creekbend
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Do you run that box blade on fairly level ground or hilly ground?
40hp Tractor .. 6' or 5' Box blade?
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MtnViewRanch
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I think that he is talking about a rear blade. Can't say as that I have ever even heard of a 3pt 9' box blade. I too would like to see some pictures.
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Its a rear blade, a Leon same as this:
Let me tell you, without the loader on, the front tires would be up in the air. Its got tilt, angle and offset and the weight makes it cut like a small dozer. There is a plate to add a gauge wheel for road grading but I'm going to use it for a bit first. I just bought a electric splitter valve to get all the functions running off the one remote.
BTW the normal tractor for it is my 5455, 100 hp, 6 tons or so.
Let me tell you, without the loader on, the front tires would be up in the air. Its got tilt, angle and offset and the weight makes it cut like a small dozer. There is a plate to add a gauge wheel for road grading but I'm going to use it for a bit first. I just bought a electric splitter valve to get all the functions running off the one remote.
BTW the normal tractor for it is my 5455, 100 hp, 6 tons or so.
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Its a rear blade, a Leon same as this:
Let me tell you, without the loader on, the front tires would be up in the air. Its got tilt, angle and offset and the weight makes it cut like a small dozer. There is a plate to add a gauge wheel for road grading but I'm going to use it for a bit first. I just bought a electric splitter valve to get all the functions running off the one remote.
BTW the normal tractor for it is my 5455, 100 hp, 6 tons or so.
Very similar to my Land Pride RB45108. 6 tons is about as small as you want and be able to get pretty much full use out of that blade. The tractor that I use my blade on weighs just over 6 tons and with the blade offset & pulling much of a load, it can get you side ways.
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JoeL4330
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I run an all hydraulic Land Pride 8' on a Kubota Grand L4330 with no problem...if you want to ditch and get max offset, then I would go bigger than just covering rear wheels ...even with a 30" offset on mine, I sometimes wish for more width.
Heavy is good (as long as your 3ph can lift and, I would say, that is the limiting factor, not HP)... one can always counterweight the front. Two things I have found invaluable: (1) cushion valve on the angle hydraulics; and, (2) a hydraulic tail wheel.
Note,however, that with full hyd and T&T I use all my 6 remotes.
Heavy is good (as long as your 3ph can lift and, I would say, that is the limiting factor, not HP)... one can always counterweight the front. Two things I have found invaluable: (1) cushion valve on the angle hydraulics; and, (2) a hydraulic tail wheel.
Note,however, that with full hyd and T&T I use all my 6 remotes.