5' Box Blade manufacturer stand-off

[jeff9366]

This is great info and not thought of until now, additional pieces of info:

My tractor is 4wd capable
Engine of 30hp
Bucket capacity 610lbs

Tires filled with liquid or air?

R1/ag/"bar" tires or R4/industrial tires? Turf tires?

Outside-to-outside tire width?

Front end loader?

 

[jeff9366]

The best deal that I have found, is buying King Kutter products, through Blain's Farm and Fleet, in Janesville, Wisconsin.
I have bought 4 King Kutter implements from them (heaviest was 600 lbs.) and the most I ever paid them for freight was $160, delivered. to the door.
Shipping from Janesville to me was more distant than it would be to you.
Check out Blain's Farm and Fleet website for pricing.
I have the KK 60" box blade, and it is a solid piece of equipment.

I had a 48" King Kutter Rotary Cutter that was completely satisfactory.

Just be aware that King Kutter, like many implement manufacturers, makes several grades of implements, with the biggest difference being thickness of metal = WEIGHT.

 

[apriordan]

Tires filled with liquid or air?

R1/ag/"bar" tires or R4/industrial tires? Turf tires?

Outside-to-outside tire width?

Front end loader?

Yes to bucket, air filled and r4

 

[jeff9366]

I recommend a 54" or 60" Box Blade, depending on your outside-to-outside tire width, with a minimum weight of 100 pounds per foot of width.

54" minimum weight = 450 pounds, 560 pounds better. 450 pounds will be just enough counterbalance for your FEL with 610 pounds of lift. 560 pounds will be ample, ample, ample counterbalance.

60" minimum weight = 500 pounds, 625 pounds possibly too much.

If KK from Blain's fits these parameters, good.

I would shop everytfhingattachments.com too, which offers 54" width.

LINK: XTreme Compact Tractor Box Blade, grader box - Everything Attachments


This recommendation contingent on outside-to-outside tire with of 49" or LESS.
My JD 750 with R4s was 48" outside-to-outside.

 

[Fallon]

I have the cheap farm store King Kutter 72" box blade.

Behind my L3200 (32hp, 3500lbs loaded) I excavated a ditch around my barn 3'+ deep & 10' wide. The previous owners let it get buried with erosion off the hill. Pulled it reasonably well in softer dirt. Was a bit wide for the 60" track tractor but it worked. A full box would stop the tractor.

I now pull it behind a L4060 (40hp & 5,000lbs or so). The box is 1/4" wider than my tires (as I found out when it jamed against the tires HARD when the top hook on my QH had issues). It barely scratched packed driveways when it's hard & dry. I even have 3 grader blades chained on top for extra weight. It will do the job but needs more weight.

All in all good value for the money & will do most basic needs, especially with some extra weight strapped on.

I'm looking for a great deal on a 72" Gannon or something beefy with hydraulic scarfiers. Search may take me a few years, but I'm not in a rush as my current one gets the job done. May get derailed if I ever follow through on my LPGS build or find one around cheap.

A hydraulic toplink is a life changing experience when working with a box blade. Turns any box blade from a ax into a scalpel. Tilt forward to slowly fill the box, tilt back to gently empty. No more huge piles to deal with dumping the box by lifting the 3pt.

 

[Creamer]

My tractor is about the same as yours - 28 engine Hp. I purchased a KK box blade a few years ago and your tractor does not have enough pull to hurt that box blade.

I did strap a hardwood log onto to get it to dig in hard dirt but I added 400 lbs. the heavier ones are better but they probably still would have needed some weight added. Going into a packed driveway you will need to add some weight no matter what you purchase.

I got the 60" because of tractor width. It definitely made it work.

 

[apriordan]

My tractor is about the same as yours - 28 engine Hp. I purchased a KK box blade a few years ago and your tractor does not have enough pull to hurt that box blade.

I did strap a hardwood log onto to get it to dig in hard dirt but I added 400 lbs. the heavier ones are better but they probably still would have needed some weight added. Going into a packed driveway you will need to add some weight no matter what you purchase.

I got the 60" because of tractor width. It definitely made it work.

Great add, ty sir.

 

[apriordan]

I have the cheap farm store King Kutter 72" box blade.

Behind my L3200 (32hp, 3500lbs loaded) I excavated a ditch around my barn 3'+ deep & 10' wide. The previous owners let it get buried with erosion off the hill. Pulled it reasonably well in softer dirt. Was a bit wide for the 60" track tractor but it worked. A full box would stop the tractor.

I now pull it behind a L4060 (40hp & 5,000lbs or so). The box is 1/4" wider than my tires (as I found out when it jamed against the tires HARD when the top hook on my QH had issues). It barely scratched packed driveways when it's hard & dry. I even have 3 grader blades chained on top for extra weight. It will do the job but needs more weight.

All in all good value for the money & will do most basic needs, especially with some extra weight strapped on.

I'm looking for a great deal on a 72" Gannon or something beefy with hydraulic scarfiers. Search may take me a few years, but I'm not in a rush as my current one gets the job done. May get derailed if I ever follow through on my LPGS build or find one around cheap.

A hydraulic toplink is a life changing experience when working with a box blade. Turns any box blade from a ax into a scalpel. Tilt forward to slowly fill the box, tilt back to gently empty. No more huge piles to deal with dumping the box by lifting the 3pt.

Hydraulic top link, interesting. Are you recommending to soak the driveway or wait till a rainstorm?

 

[apriordan]

I recommend a 54" or 60" Box Blade, depending on your outside-to-outside tire width, with a minimum weight of 100 pounds per foot of width.

54" minimum weight = 450 pounds, 560 pounds better. 450 pounds will be just enough counterbalance for your FEL with 610 pounds of lift. 560 pounds will be ample, ample, ample counterbalance.

60" minimum weight = 500 pounds, 625 pounds possibly too much.

If KK from Blain's fits these parameters, good.

I would shop everytfhingattachments.com too, which offers 54" width.

LINK: XTreme Compact Tractor Box Blade, grader box - Everything Attachments


This recommendation contingent on outside-to-outside tire with of 49" or LESS.
My JD 750 with R4s was 48" outside-to-outside.

I measured my tires, the 5' box blade is at best 1/4 over for each tire or bb 1/2 wider than tire stance.

The weight is interesting. Most are 400-500lbs, so even if I buy a woods or deere at double the price I'm paying for weight of steel?

Sounds like adding weight is one of the actions needed to take for using a kk type/class box blade.

Does anyone sell a box blade weight kit? Or am I going to get some 5 gallon buckets filled with cement?

 

[jeff9366]

Having owned a JD 750, I doubt your JD 790 will pull a 60" Box Blade over 500 pounds, from any vender, with very much added weight in NH conditions. I would start without weight, with soil moist.

How long is your driveway? If it is just 100' to 150' it should not take long to rehab.

Moist soil is much easier to cut/peel than dry soil.