BOX BLADE COMPLAINT

Travis_R · Nov 15, 2005

Hey ya'll,

I bought a new Bush Hog SBX 720 box blade a while back. That is the WORST $630.00 I have ever spent. The teeth don't go low enough to actually dig into the ground. That is with the top-link adjusted too. The box is made very strong. But the problem with the teeth is going to force me to sell it.

I have a 5' Bush Hog Squealer cutter and couldn't be more happy with it. I would definitely buy another one. But I have to sell the box blade. I found another one I want made by United. The teeth go a lot farther down on this one. It is a couple hundred dollars cheaper too.

I would sell my SBX 720 for $500.00 FINAL if someone wants it. I paid $630.00 w/ tax. I will even show my receipt to a potential buyer. It will have to be picked up at my house.

Travis

johnk · Nov 15, 2005

Maybe you need a shorter top link??? How many settings do the teeth have?? Three is usually par for the course..

Kub0ta · Nov 15, 2005

Definatly get a shorter toplink

JRP · Nov 15, 2005

Try lowering the teeth.

You also can adjust your lower lift arms. One side has a crank. The other side may need a wrench or sometimes un-pin one end of the lift arm and unscrew the lift rod. Ince the rod without a crank is extended, use the crank to make the arms level.

If your dealer is not worthless he will help you figure out what you don't understand.

Sometimes when something does not work for me I consider that it might be I just don't understand how the thing works yet. What seems obvious is not always.

Call your dealer, and read your tractor manual.

dieseltoys · Nov 16, 2005

Yeah, I believe you when you say the teeth don't go low enough to be effective Travis. I discovered this myself when shopping for a box blade earlier this year. I almost bought a Woods unit until I decided to compare how deep the teeth would drop with a few others and was surprised that they were basically flush with the cutting edge of the blade at their lowest position. Not all box blades are created equal.

shvl73 · Nov 16, 2005

Is there room to drill an extra hole on the shanks to allow for them to go lower?

browns40 · Nov 16, 2005

Hey Travis,

I can't imagine Woods would make a box with teeth that won't "scarify"...

Must be a combination of toplink being too long, lower link arms screwed too far up the threads, and/or Woods engineer asleep at the drawing board!

Is it possible that your dealer put the wrong teeth on the box? seems as though the size of the square stock bar being different on the models would translate to different shank lengths for each... maybe not(???)

Have a look at your lower arms & see how much lower both can go before selling or running out to buy a new toplink... I bought a Frontier 2072--nice box, 534#, teeth extend ~3-4 inches below blad (when level), but if I had to do it again, I'd have gone with the heavier Woods... those Woods are some rugged looking boxes! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Hope it wasn't the engineer!

Happy tractoring! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

GATC35 · Nov 16, 2005

I use a Bush Hog SBX-720 behind a new Holland TC-35D. I could not be happier with it's performance. I used it Monday to level a lot that had been woods. The owner had all the trees removed and stumps ground. I came in behind the stump grinder and leveled the entire area. My scarifiers did a great job busting up the high spots. In some places I knocked off 1 foot high hills with 4 to 5 passes.

As suggested you may want to check your lift arms and top link adjustments.

Good luck...

have_blue · Nov 16, 2005

Travis,

Believe me, the teeth will go deep enough.

I borrowed a SBX 720 for a few weeks, and had no problems. I never had to use the deepest setting for the rippers. In fact, on the deepest setting, the rippers were so deep that it bogged my tractor.

Set the unit about level. I think you will find the teeth almost touch the ground on the shallowest setting. Now go to the middle setting and rip away.

It's a great box blade. Set it up correctly and enjoy it.