Recognize this Box Blade?

[Neophyte]

Does anyone recognize the brand of this box blade? I thought it was an older Howse Implement 5.5' box blade. However, I looked on the Howse website and their box blade does not look quite the same. Did they change their design along the way or is this not a Howse brand?

You will notice that the supporting brackets for the top link bracket are gone. It is also missing the lower Cat.1 pins. I'm trying to find out the brand so I can order some new ones.

I appreciate your help.

 

[Birdhunter1]

The lower cat 1 pins can be found at almost any farm supply store.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Does anyone recognize the brand of this box blade? I thought it was an older Howse Implement 5.5' box blade. However, I looked on the Howse website and their box blade does not look quite the same. Did they change their design along the way or is this not a Howse brand?

You will notice that the supporting brackets for the top link bracket are gone. It is also missing the lower Cat.1 pins. I'm trying to find out the brand so I can order some new ones.

I appreciate your help.

I bought a tractor to resell a couple summers back. It came with a box that looked remarkably like that one. It was an "LMC" brand. (Lowery Manufacturing Co?) Either from Alabama or Georgia as I recall.

It could also be King Kutter. Has that "look" to it.

 

[Neophyte]

I already have new pins but I'm looking for the brace bars. The more I look around I'm thinking that they are all about the same and I could probably get them from anywhere regardless of brand. I'm also thinking that I should replace the entire A-frame assembly with a heavy duty 1-piece unit.

Farmwithjunk, it does look alot like a King Kutter.

I tried to find a picture of a Lowery unit but I could not find anything on line.

 

[JerryG]

If you have a welding / fabrication shop in the area they would be able to set you up for less money and more than likely even heavier duty parts.

 

[tracecom]

It looks like an AMC to me.

http://www.abbymfg.com/pdfs/tractor_implements/BoxBlade.pdf

 

[Neophyte]

Tracecom, it looks similar to the AMC one, however, from looking at their website they only seem to make a 60" box blade and the one I have is a 66" box blade.

King Kutter has a great online parts manual. I have attached the box blade parts page (PDF) for others. I can order the lift arm braces online at $35 each. Even if this is not a King Kutter, it seems like these would work for me.

The only thing that differs from the King Kutter is that mine seems to have replaceable teeth and KK unit has welded teeth.

I could also opt for the Heavy Duty 1-Piece A-Frame as pictured in the GIF attachment but these are around $80 each.

Do you think the lift arm braces will hold up for me or should I go with the heavy duty single piece brackets? The Box Blade will be attached to a JD 3320.

 

[ovrszd]

If you have a welding / fabrication shop in the area they would be able to set you up for less money and more than likely even heavier duty parts.

I agree. for what you will pay for factory brackets a welding shop will reinforce this blade way beyond factory specs. I've got a welder and torch. I'm guessing if I bought new metal, for $10 I could make it stronger than new.

 

[dsgsr]

The color resembles Landpride. Here's a pic. of mine.

 

[Neophyte]

I sandblasted and painted my rusty old box blade. I used a yellow that was already on the shelf. If I feel like it, I may give it a coat of JD Green or Yellow the next time around. It was a quick and dirty paint job. I have attached some pictures.

I have already installed the missing lift arm braces and cat 1 pins (not pictured). I also made it iMatch compatible. I will post some pictures of the complete unit sometime this week.

After using the box blade today, I quickly realize why people rave about hydraulic top links. I think I will be adding one shortly. I'm glad I decided to get the 3rd SCV on my tractor. I'm also wishing I had hydraulic or mechanical scarifier control. I'm thinking about making a mechanical control mechanism for it; something similar to the Land Pride MR15 series. Has anyone out there modified their box blade to provide mechanical scarifier control?

http://www.landpride.com/products/prod_bb/prod_mr15.html
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