Farming Attachments

## General Information

The pricing for all items in this game changes (usually every two weeks), the values you see below are the standard prices and can differ in your game depending on price fluctuation... and since we're talking about prices, note that while the game allows you to change the currency between USD, EUD, and GBP, there's no conversion happening; just a different symbol being displayed in front
of a number, so if the prices seem unrealistic or off to you, don't sweat it.

All attachments (and vehicles) can be **sold back** to the vehicle stores (including the quest-given "old" equipment) by bringing them to the sales floor area. Walking up to the thing gives an option to sell it. As you will no longer be able to move around something you've sold, be mindful of where you dump your old stuff, or you may have difficulty getting your new stuff out of the lot! Pick an out-of-the-way spot. Selling the old equipment is worth doing if you no longer need it; they're worth more than you might think (if still less than the modern equipment, obviously). As a side benefit, selling off all your unused equipment thins out that opaque mass of map markers around your homestead!

**All Old attachments** are acquired through quests (if not found lying around your farm) and are hitchable to the Jack Bear tractor. Gathering them all up is one of your main objectives for your first year of the game. Search the map for markers with a person icon. The marker text sometimes tells you what the job they want you to do in return for the old farm equipment is, and whether you should drive your old pickup or your Jack Bear tractor to the quest (if in doubt, take the truck to talk to the quest giver first. It's much faster! Although if the quest giver is located close to one of the bus stops, using that method to instantly move there may be even faster.) Regardless, after quest completion, you'll need your tractor to take your reward home.

As of the current build, modern tractors can hitch all the Old attachments, but the old Jack Bear tractor cannot pull any of the modern attachments. Your first vehicle upgrade should therefor be a tractor (the attachments can come later).

## Plow

The plow is used to prepare fields to be cultivated. Plowing is the first stage in preparing a field for planting.

(Note: If the field you're given or purchased already has crops in it, harvest them first before plowing! Even if the yield is low, they're worth money!)

### Old Plow

Available through quest right after obtaining Jack Bear C. The quest, unsurprisingly, is to plow a field. And to cultivate it, which can be achieved by the use of harrow, which you already own.

### Lemming J17

Available at the Vehicle Shop in Redberry. Plows a wider furrow than the Old Plow, allowing you to finish a bit faster!

Price: €28,000 or €14,000 + 28,000 SP

This style of plow (modeled after a real-world one) can be turned, at the end of each horizontal row plowed. This game, however, doesn't actually have furrows, and only considered what % of the field is "plowed" vs "not plowed". Turn the plow to whichever side you prefer to have it protrude out from (I dress to the left, myself).

The most **efficient** **pattern** for plowing (as well as later steps) *in the game*, is to start at the outside edge, overlapping the boundary of the field so that you don't leave any missed spots, and **circle your way inward**, occasionally lifting the plow and backing up to turn sharp corners when needed, and finally whatever you need to do to grab the little leftover bits in the middle to finish the field. Hired helpers also use this inward spiral pattern... but they're sloppy and miss spots, usually including leaving a small island in the center. :( A spot missed plowing or cultivating is a spot where no crops will grow later. Be more thorough than the A.I.!!!

## Cultivator

   The cultivator is used to break up the large clumps of dirt left by the plow, and is the 2nd step in readying a field for planting.

Each cultivator upgrade is a little wider than the less expensive one, allowing you to finish cultivating a field a little faster.

(Note: Since the cultivators themselves are not outrageously expensive, it's probably more worthwhile to save up a bit and buy the biggest one than to pay for either of the mid-range ones.)

### Harrow (the Old cultivator)

Found in the grass between your hay barn and your starter fields.

### Amazone Cenius 3002

Available at the Vehicle Shop in Redberry, Wheatford and in North Lakeside.

   Price: €13,000 or €6,500 + 13,000 SP

### Boxer GF XL

Available at the Vehicle Shop in South Lakeside.

Price: €8,000 or €4,000  + 8,000 SP

### Amazone KG4000

Available at the Vehicle Shop in South Lakeside.

The largest cultivator available.

Price: €12,000 or €6,000 + 12,000 SP

## Fertilizers (the mechanical attachment)

Fertilizing (with artificial fertilizers) and manure spreading (a natural fertilizer) are the 4th and/or 5th step in planting a field. Combing both types results in the field being 200% fertilized, and is very recommended. Technically, fertilization is not *required* to grow crops, but it will significantly increase the amount harvested.

To fill your fertilizer attachment, back it into the Magazine (brick room at the end of your Garage). Fertilizers are purchased from the Agriculture Store.

**Fert-ex (R)** is a product that combines both types of fertilizer into one, allowing fertilizing to be a single step process instead of two. It can be bought from the Agriculture Store. if you have at least 55,000 social standing, you can also hire a cropduster plane to spray Fert-ex R over a field for a monetary fee. Not only does the helper supply their own Fert-ex R, but the plane is MUCH quicker, so it's actually a pretty good deal.

### The (old) Fertilizer

Acquired by quest. Capacity of 250kg as is, increased to 320kg upon renewing.

