6’ or 7’ box blade on TYM 4820H?

[oldtimer 66]

 

[oldtimer 66]

Somehow I lost the text on the above. I have a JD 4320 with 48 HP and 40 PTO HP hydro. I wanted a box blade that was wider than my wheel width of 72". I purchased a 84" Frontier Box blade in 2019. It cost approx. $1200 with tax. It is cat 1, it weighs 510 lbs. and is rated for 60 PTO HP or less. I use it to dress the road to my woods and to clean up the trails in the woods. When I purchase it I used it as bought. I viewed several you tube videos on how to use it. My ground is mainly clay with some rocks. With the chisels down one notch and can go approx. 20 feet and the box will be full. At that time I need to start adjusting the height to drop the excess soil. It makes it difficult to level my paths. To resolve that problem I added skid shoes to each side plate. They are level with the bottom of side plate and are .50 X 2.0" X approx. 18.0" long, see attached. This mod made it much easier to level my roads. The box blade no longer digs in and it only works up mostly the soil that the chisels break up. My neighbor has used it several times to level a building lot and his road to his sugar shack. He uses it on a 500 series JD utility tractor with no problems. My other neighbor asked me to help him make his hose coral larger. I scraped up the sod up on his new addition. Pictures shown. I also added fork pockets to the top of the box blade. That way there I don't need to make a 3 pt hook up just to move out of the way. I can just use my forks. Hopefully this verbiage explains the above pictures.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Somehow I lost the text on the above. I have a JD 4320 with 48 HP and 40 PTO HP hydro. I wanted a box blade that was wider than my wheel width of 72". I purchased a 84" Frontier Box blade in 2019. It cost approx. $1200 with tax. It is cat 1, it weighs 510 lbs. and is rated for 60 PTO HP or less. I use it to dress the road to my woods and to clean up the trails in the woods. When I purchase it I used it as bought. I viewed several you tube videos on how to use it. My ground is mainly clay with some rocks. With the chisels down one notch and can go approx. 20 feet and the box will be full. At that time I need to start adjusting the height to drop the excess soil. It makes it difficult to level my paths. To resolve that problem I added skid shoes to each side plate. They are level with the bottom of side plate and are .50 X 2.0" X approx. 18.0" long, see attached. This mod made it much easier to level my roads. The box blade no longer digs in and it only works up mostly the soil that the chisels break up. My neighbor has used it several times to level a building lot and his road to his sugar shack. He uses it on a 500 series JD utility tractor with no problems. My other neighbor asked me to help him make his hose coral larger. I scraped up the sod up on his new addition. Pictures shown. I also added fork pockets to the top of the box blade. That way there I don't need to make a 3 pt hook up just to move out of the way. I can just use my forks. Hopefully this verbiage explains the above pictures.

I'm just wondering if it's a traction thing, and not anything to do with hp.

Are your tires filled?

 

[ljjhouser]

Don't know. If doing road work scraping and spreading gravel, probably yes. Working with cutting dirt to level a field, maybe. I have a 6' with my Kubota L4701 (47 hp) and I have never experienced any lugging or taxing the engine using the box blade. So maybe so. I would spend a few minutes talking with the TYM dealer to see if that have had any experience upsizing a boxblade.

 

[Torvy]

I'm getting the 6' with mine. Whether the T494h or 4820h, the weight and HP is about the same (same engine). 72" get easily outside the width of either machine. 7' seems like more money, more risk, not much potential reward.

Which one are you getting?

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

I'm getting the 6' with mine. Whether the T494h or 4820h, the weight and HP is about the same (same engine). 72" get easily outside the width of either machine. 7' seems like more money, more risk, not much potential reward.

Which one are you getting?

Probably 72” King Kutter Professional. EA delivery is too far out. Homestead Implements is also a possibility

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

I'm getting the 6' with mine. Whether the T494h or 4820h, the weight and HP is about the same (same engine). 72" get easily outside the width of either machine. 7' seems like more money, more risk, not much potential reward.

Which one are you getting?

Wait, MAYBE a 4820H?

 

[tacticalturnip]

Wait, MAYBE a 4820H?

Wouldn't that be something, you two end up with the same machine.

 

[Torvy]

Still more likely to be a T494 for me. I really like some of the little things. 3rd function built into the FEL control and the aforementioned 3pt lever. Ultimately, they are close enough that it comes down to deal/dealer.

I'm looking at some of those same BBs. I'm not super impressed with the KK stuff. They have a 'better' brand..Taylor something that seems better built. I'll post my findings in the morning. My spreadsheet is elsewhere right now.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Still more likely to be a T494 for me. I really like some of the little things. 3rd function built into the FEL control and the aforementioned 3pt lever. Ultimately, they are close enough that it comes down to deal/dealer.

I'm looking at some of those same BBs. I'm not super impressed with the KK stuff. They have a 'better' brand..Taylor something that seems better built. I'll post my findings in the morning. My spreadsheet is elsewhere right now.

My issue is delivery. Anything delivered, I need a lift gate… not because I cannot unload it, but because I’m never home to do so. That places Homestead in the running. The KK I can pick up when I have time. The Professional series are built a bit better than the standard. Though my last quality choice. Taylor are much better, but again delivery is an issue. They cannot get a truck down my road