Landscaping Attachments for ATVs

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If you have an ATV that you use on your property for hauling things around on terrain that might otherwise be difficult to traverse, you really are just scratching the surface when it comes to what your quad can help you do with landscaping. There are a variety of attachments that you can add to your machine that will prove to be big performers with a number of groundskeeping tasks.

If you own a landscaping business, adding a couple of off-road vehicles (depending on the size of your business), an ATV trailer to move them around, and a few attachments can make your business more profitable by streamlining labor efforts and speeding up overall time on each job.

In either case, you can get the most out of your ATV and way more beyond your recreational needs while you get work done more efficiently. Here are a few of the attachments you can use to help make that happen.

Trailers

If you have a cargo box on your ATV and you’ve been using that to haul tools and equipment, you can go one step further by adding a trailer. Depending on the size of the job you have at hand and the number of people you have working on it, an ATV with a trailer can be loaded up with mowers, trimmers, fuel cans, leaf blowers, chainsaws, and pole saws. You can also use the rig to carry other workers to designated areas, drop them off, provide them with all the equipment they need, and then head back to take care of other tasks. If pruning is part of the work, the trailer can be used to haul branches back to the base.

If you’re planting shrubs, the trailer can transport potted plants in addition to posthole diggers or augers, any fill soil needed, and even the mulch or other bedding you might use to complete the look. Think about what an ATV with a dump trailer can do in comparison to loading mulch or stones in a wheelbarrow. It can haul larger and heavier loads and it cuts down on the “human power” needed to get those loads to where they need to be. This will not only reduce fatigue from labor, it potentially limits injuries that can be caused by manually carrying heavy loads.

Spreaders And Sprayers

When part of your landscaping requirements includes spraying weed killer or pesticides, or spreading grass seed or fertilizer, your ATV has you covered. Tanks for spraying liquids or spreading dry materials can either be mounted directly to your ATV or towed behind. When using a sprayer for covering large areas (as you would with a liquid fertilizer), you can even add a wide spray boom with an array of nozzles to cover a large area quickly.

Forestry Work

Sometimes, part of ATV landscaping jobs can consist of clearing wide areas of trees or brush. In order to most efficiently take care of that kind of work, there are woodchippers and log splitters that can easily be towed by your ATV to the work area. A woodchipper can easily clean up brush and branches at the job site that can either be left there as an organic mulch or loaded onto a trailer for removal. In the case of tree removal, a log splitter can make quick work of turning logs into firewood.

Plows

Plow blades can be added directly to the front of your ATV or towed from the back to spread gravel and do light grading work. While front plow blades are easier to maneuver than rear blades, they do tend to put a little extra stress on the ATV frame.

During the winter months when landscaping needs tend to dwindle, your ATV can be equipped with a snowplow blade to keep your own driveway and paths cleared. Or you can have the vehicle contracted out to take care of sidewalks and parking lots for area businesses. You can keep the snowplow blade on the vehicle during the riding season, but you may need to add a bar to the blade to keep it from digging into gravel or dirt.

Work Smarter

Using attachments for your ATV can certainly make landscaping work easier, whether on your own property or as a business tool. When you’re ready to get the job rolling, explore your options and the top ATVs for landscaping based on your needs and the possibilities of your projects.

Barrett Baker

Barrett Baker is a freelance writer with more than 40 years of writing experience. He has worked with the U.S. Department of Energy, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and a variety of advertising and marketing firms throughout his career. In his spare time, he enjoys photography, cooking, and working with animal rescues.

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