No Cost to Low Cost Tractors and Yard Equipment

One of the many facets of self-sufficiency (and prepping) is having the proper equipment to get your tasks and chores done effectively and efficiently.

Over the years, I have been able to collect a vast assortment of either free, or dirt cheap tools to help with tasks around the property. From light garden tractors to Stihl chainsaws to rototillers, there are deals out there that, given enough patience, anyone can take advantage of.

One of the benefits of the Web is the proliferation of recycling and freecycle types of websites. I placed an ad on Craigslist for a “Garden Tractor, working or not” and ended up purchasing an LGT145 Ford tractor for $75.00! The seller brought it over in a move and had been sitting in the back forty and he wanted to get rid of it. It came with a working PTO, rototiller, front blade, mower deck and vacuum attachment with a separate engine.

After getting it home and cleaning out the carb, I was driving it with only a couple of hours of work. To this day, it is my tractor of choice for tilling our gardens.

Just last summer, I was driving on a back road when I passed a really nice looking wood chipper with a sign that stated “free, hard to start, but runs good”

I got it home and realized it was a carb issue, so $23.00 later, a new eBay replacement carb showed up and “presto” I had a killer chipper shredder. I had some old tires from a junked John Deere garden tractor that I installed along with a hitch, and now I add amendments to my garden, pulled by a Craftsman Lawn tractor that was given to me because it didn’t have a deck. More HERE