Box Scraper Will a box blade help with this?

[Deadman]

Here is a ditch I dug with my JD 2520 and 5 foot box blade.
I tipped it, and used the rippers to rip the sod off, and then just kept going back and forth and pulling the loose dirt to each end. It maybe took 2 hours, and that was because I was messing around, and this is solid CLAY! Sorry the pic is poor, but the ditch is about a foot deep and 900 feet long roughly.

 

[Ronald Hartzfeld]

If you have him use dozer cost money. You have not gained any thing for your tractor. Buy A singal bottum plow About $75.00 To$175.00 . Plow in ground about 1 inch and slowly drop your plow as you go . Go one way then turn around and go back making a dead firow . Buy A rake for tractor $175.00 rake dirt out to sides and you are done about 4 hours have fun. RON

 

[Steve C]

No, I don't have a box blade....yet. But an update: I found a guy down the road who's willing to bring his dozer up and get it done, right, for less than half the cost of a box blade. Seems like at least a temporary solution to me!

I bought my box blade brand new for $199 at Tractor Supply, it is a Dark Horse brand marked down from $300 Some TSC stores have these but most don't they were test marketed in the mid west. TSCy might be able to ship one to your local store at no cost to you. The TSC store in Ionia Michigan is where I bought mine. They had both the 5 foot and the 6 foot in stock. The 6 foot was only $249 but it is to large for my tractor.

They have been sitting there all summer. I can't imagine why, mine works great. It looks identical the the $550 blade that it was sitting next to except for the color.

Ask your dozer operator if he can do the job for $100........if not have your local TSC store make a couple of phone calls on your behalf and see if they can get you a blade. You will love what you can do with one of these things.

The pile of recycled asphalt in the photo is what I moved in a couple hours with mine.....