6' Box blade too big for tractor that was purchased with a 6' bushhog?

[Fallon]

L4060hstc, 72" tire track. 74" heavy Gannon box blade. 60" land plane. 7 & a half foot heavy flail mower. The box blade is ok but a touch heavy, as is the mower. The LPGS will stop the tractor when it's full. I wish it were wider to cover my tracks, but I'm sure I couldn't pull it properly. I wish I had more HP for the flail. I wish the Gannon wasn't 30 years old & worn out, but not smaller.

 

[sandman2234]

The OP said a 6 ft bushhog would void warranty; not a 6 ft box blade. That does make more sense.

Certainly a larger bushhog would put a lot more stress on the PTO. Although I don't know what the limits are, any shaft & gear PTO is going to be limited on how much momentum it can transfer.
rScotty

The OP said a 6 ft bushhog would void warranty; not a 6 ft box blade. That does make more sense.

Certainly a larger bushhog would put a lot more stress on the PTO. Although I don't know what the limits are, any shaft & gear PTO is going to be limited on how much momentum it can transfer.
rScotty

rScotty, I went back and corrected my mistake. Thanks for catching that. It was a 6' boxblade that the dealer said would void the warranty after they sold him a tractor with a 6' bushhog.
For most of my tractor life, I have always thought that a boxblade should cover the wheel tracks, and a five footer won't quite do it (or I don't think it will) I think it would take a 5'6" to cover the tracks and those aren't very common around here.
I have a six foot box blade that I bought years ago and haven't used it since we built the homemade 3pt land plane. My friend needs a boxblade and I told him to come get mine. When he tried to price one, that is when the dealership said it would void his warranty.
David from jax

 

[Rockbadchild]

I don't get it, a 3 foot box blade can put as much strain on a tractor if you hit something solid then a 6ft, plus hydro static, worse thing it going to happen is it will stall or spin. I would suggest your friend to go buy his box blade somewhere else...

A friendly note: Never be too honest with your dealer when something break under warranty some detail doesn't need to be said.

 

[rScotty]

A friendly note: Never be too honest with your dealer when something break under warranty some detail doesn't need to be said.

The other side of that is the shop owner's dilemma. Back when I had my repair shop, it was a rare customer who told us the whole truth about what happened with his machine. Women did sometimes, men almost never. That caused jobs to take longer and wasted a lot of our time.

I finally came to realize that when guys bring a tractor/car/motorcycle/bike or whatever in for repair, most of them know exactly what they did that caused the problem. They just don't want to talk about it.

rScotty

 

[Rockbadchild]

The other side of that is the shop owner's dilemma. Back when I had my repair shop, it was a rare customer who told us the whole truth about what happened with his machine. Women did sometimes, men almost never. That caused jobs to take longer and wasted a lot of our time.

I finally came to realize that when guys bring a tractor/car/motorcycle/bike or whatever in for repair, most of them know exactly what they did that caused the problem. They just don't want to talk about it.

rScotty

I understand that, but often you are too honest and it just turn against you. Like for examples, for snowmobiles they sell luggage's rack for the tunnels and folks overload it and the tunnel breaks when they hit a bad bump, don't show up at the dealer with all your stuff still on it. Some good dealer will even take the rack out before taking the pictures to send out in order to avoid questions. Say what happen but some of the details doesn't need to be shared, at least before you built a relation ship with the dealer and you know how the dealer is.

 

[Paystar]

I wouldn't want any less with that tractor.
I run a 5 foot on a 26 horse B.

 

[mr_guns]

rScotty, I went back and corrected my mistake. Thanks for catching that. It was a 6' boxblade that the dealer said would void the warranty after they sold him a tractor with a 6' bushhog.
For most of my tractor life, I have always thought that a boxblade should cover the wheel tracks, and a five footer won't quite do it (or I don't think it will) I think it would take a 5'6" to cover the tracks and those aren't very common around here.
I have a six foot box blade that I bought years ago and haven't used it since we built the homemade 3pt land plane. My friend needs a boxblade and I told him to come get mine. When he tried to price one, that is when the dealership said it would void his warranty.
David from jax

I just need to get with you and borrow yours. Reading all the comments leads me to believe your box blade would be fine. Someone on another forum sent me a sales brochure link that clearly says a 72" is fine. https://www.kubotausa.com/docs/default-source/brochure-sheets/l60.pdf?sfvrsn=bad1e991_10

 

[sandman2234]

Well, guess that pretty much settles that! Time to dig my boxblade off the fenceline and load it up!
David from jax

 

[AnotherBueller]

your friend's L4060 manual should give weight & pto hp maximum recommendations for implements. your friend should be fine with the box blade.

i would recommend loading rear tires given the size of those 2 implements with that model tractor. everyone knows that tractor weight is essential, & Kubota models tend to be light on their feet for the hp ratio

I'm running a 4' box and a 6' back blade on a BX2570.
If I use the scarifiers first and, going down hill, when grading the gravel driveway, no problem with either blade. When plowing snow with the 6' back blade, I could use more weight for up hill work. My issue is the cost of wheel weights.