### Amazone ZA-M 1501 Centrifugal Fertilizer

Available at the Vehicle Shop in South Lakeside.

Fertilizer Capacity: 3,000 kg

Price: €16,000 or €8,000 + 16,000 SP

### Rauch TWS 7000 Centrifugal Fertilizer

Available at the Vehicle Shop in Wheatford.

Fertilizer Capacity: 8,560 kg

Price: €35,000 or €17,500 + 35,000 SP

## Liquid Manure Spreaders

Fertilizing (artificial fertilizers) and manure spreading (natural) are the 4th and/or 5th step in planting a field. Combing both types results in the field being 200% fertilized, and is recommended. Technically, fertilization is not required to grow crops, but it will significantly increase the amount harvested.

Manure is generated by your cows, and spreaders can be filled with the pipe mechanism beside the cow barn. However cows don't produce large quantities, or very quickly, so by year 2 you may want to purchase more from the Agriculture Store.

Alternatively, Fert-ex (R) is a product that combines both types of fertilizer into one, allowing fertilizing to be a single step process instead of two. It can be bought from the Agriculture Store, or a helper can be hired to cropdust a field with it in minutes.

### The (old) liquid manure spreader

Acquired from quest. Uses manure produced by cows and can be refilled next to the barn. It has a 10,000kg capacity. Repainted (/renewed) version = 12500kg.

### Zunhammer 18500 Liquid Manure Spreader

Available at the Vehicle Shop in Redberry and Wheatford.

The Zunhammer 18500 is an upgrade of the small old liquid manure spreader.

Manure Capacity: 18,500 kg

Price: €48,000 or €25,000 + 48,000 SP

## Seeders

    After you have cultivated the field, (and ideally fertilized it as well) the *final* stage is to seed the field. While it is *technically* possible to plant different crops in the same field, it is not recommended, as you can only harvest one type of crop at a time, and cannot mix them at any point in their processing or transport.

Back the Seeder into the Magazine (brick room at the end of your garage) to fill it. Seeds are purchased from the Agriculture Store and automatically delivered to the Magazine.

### Amazone D9 4000 Seed Drill

Available at the Vehicle Shop in Redberry.

Seed Capacity: 860 kg

Price: €15,000 or €7,500 + 15,000 SP

### Amazone D9 6000 seed drill

**REQUIRES** Machines Pack DLCs

Available at the Vehicle Shop, west of Peaksville.

Seed Capacity: 1,620 kg

Price: €48,000 or €24,000 + 48,000 SP

## Grain Wagons & Trailers

The grain wagons/trailers are used to transport your crops to Agricultural Market, (or The Old Mill, for wheat & barley) to sell.

Once you have the larger ones, you may find it more efficient to park the trailer next to the field you're about to harvest, unload the harvester directly into the trailer, and then drive the trailer straight to market (skipping the step of accumulating a harvest in a silo or the storage above the garage).

(Note: Regardless of names, these trailers transport **all** types of your field crop harvests; not just the grains.)

### The (old) Grain Wagon

Grain capacity: 4,200 kg (or 5250 kg after repair in your garages)

This wagon can be attach in the front or at the back of Fliegl DK 180-88.

### Fliegl DK 110-88 trailer

**REQUIRES** Machines Pack DLCs

Available at the Vehicle Shop, west of Peaksville.

Grain Capacity: 11,000 kg

Price: €18,000 or €9,000 + 18,000 SP

Cannot be attached to the old tractor vehicles. However, it can be attached behind Fliegl DK 180-88. Useful for when you need another set of trailer.

### Fliegl DK180-88 trailer

**Two** are available at the Vehicle Shop in North Lakeside and one at Wheatford.

Grain Capacity: 11,000 kg

Price: €18,000 or €9,000 + 18,000 SP

This is the only trailer besides the old wagon that can be attached to the back of Old Tractors.

Note that there are ***more than one*** of these, and if you're VERY good at backing up with a trailer attached, you can hitch two together and double your hauling capacity and cut your trips to the market/mill in half... (three is possible but requires a lot of patience and practice).

In theory, you may be able to attach 5 trailers. Three Fliegl DK 180-88, one Fliegl DK 110-88, one Old Grain Wagon. So far, I've only manage to attach one of each. Will update this info when or if I manage to do so.

Lining up multiple trailers over a dumping grate may seem tricky at first, , but there is a way to predict which one raises up or comes undone when you select "unhitch". It entirely depends on *where* the camera angle is focus on. First, start by changing camera to first person view. Now keep pressing until the camera angle starts focusing on each of the trailers starting from the one attached to the back of the tractor vehicle. Then either raise or unhitch any of the trailer as necessary.

Or you can skip all that headache, spend a bit more to buy the biggest trailer (see below), with almost ***triple*** the capacity at 32000kg. VERY highly recommended!

### Krampe Big Body 500 Grain Trailer

Available at the Vehicle Shop in North Lakeside.

