Piston, just curious, why did you hate the roll over? Not heavy enough, didn't like having to pull the lever for the scarifiers, or????
Again, just curious. No Big Deal
Hey Brian,
After using the Landpride, I realized that I really do rely on the rear cutting edge to act as a sort of "gauge wheel" when I'm fine grading. Using this method, it enables me to avoid all the ups and downs as the tractor goes over bumps and dips, and keeps the box blade floating along nicely. I found I couldn't do that with the rollover, it was just one cutting edge and I'd have to feather the 3 point up and down to offset the pitching motion of the tractor, and avoid it from either digging in too deep/hard, or coming up off the ground.
It functioned well enough, and I didn't like it for nitpicky reasons (again, first world problems here). It's not that it wasn't "heavy enough", but it wasn't as heavy as the Landpride HRL3578 that I was used to. So, weight was one reason but again, it was functional. I should mention that it was still 10 times better than a lightweight (although often advertised as heavy duty) box blade from various manufacturers.
I also couldn't reach the lever from my seat very well, so I'd have to kneel on my seat to function the lever, then move the tractor back or forth to get it to lock in where I wanted it to, verse the convenience of the hydraulic rippers on the Landpride.
Lastly, to go from pulling to pushing, I had to reconfigure it, verse not having to reconfigure the standard style box blade to use either the front or rear cutting edge.
Really, just personal preference I suppose. It did work well enough in all practicality.
