ATLAS box scrapers???

[roysallis]

Take a look at the specs on the Tufline equipment at http://www.monroetufline.com/
Be sure to compare the number of shanks. I found that the Tufline had more shanks than other brands of the same size.

 

[jfakerj]

Thanks for all the replies. I think Atlas is out. I'll wait and see if I can find something heavy duty, maybe Turfline, (used).

Jerry

 

[dmccarty]

Jerry,

When you are looking at the different box blade brands notice how the teeth are held into the box. I went to the Farm Show a few weeks back and I wanted to see the what other equipment my box blade brand had for sale. I bought a Dirt Dog box blade. I had never heard of them but I looked over the box pretty close and it seemed like it was built well so I wanted to see what else they had.

Never did find them. But as I was wandering around I noticed that the Woods, LandPride, etc, all had one of two different box blade designs. One type was just like my Dirt Dog. The other type was different a probably just a little bit better in holding the teeth in place. The Dirt Dog holds its teeth in place by a big short U shaped piece of metal. Its basically a thin metal rod with two other pieces of metal welded 90 degrees to the rod. This fits behind the teeth on the box and keeps them from falling out. There is a pin that keeps the rod from moving. Its very distinctive. Its not the best of designs, I had one of the pieces break off the rod which is now fixed with duct tape. The other design I saw had heavy duty pins holding the teeth in place.

So check out the boxes real careful you might find the same box at a different brand for less money....

Hope this helps...
Dan McCarty

 

[jfakerj]

Dan

I'll be sure to check them out. Thanks for the tip.

Jerry

 

[TraderMark]

The first boxblade I bought was a 4ft All American or something like that... I was going strictly for price (199.95) and put it behind My 1300 Ford. But... the first time I put it behind My 1720 I twisted it all to H ... E ... double hockey sticks...
So the next one I bought, I bought for quality and the angle of the cutter blades.... wound up with 340.00 in a 5ft Tufline and it nails the 1720 to the ground. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

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