I think, for what I want to do; spread gravel and occasionally level new topsoil, the 6' Landscape Rake with wheels will be fine and I'm still wrestling with a 6' Back Blade, but I think I will skip the box blade and go with a land plane instead. The land plane will be used for freshening up the compacted gravel and dirt section (where these is no gravel) of the private road. That road has some ledge here and there which I think the land plane will be better at jumping over it opposed to a box blade pulling a load of dirt/gravel.
The tractor only weight 1,485lbs and it says the Cat 1 lift cap is 700lbs.
What I have been seeing now is that some of the companies state the HP required for the attachment and that's been very helpful because while I have a Cat 1 3 Point Hitch, its only a 24hp tractor and it seems that I am just barely into the Cat 1 attachment HP requirements.
Being new to 3 Point hitches, I assumed Cat 1 was matched to the tractor, but now I see it can be way off and I'm better off looking at weight and hp.
So if its a powerful attachment such as a Box Blade, I better go real small and if its light work, such as dethatching, raking or aerating, I can go a bit bigger.
Next thing I need to do is figure out how I add the proper counter weight for the loader.
My 3 pt hitch has a max cap of 700lbs...counter weight for the loader is 1,055. I don't want to load the tires because I will mostly be using this to mow with and its get s a little wet Spring and Fall so I'd like to keep the tractor as light as possible. Perhaps a combo of removable wheel and suitcase weights?
Any thoughts on that?