Do-it-yourself attachments for mini tractors: review

A mini tractor is an irreplaceable thing when you have your own land and a small farm. If a mini tractor does not have attachments, then it turns into a pile of ownerless scrap metal, since it will not be possible to perform any economic manipulations on it.

Attachments for mini tractors can be modeled with your own hands if it is not possible to purchase factory-made products. To do this you need to have:

• necessary material - there should be no problems with it, because now you can buy anything;
• a tool so that you can cut, drill and weld a metal structure - there should also be no problems with such a tool in subsidiary farms;
• wish;
• metal working skills.

Attachments for mini tractors: features

When independently modeling attachments, a three-point hitch on a minitractor is most often used, since it ensures high-quality fixation of the equipment and maneuverability of the minitractor at the time of work.

Homemade attachments must meet the following requirements:

• made of durable metals;
• modeled for specific work;
• match the power of the mini tractor.

It is important to make homemade products from good materials and perform high-quality welding work so that the equipment does not break during the process. Therefore, there is no need to rush to equip a mini tractor with attachments, but do everything efficiently.

A mini tractor is a cross between a walk-behind tractor and a full-fledged tractor, so you don’t need to rely heavily on its capabilities and attach or make attachments, as for a full-fledged tractor. It is important to remember this at the design stages of homemade attachments, so as not to design too large a bucket, plow, cultivator, etc. If the mini tractor constantly operates under high loads, then there is a risk that it will fail very quickly.

The main feature of homemade attachments for a mini tractor is its relatively low cost. In most cases, manufacturing a product is cheaper than buying a factory-made analogue. Plus, independent production allows you to take into account the technical features of your own mini tractor.

Do-it-yourself attachments for mini tractors: manufacturing

Among the independently manufactured attachments you can find various products:

• a plow for plowing the estate;
• harrows for cultivating the soil after plowing;
• cultivator for loosening the estate and destroying harmful plants between rows of plantings;
• sprayer for treating plants;
• towing device and trailer for transporting goods;
• snow blowers, scythes, cutters, knives, etc.

In general, modeling of attachments is limited only by the imagination of the mini tractor owner.

Today in the article we will not analyze all types of possible attachments, but will talk about one thing - about KUNS.

KUHN on a mini tractor with your own hands

KUN is a universal mounted bucket. KUHN is included in the category of equipment for front loaders. KUN is needed when you need to transport or transfer bulk materials, for example, grain in warehouses or sand and crushed stone at construction sites.

The factory KUN looks something like this:

To make a KUN for a mini tractor with your own hands you need: In handicraft production, the KUN does not look so impressive, but this does not reduce its functionality.

1. Consider the fasteners on the mini tractor itself. Each mini tractor has its own specific design features, so there is no general recommendation. The main thing is to understand that the fastening of the KUN structure must be reliable, so if necessary, you can strengthen the frame of the mini tractor with an additional metal corner, square pipe, etc.
2. The KUN itself can be made from metal sheets 3-6 mm thick. The choice of sheet thickness and bucket size must correspond to the capabilities of the mini tractor. That is, the more powerful the minitractor, the larger the bucket can be. It is not necessary to make KUN from a single sheet of metal; you can make them in small pieces.
3. Consider the hydraulic booster system. The hydraulic booster must correspond to the size of the KUN and the power of the tractor.

A ladle welded from scrap pieces of metal may look like this:

This is a large bucket for a large mini tractor. In your case, the bucket may be much smaller.

In the factory interpretation, the KUN design looks like this:

Where:

1. Ladle
2. Secondary levers.
3. Center of gravity and position of the front wheels of the mini tractor.
4. Main lever.
5. Hydraulic lift.
6. Hydraulic lift.
7. Fastening mechanism to a mini tractor.

Nobody forces you to do exactly the same as the factory design. For example, some craftsmen have thought out their own system for KUN, which looks like this:

For small mini tractors you can also make a KUN with your own hands. The KUN itself will also be small in size and will look like this:

Please note that mounting KUN on small mini tractors does not always follow the recommendations. That is, the factory mount assumes that it will be located closer to the middle of the tractor and thus the center of gravity will not be located on the front wheels of the tractor. However, when installing the mount yourself, it is not always possible to achieve this result. This is not a big problem if the mini tractor is small and will not work with heavy loads. Therefore, many home-made workers attach the KUN to the front of the mini tractor and it turns out something like this:

Conclusion

Do-it-yourself attachments for mini tractors are real. We hope that our article has inspired you to make your own. In the following articles we will definitely dwell in more detail on the production of each type of attachment in detail and with drawings.