Box Scraper Should I get a 60" or 72" Box Blade?

[clarksvilleal]

A 60" blade isn't wide enough.

As stated, if you angle the blade it will not cover your tracks.

A 60" Box Blade just barely covers your tracks.

IMO, you will be happier with at least 72" attachments.

OK, I didn't realize you would use the Box Blade on an angle. If that is a problem, Woods makes a 65" blade. Perhaps that might be a good choice. That gives me about 12" more width than the tire tracks (actual tread-on-the ground width is only about 53-1/2").

 

[Beavis]

I have a 32hp tractor and use a 65" woods box blade; wish I would have got a 72". The 65" fills up fast and the tractor has plenty of hp to move more.

 

[Steve C]

OK, I didn't realize you would use the Box Blade on an angle. If that is a problem, Woods makes a 65" blade. Perhaps that might be a good choice. That gives me about 12" more width than the tire tracks (actual tread-on-the ground width is only about 53-1/2").

Box blades are not used at an angle. A 60 inch blade will cover your tire tracks. I will sometimes spin my wheels pulling my 60 inch if I fill it and am not using the 4 wheel drive. I don't think my tractor would pull anything larger. It holds a lot of material, probably twice as much as the 48" box blade that was next to it at TSC. With adjustable rippers you don't need any weight to get good results. My parking area was recycled asphalt that had been compacted for several years. My 7 foot sdandard grader blade wouldn't even scratch it. My box blade dug in and ripped it up and moved it without hesitation. I also used it to level an area for an above ground swimming pool. The ground was full of tree roots. The rippers tore them all loose and permitted the area to be graded. A standard grader blade will just ride on top of the roots.

The pictures show the material I stacked up pushing the box blade in reverse. I pulled the blade to rip the material loose and then backed into it to stack it. This was driveway material that I moved a couple hundred feet. My old barn had doors and driveways on the south and the north side. My new barn only has a door on the west side so I had driveways that went nowhere. I removed the recycled asphalt for future use and replaced it with dirt so I can grow some grass in those areas.

 

[ovrszd]

Knowing that someone will speak up and tell how easily they pull theirs, I'll say I pulled a 60" with my B2910. It pulled it easily in loose material. But when cutting heavy material or using the rippers it was all my tractor wanted. I'm not sure my tractor would have dragged a fully loaded 72" box blade. But I guess you can always carry it a little and never fill it with heavy material. But then what would be the point??

 

[Steve C]

Knowing that someone will speak up and tell how easily they pull theirs, I'll say I pulled a 60" with my B2910. It pulled it easily in loose material. But when cutting heavy material or using the rippers it was all my tractor wanted. I'm not sure my tractor would have dragged a fully loaded 72" box blade. But I guess you can always carry it a little and never fill it with heavy material. But then what would be the point??

That is a very good point. I would rather just let it drag and do its job the way it is designed to do. Anytime I have tried to carry it a little in low traction situations it ends up leaving humps and bumps all over the place that have to smoothed out with additional passes. I have AG tires that are almost new (80 hours), and I run them a little low on air pressure. I think I have just about as much traction as it is possible to have with a little tractor. I am pretty sure that I am at the limit of what works with my 2425. When I get into the tree roots it struggles a little and I need to use the 4 wheel drive. I could have bought a 72" box blade for only $50 more than the one I bought. Since I am a true bargain hunter I really had to resist the urge to get the bigger blade. After using the 60" blade I am glad I bought the smaller one. It is the best $199 I have spent on attachments so far.