Ben Rice | Agriculture Industry Representative
The holidays are almost here so it’s time to make your list and check it twice! This year, we’ve outlined the things you need on your wish list for your farm and family (and maybe a treat for yourself too) in our agriculture holiday gift guide.
Keeping things running smoothly on your farm during the winter months is important. Luckily, there are plenty of tools that can help boost your productivity and efficiency in wintry weather.
Since many animals don’t have as much access to pasture in the winter, you need to have plenty of hay ready on your farm in the winter months in order for them to feed. Bale grabs make it easy to pick up and transport round or square hay bales.
Traveling around the farm is a little easier with a Cat UTV. Plus, it’s perfect for hauling and can tow up to 2,000 pounds.
And don’t forget parts! Hoses and filters are great items to stock up on now so you’ll be prepared for 2020.
Winter means one thing for some folks – lots and lots of snow. If you live in a region that regularly experiences heavy snowfall, then a Cat® snow plow attachment for your skid steer, backhoe or compact track loader is the perfect attachment for your farm this season. Thanks to things like a profiled mold board and blade float, efficiently clearing snow will be no problem.
Whether you’re moving pallets or transporting oddly shaped materials, a fork positioner for your skid steer or compact wheel loader is invaluable. It allows you to hydraulically increase or reduce the gap between forks, giving you both increased speed and the ability to adjust the forks to the object you’re lifting. A side shift fork is another useful attachment when it comes to efficient loading, giving you the ability to shift the fork from left to right or right to left. This helps achieve faster load times since your machine doesn’t have to be perfectly aligned in order to finish the job.
This is also prime time to check out some association memberships – they provide valuable professional development tools and discounts on Cat products.
If you’re looking for new attachments this year, or just want to pick up some swag for your family, we hope this gift guide is helpful. For more gift ideas, check out ShopCaterpillar.com.
Don’t forget the kids this holiday season! You can’t go wrong with a compact track loader or skid steer loader toy machine and, for the budding artists in your family, a wood paint kit backhoe loader is the perfect gift.
Whether it’s a new heavy-duty insulated bomber jacket for yourself, a zip-up fleece hoodie for her or a sweatshirt for your little one, there’s plenty of Cat apparel to keep you warm this holiday season.
Agriculture Industry Representative
Having spent his formative years on a tobacco farm, Ben Rice went on in the agriculture field to earn degrees in Agriculture Business Management and Agriculture Science from North Carolina State University. Rice now brings his invaluable expertise to Caterpillar as an industry sales and service representative.
