Box Scraper Ways to tie a railroad rail to a box blade?

[Sackett2]

I'm getting some good ideas with this thread..
I have access to rr iron (my b-i-l works for 'em) and we were talking about adding some on for weight. How much is enough? My BB is a lighter one, works wonderful when loaded up with gravel, but need some heft to settle it down when the road is a bit hard.

 

[Treemonkey1000]

C clamps

 

[AKfish]

I did something similar to Iron Dog's suggestion with rail iron on my rear blade. I welded 1" x 3" bolts along the top edge of the blade and drilled holes in the railroad rail and stacked on top. Secure with a washer and nut.

AKfish

 

[Gary Fowler]

How much is the going rate for heavy rail now. Do they sell it per pound at scrap prices or what. I could use a few sections for weight and for a drag behind my disc.

 

[KentT]

How much is the going rate for heavy rail now. Do they sell it per pound at scrap prices or what. I could use a few sections for weight and for a drag behind my disc.

Rail makes a great drag to level the soil with, if you weld eyelets or something to the rounded (rail) part, leaving the flat edge of the base at the rear when pulled... especially if you pull it at a slight angle (with a chain or something similar) so that one end is slightly ahead of the other. We used to use a piece to drag the infield of baseball fields, and it will even scrape and level the high spots of hard ground.

 

[8NLUGNUT]

I ended up having it welded on to the back.

I aint used it yet but should here in a few weeks.

It may end up being aft heavy and need some weight in the front to balance it out but then again maybe not.

Down pressure would be nice.

The only problem is it is a little harder to move around by hand but I shouldn't be doing that anyways!

Thanks for all the input everybody.

 

[wushaw]

My BB is 830lbs, I can't move it by hand and most of the weight is on the back.

 

[Eagleview]

I did something similar to Iron Dog's suggestion with rail iron on my rear blade.

AKfish

Ive been downgraded again , Ive gone from Iron Horse to Rusty Pony to Iron Dog .

 

[Highbeam]

Bah! Forget about little lightweight chunks of rail. I had some hardpan to scrape up and the box wouldn't bite in, the rippers just scraped along the top, so I attached a closed end barrel to the top of the BB with regular old nylon motorcycle tie down straps and then filled the barrel with water.

50 gallons of water at 7 lbs/gallon (or is it 8?) is several hundred pounds of adjustable ballast. That much weight drove the ripper shanks right into the hardpan. I needed all 30 HP and low range to do the job.

When done, just dump the water out of the bottom bung and put the barrel away.

I own some chunks of rail that are several feet long and only weigh 60-80 lbs or 30lbs per foot or so. That's fine for a little weight but when you need ballast you need to go big or go home.

 

[Eagleview]

It's a wonder your blade does'nt look like a horse shoe now .