Box Blade for JD 2210

[Anonymous Poster]

mhalla,

Will your dealer let you try out a boxblade when the machine comes in? My dealer had some used blades sitting around. This may be a good way to get a feel for the weight. I don't mean that you should necessarily take it home, but maybe hook one up to see what feels "right" for the tractor.

I read your initial post. My needs for the boxblade were similar to yours--I have a 500 foot driveway and I also needed to relocate some dirt. In my instance, I cut down through 10-12 inches of compacted gravel and clay with chunks of cement and concrete block mixed in. Was it possible to spin the wheels? Yes, but the tractor handled the 5 foot boxblade very well. I haven't seen a 50 inch boxblade, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. My guess is the 54 would be a good fit--see what your dealer thinks.

Bob

 

[bigpete]

I have a 48" United/Leinbach box blade coming with my 2210. It's the "HD" model, and weighs about 320 pounds. I ordered the 49" loader bucket. The stance of the tractor is 48", as was mentioned.

After a lot of discussion with my dealer and reading dozens of posts here, I figured it was a very good fit. The box blade is half ballast box, half grading tool. The design of the United is perfect for adding suitcase weights if I need more than 320 pounds of ballast. If I hang six suitcase weights on it, I'm up to 572 pounds of ballast; 8 suicase weights gives me 656 pounds, which should be fine for most loader work with the 49" bucket. The box blade color is red, but I figured that it would look like a little slice of Christmas year round behind the green machine.

I'm sure I will be able to reach the tractor's pulling/traction limitations with the 48." You'd just reach it a little sooner with the 54".