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I just bought a box blade off of good old Craigslist. It's a 5ft King Kutter (standard duty). The owner said he used it about 4 times. He was blading and caught a root. He admitted that he had it on too big of a tractor. As you can see it is a fixer-upper.
The damage:
1) Flat iron bent on back of 3PH
2) One of the bottom points is bent and will need replaced
3) The piece of iron holding the bottom connector is slightly bent.
I dropped it off at the welding shop this afternoon and told them what I wanted changed. I'm going to turn it into a pseudo-"professional" grade King Kutter box blade. The main upgrade is putting a box channel with gusset between the 3PH and the back of the box instead of flat iron that is bolted on. I also asked them to weld the 3PH at the two lower points. Someday I may gusset the corners of the box and other areas, but all I need to do is grade some rock.
Here is the pictures from KK's website for what a professional series box blade looks like (the red box and arrow I added to show the welding shop):
Stay subscribed. I'll post pictures of the final result which I'm hoping is tomorrow or Monday.
The damage:
1) Flat iron bent on back of 3PH
2) One of the bottom points is bent and will need replaced
3) The piece of iron holding the bottom connector is slightly bent.
I dropped it off at the welding shop this afternoon and told them what I wanted changed. I'm going to turn it into a pseudo-"professional" grade King Kutter box blade. The main upgrade is putting a box channel with gusset between the 3PH and the back of the box instead of flat iron that is bolted on. I also asked them to weld the 3PH at the two lower points. Someday I may gusset the corners of the box and other areas, but all I need to do is grade some rock.
Here is the pictures from KK's website for what a professional series box blade looks like (the red box and arrow I added to show the welding shop):
Stay subscribed. I'll post pictures of the final result which I'm hoping is tomorrow or Monday.