Grain Capacity: 16,000 kg

Price: €16,000 or €8,000 + 16,000 SP

### Krampe Big Body 900 trailer

**REQUIRES** Machines Pack DLCs

Available at the Vehicle Shop, west of Peaksville.

Grain Capacity: 28,000 kg

Price: €16,000 or €8,000 + 16,000 SP

### Fliegl Bull 371 trailer

Available at the Vehicle Shop in South Lakeside.

Grain Capacity: 32,000 kg

Price: €19,000 or €9,500 +19,000 SP

## Square Balers

    After harvesting a field of a grassy type crop (ex: wheat, barley) you will notice greyish lumps of straw scattered all over the field. Run the baler over those lumps and it will spit out square bales.

**Fun Fact:** In the real world, hay is the preferred feed for livestock, and wheat straw has almost no nutritional value (but in an emergency is preferable to starving the lifestock to death). The game only deals in "straw" however.

To use Square Balers effectively, you need to learn how to accurately reverse with trailer type equipment hitched. This is because you need to perform a double hitch, turning your tractor into a bail gobbling power train. First hitch a Square Baler to your tractor, then hitch a bail waggon to the back of the bailer.

Bails will now automagicly load onto the bail wagon without the need to tediously pick the bails up one by one.

### Square Hay Baler

A new Square Hay Baler is available at the Vehicle Shop in North Lakeside. It is presumably more efficient, although it is difficult to say just how.

Price: €32,000 or €16,000 + 32,000 SP

## Bale Wagon

    The Bale Wagon/trailers are used to transport straw bales created using the Baler. Unfortunately, they don't magically pick them up off the ground for you on their own. However, as mentioned above, they can be double hitched to the back of Square Balers allowing the bails to be auto loaded onto the wagon.

It is a good idea to take them to your cow barn and fill your cow food storage first. Manually unload them one at a time, dropping them anywhere inside the cow barn. (The bale disappears as it is added to storage).

Whatever is left over after the cow barn is full to capacity, (takes about 50 bales) you can sell at the Agricultural Market, by driving close to the awning with stacked bales under it. the old bail wagon will fetch around $500 per full load, (20 bails at €25 each) give or take depending on current market prices.

### Boxer HT40 Square Bale Trailer

Available at the Vehicle Shop in South Lakeside.

Can hold a total of 27 or 36? bales.

Price: €4,500 or €2,250 + 4,500 SP

### Fliegl ZPW100 Square Bale Trailer

**Two** are available at the Vehicle Shop in North Lakeside.

Can hold a total of 39 bales.

Price: €11,000 or €5,500 + 11,000 SP

Note that there are ***two*** of these, and that if you're fairly good at backing up trailers, you can hitch one behind the other, bringing the total number of bales you can take to market in one trip to 78! Most fields produce somewhere between 39 and 78 bales, so now were making just ONE trip (unlike the smallish pair of grain trailers, these are the largest bale wagons, so buying both is might actually be worthwhile!) ***Managing*** them both is tricky, however. You'll probably never be able to back up with both of them connected, and it seems difficult to predict which trailer will disconnect when you press the "unhitch" button. I'm *also* finding it was much easier to back one up into the other on the perfectly flat vehicle store lot, than it is to reconnect them on a lumpy hill next to the field full of straw bales I'm hoping to load them with... Maybe double the trips is worth half the frustration? That'd be a definite player's own judgement call. As one **bonus tip** for managing these doubled trailers, before you leave them (or log off) always remember to find a very flat spot to park them. If they stop on a hill, they tend to slide a bit before settling, and when you next log back in, not only are they all disconnected (normal) but they're not aligned neatly to easily re-connect them anymore.

## Grass Mower

    Sells for: €1,250 - €1487.76 (sell price fluctuates? needs more research, renew and repaint has no effect on selling price)

The grass mower is a attachment which can be used to remove sizable grass patches. The old version is found in the Hay Barn, and can be hitched behind your Jack Bear tractor. It's rather awkward to use though, so you may wish to wait to cut your grass until you can afford the modern version. It's better to just sell this equipment because using it with old tractor is painfully slow at 12 kph. If you really have to cut grass early in the game but can't afford new tractor vehicle (required for Boxer 275 Mower) then consider getting a Lawn Mower. It cuts about the same size as old grass mower but moves way faster at 23 kph, plus it doesn't leave tire marks on the ground unlike tractor vehicles.

(Note that, just like in real life, the best way to trim grass in those hard to reach corners and edges next to buildings and other obstructions is the weed trimmer tool found in the side-building of the Hay Barn. Mowers are for cutting large patches at a time.)

### Boxer 275 Mower

A new Mower is available at the Vehicle Shop in Redberry and Wheatford. Cannot be attached to the old tractors vehicles. It pairs well with the little red Lindner 94ep tractor. Movement speed with modern tractors can go from 16 kph (cruise control) up to ~38 kph.

Price: €2,500 or €1,250 + 2,500 SP

(Note that there is actually a dedicated vehicle called the **Lawn Mower**; no attachments, very nimble and good at edging, slower traveling speed. Cut's 20% less wider than the Boxer mower attachment above. See the vehicle page).