Hey Bubbacuse,
I do have to kind of agree with your point about the tilt, but we do not often find any need to tilt or angle our blade very often (though that could be because we don't have TnT and we DO have a ROBB
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But regarding your point about using the top link adjustment for changing the box blade's angle of engagement- that's more of an issue with the standard (nonrollover) BB's because of the need to accurately/carefully manage the angle of the BB to control which of and how the dual blades and/or scarifiers engage.
With the rollovers, because of the ability to engage the blades and/or the scarifiers separately, the top link doesn't require adjustment often (if at all) in order to achieve the desired result.
For us in particular, the roll-over BB has essentially been a set and forget tool, allowing us to concentrate on doing the job, and not adjusting the angle of approach.
I know that Mr. MtnView is an advocate for TnT on tractors where it will add needed utility and be used often, but one of the reasons that he is respected so well here, is that even though he manufactures/builds them, he isn't fanatically trying to sell them to every person on TBN who has a 3-pt implement on their tractor.
As I have said before, he is one of the several folks who, on my long review of past posts on TBN while lurking and not posting, have virtually always offered considered and balanced advice without beating a topic/viewpoint into the ground, or being overbearing.
In my case, and perhaps the OP's as well (although I don't pretend to be clairvoyant enough to know his/her particular needs or situation), it may not be necessary to have TnT, if using the inherent abilities of the rollover BB suffices to give adequate control and function, and it (TnT) is a not an insignifianct expenditure.
Add to these facts/benefits, the substantial weight and pretty much uniformly heavy-duty construction of the average roll-over BB, and it's a pretty good starter package for someone new to using 3-point implements for grading.
In my case, my prior experience with tractors was disking/plowing/etc., as a kid on my uncle's farm with single hitch/draw bar farmalls and the like, and none with 3-point hitches, yet within a very short time, I was able to start to use our ROBB (I think) reasonably effectively to perform all its advertised functions in a variety of substrates and settings- grading the clay banks of our pond, ripping and digging topsoil to move and use as fill, leveling our pot holed gravel driveway and spreading new gravel among others.
Further, my wife, who is somewhat mobility-impaired, and who had never before operated a tractor, was also able to learn how to use it after only a very brief tutorial (thanks for the videos EA!).
Thomas
PS: I must add that I also do not pretend to know what Mr. MtnView was thinking or his intent when posting, except for the overt advice he offered.....
Thomas
