Best purchase/biggest time saver

Come one come all list you best tip of all!

What's the best piece of equipment you or your spouse have ever purchased.

Big ones I expect to hear a lot of people talk about are
Hydrolic splitter/processor
Tractors/loader
Zero turn mower
Dump trailer

What saves you time and how much time does it save you?

Mine is a zero turn mower saves a little over 2 hours mowing time but the biggest help is I can finish in one evening easily verse the old lawn tractor 2-3 evenings to mow at a minimum.

 

I like my horizontal band saw for cutting steel, not necessarily faster by any means for the cut itself, but most jobs that I do one piece at a time I can take a measurement set it forget it and take my next measurement install previously cut piece and work pretty efficiently like that, vs. the abrasive cut off where i have to put in ear plugs every cut and in the winter when my small shop is closed up it gets really dusty and smokey really fast. Band saw just set and walk away by the time I'm done measuring for the next piece it's finishing the last one. So maybe not a ton faster but it's a lot less headache.

 

I'd have to say my tractor/loader.

 

It would be a snow blower. Savings all depends on the storm but it gets compounded by the inch.

 

Probably my vehicles....can't imagine all the time I have saved by not walking everywhere!

 

The tractor with the bucket is great, but the forks take it to another level, I store most things so I can move them with the forks.

The wood splitter has saved me a lot of time and wear and tear on the old body.

The zero turn is a great time saver.

I store equipment in my garage on mover dollies so I can push them around when I need to.

The wood box next to the window by the wood stove saves me a lot of time and mess.

 

Both of the 48 in mowers (old ransomes and now my scag).
1.5 +hrs to 20 to 30 min

 

All right I agree with y'all, in general the vehicles are the biggest time saver any of us have. But the little things such as pallet forks, pickaroon, movers dolly make our life so much easier I may pick some of these up! A snow blower would only be required every 3-4 years as we don't usually have snow cover for months at a time.

A lot of why I started this thread was thinking about my grandpa who let me use his fire wood equipment as I took over the cutting for him, then when he had to quit burning wood he gave me his equipment.

I love the remember when and your officially old when your remember this type threads. I grew up on stories of ice boxes, living on a homestead in Alaska no electric or running water using a root cellar, coal burning stove for heat and a wood cook stove! He will never burn again but he loves to come over and watch the fire!

For the members who still have parents and grandparents still living spend some time with them make those memories, surprise them with something that may make there life easier.

And my wife is a great helpmeet! I even really like my inlaws. Any one wanna swap mother in law jokes

 

My MIL said she was gonna dig her way out of her grave and haunt me forever and I buried her upside down!

 

Bought a 12v fridge for the work truck a month ago .Figure it's saving me 20-30 minutes a day not have to park and walk in to get a sandwich. Time savings didn't really prompt the purchase .Dewshnozzle employee at a deli I've been stopping at every day for 5 years told me I couldn't park in the side parking lot anymore.Glad he did. Figure I'm saving $50/week stocking that fridge plus the time savings.

 

My Small JD 4x4 tractor is by far my biggest time saver... and back saver (does that count... the time saved by not being flat on my back... lol) ... the JD mows hay like it's 4" high, the bucket lifts and moves so much including firewood, and the claw grabs whole piles of branches and zips them away. It's 14 years old now and has not skipped a beat. MasterMech has helped me with some maintenance (thanks buddy) stuff and tells me this little beast will go a very long time. I thought I'd lost my mind when I fir$t bought it... now it seems like the best bargain I've ever had.

 

Like others have said, my tractor and ZTR mower save lots of time and make life much easier. I bought Stihl power paddle broom last year-I now clean up ditches and road sides on the 3 properties I maintain in a couple of hours, instead of 8-10-and no blisters from the rake handle, sore muscles, and a much nicer job to boot!

 

My father in law told me "The definition of mixed emotions is watching your mother in law drive your new Cadillac over a cliff!"

 

A slight luxury for me was getting a gas ice auger. Pure misery when the blades are a bit dull on a hand auger and the ice is a bit thick.

 

Comments like this is why you are so valued!

 

Baby 'bota by far, bucket and snow blower add to its value and time saving. Probably saves my back - priceless but snow blowing it saves my neighbor's the most. Me maybe half hour over a walk behind for a decent storm, but then I hit the neighbors up quick. No way I'd do that with a walk behind. In turn I make some cash or alcoholic beverages = bonus.

 

My baby Ryobi 18 volt weed wacker...Light as a feather and no pulling on cords to start and all the power I need to trim with.... Also love all my Ryobi 18 volt tools...