at my pics. Don't expect the ATV to do what a tractor can do but it will amaze you how much can be done with an ATV if it is setup correctly.

 

I have both a tractor and an ATV. If your land is cleared and requires no bush hogging, stump pulling, or any ground engaging implements you can take care of your of your seven acres with an ATV. I do with my 7 acres. I can do 99% of the work at home with an ATV easier than a tractor. But when you need a tractor an ATV won't do.

 

I wasn't all that impressed with using a quad for anything other than transporting me, or hauling firewood. Even a 700 pound quad like my Cat just doesn't have that much pulling power. A small older tractor, say a Farmall 140 or Ford 8N, is a big improvement. Don't know what they sell for in your area, but here in KY, $3k will get you a good running small tractor, and probably a 5 foot bush hog and 2 bottom plow to go with it.

Got an all metal Swisher snowplow for my Cat. Okay for loose gravel, but anything heavier or thicker and it just rode over what I was trying to push around. I have pulled a trailer mower, and it works okay, though I really wish I'd bought one of the front mount mowers. Got a 5 foot tiller for my JD 1050 tractor - that'll do a garden in no time, and can loosen up hard ground if you want to grade. Because it didn't need an engine (runs on the PTO), it was &lt;$800. Not much point in going the plow/disc harrow route when tillers are fairly cheap and do the job in one pass.

Tough choice. I'd suggest you price up the quad implements - they're not all that heavy duty and fairly expensive. Then price up an older small tractor, a few implements, and a used quad. Best of both worlds. For the $6k or so you'd spend for a decent sized utility quad, and another $2k for the implements, you can get a used quad, plus a small tractor and implements.

 

The key to pushing dirt or gravel with atv plow is to weld it solid. get rid of the springs, I know that they are there for a reason but if you have a large cc engine and good tires, you CAN push a lot of dirt, mud and gravel with this mod. If you use it forsnow, just watch out for speed bumps and obstructions that can suddenly stop your atv.

 

Hi Fellow Riders, have to say this.
If u have something to DO with SNOW, use tractor, ATVs are for playing with snow.
But today and now we are having MidnightSun Festival here in all NorthernEurope, sun doesn't go down, u can read newspaper out without light, all night long.
Beer&BBQ, swimming in lake, SAUNA (steame house, about 100 C*)and so on.
Happy summer time to everybody, winter and snow's coming after 6 months, skiing, sledding and so on.

 

I saw a guy today trying to cut his lawn with an ATV pulling a mower behind it..what joke,the guy was going slower than a turtle trying to cut his lawn... a 20 minute job took 2 hrs....

 

id buy a sport quad... then when the wife wants you to do something... just haul ***

 

...That is a top answer!!!