SuperCobra
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ChuckinNH said:Thanks for all the input! It doesn't look like many are disappointed in the BB that they have. Time to go shopping!
Not so fast... check out my post on page 23 of this thread:
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/59301-box-blade-photo-comparision-brands-23.html
and specifically this picture:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/supercobra/NH/IMGP4594.jpg
Mine finally broke in half. I'll try to take a picture tomorrow. It broke in a place I didn't think it would and all of the cheap box blades look to me that they are built the same way. The teeth pulled right through the sidewall of the tube that they are mounted in. I don't think I abused it. Definately less than 50 hours on it. I only have 300 on the tractor. I've been looking for a new one the last couple of days and even though the better built ones are at least a couple of hundred dollars more, that would've been much cheaper than buying a cheap one, throwing it away and buying a better one.
It is hard to get a look with the teeth in and the BB laying on the ground but try to see if you can look beside the teeth and see how thick that metal is. Mine - a Land Master Box Blade - is a little less than 3/16". Most of the other cheap ones I've seen in the same price range at places like TSC (Farm Force, Dark Horse, the light duty version of the Land Pride, etc) look to be the same thickness. On some models it looks to me like the edges around the hole are even flared so that the metal looks thicker when you are looking at the edge. Maybe this isn't intentional deception but rather a result of punching the hole for the tooth?
Most of the more expensive heavy duty blades I've looked at have the same design in this area but the tube looks around 1/4" minimum.
Bottom line is I learned my lesson the hard way - cheaper to spend more on the heavier one now.