cttractor
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Mechanos, What size is the box blade you're using? Thanks!
Mechanos, What size is the box blade you're using? Thanks!
It's a Frontier BB2060... 60". I have an area that I need to dig out a couple feet deep to make a parking area for a trailer. I'm trying to use the box blade to bust up the sod to make digging with the FEL easier. Another thing I was going to try, but did not have time today, was to put some weight in the bucket of the FEL.
Yeah, that I plan to do it as well. I just need to get the sod busted up before I can see how it's going to do in the dirt. This stuff is well esstablished and has a dense root system.
That is exactly my plan. Even once I get the sod removed, I'll take a couple passes with the box blade to let the scarifiers break up the top several inches of soil. Then scoop and transport. Actually for this particular task, I kind of wish I just had a bar with the scarifiers hanging from it without the box around it....I would loosen all the material with the boxblade and rippers then use the fel to scoop and transport. Should be faster than digging with the fel and less wear and tear on the machine.
I hang 6 suitcase weights on my box blade, which adds about 300 lbs of extra ballast for FEL work. (800 fluid rears + 400 BB + 300 weights)
With the extra weight carried on the box blade I realize improved performance from the BB when working on my gravel road or when using my scarifiers. The scarifiers really penetrate with the suitcase weights hanging on the blade. Likely would work better in sod too. :thumbsup: