Wheels on Box Scraper?

[jinman]

Originally Posted by bigdad

JB4310,

Here you go.... I think I got the wheels at TSC. I welded a bracket to the back of the blade then put a slotted bracket on the top of the castor so to make it adjustable up and down. I float the blade all the way down for weight and let the wheels carry it. Adjust the top link for a level blade.

I have a tendency to over build so it probably looks pretty heavy. Works!

BD

Here is what I call the ultimate boxblade with gage wheels. It also has hydraulic tilt. Get a grip on your wallet.

Land Leveler

[Westendorf-RR]

Landscraper™

[bx23barry]

No, this is the ultimate boxblade with gage wheels.

[JB4310]

wow that is some nice equipment and what the heck is that giant thing bx23barry.
Had a chance to use my 60" box scrapper alot the last 2 days cutting a drain swale thru the wooded part of my yard, have not had much experience with it in the past but one thing I learned quickly is that it's much more forgiving than a rear blade or even a front bucket for level cutting into the ground, I tried the rear blade and made such an uneven mess in short order. Same with the front bucket, once you ride over a little bump your digging in one side more than the other and then it's just down hill from there, I mean I had this little swale so messed up that the tractor almost tipped in otherwise level terrain.
With the box scraper it levels as it digs making things much easier, even though it may take less bite in each pass in the end it's a better job done

[jinman]

Originally Posted by bx23barry

No, this is the ultimate boxblade with gage wheels.

Not quite...
I'd pay money for a joyride on one of these.

[bx23barry]

Originally Posted by JB4310

wow that is some nice equipment and what the heck is that giant thing bx23barry.

I've always known them as "land planes". It really are a big box scraper (blade) suspended on a solid long wheelbase frame. Used for leveling fields for row crop/flood irrigation (if if ain't irrigated it ain't growing). Very common here in the valley. I bet there are more land planes than moldboard plows around here.

Had a chance to use my 60" box scrapper alot the last 2 days cutting a drain swale thru the wooded part of my yard, have not had much experience with it in the past but one thing I learned quickly is that it's much more forgiving than a rear blade or even a front bucket for level cutting into the ground, I tried the rear blade and made such an uneven mess in short order. Same with the front bucket, once you ride over a little bump your digging in one side more than the other and then it's just down hill from there, I mean I had this little swale so messed up that the tractor almost tipped in otherwise level terrain.
With the box scraper it levels as it digs making things much easier, even though it may take less bite in each pass in the end it's a better job done

That is why there are different implements. The box scraper is really good at leveling/smoothing while the fel and rear blade are for digging and moving dirt around. While they have some overlap each is better for different tasks.

[bx23barry]

Originally Posted by jinman

Not quite...
I'd pay money for a joyride on one of these.

Not really a box blade but a real serious dirt mover setup.

[PaulChristenson]

Originally Posted by jinman

Not quite...
I'd pay money for a joyride on one of these.

Those are the E-Tickets Rides at Excavator World...

[JB4310]

Originally Posted by JB4310

wow that is some nice equipment and what the heck is that giant thing bx23barry.
Had a chance to use my 60" box scrapper alot the last 2 days cutting a drain swale thru the wooded part of my yard, have not had much experience with it in the past but one thing I learned quickly is that it's much more forgiving than a rear blade or even a front bucket for level cutting into the ground, I tried the rear blade and made such an uneven mess in short order. Same with the front bucket, once you ride over a little bump your digging in one side more than the other and then it's just down hill from there, I mean I had this little swale so messed up that the tractor almost tipped in otherwise level terrain.
With the box scraper it levels as it digs making things much easier, even though it may take less bite in each pass in the end it's a better job done

Here are some pictures of box scraper work.

[flINTLOCK]

Nice work. I'm jealous. I've got so many rocks that a smooth result would be a pipe dream