aquetrac
Member
- Joined
- Mar 13, 2005
- Messages
- 37
- Location
- Riverhead, NY
- Tractor
- Kubota B2150, Kubota B21, Kubota B1750, Kubota BX23
I just got my Box Scraper, its a 54" Kubota model 7554 with a hinged rear blade on it. I tried it out on my B1750HSD today and the tractor handled it fine (I also have a B21 which will handle it even better). What I am not sure about is the rear hinged blade. When I want to take less of a bite in the soil, normally you would angle the box backwards (raise the front) which lifts the front cutting blade up and lowers the rear blade which smooths the dirt. What happens with the hindged rear blade is as you raise the front blade the rear one goes down but then pivots upward. This puts no pressure on the rear blade and the front blade does not raise and still takes a large bite of the soil.
I'm thinking of just welding the hinged blade shut so it operates like a standard box scraper. Am I doing something wrong here? Has anyone out there experienced this lack of depth control with a hinged rear blade? Please let me know if you have any fixes for this.
I'm thinking of just welding the hinged blade shut so it operates like a standard box scraper. Am I doing something wrong here? Has anyone out there experienced this lack of depth control with a hinged rear blade? Please let me know if you have any fixes for this.