Box blade not indestructible

[Bdavis]

it has a better chance of popping up over a rock.. not so much a stump.. however.. hook it right and it will become a pretzle like you found out.

soundguy

I know I have some 4-6 inch stumps in some of the land I cleared. I cut them off low to the ground last fall. I was planning on trying to finish the area with my box blade this fall.

Would I be better served to try and disc it first ?
Or could that be a disaster too.

Not really sure of the best way to proceed.

 

[Fordman1981]

What kind of box blade are you using I have a united something it has pins that slide in the 3ph arms through clevis style metal. It is a solid built box blade 5' behind a 33 hp tractor. I have hit stumps rocks and numerous other things both with the teeth and the blades both forward and backwards and have never bent anything on my box blade. The only bend on the box blade I have is on the top from where my dad ran a chain around one of the support bars in the center of it and over the top let his wife my step mom drive the tractor pulling out his 2 ton dump truck she took off wide open with slack in the chain resulting in the bent top:laughing: other than that it is no worse for ware. One of the most used implements on my tractor is the box blade so I made sure to buy one of the stoutest i could find when I bought mine.

 

[Soundguy]

I know I have some 4-6 inch stumps in some of the land I cleared. I cut them off low to the ground last fall. I was planning on trying to finish the area with my box blade this fall.

Would I be better served to try and disc it first ?
Or could that be a disaster too.

Not really sure of the best way to proceed.

discs can break on a stump.

I'd try to remove them..

soundguy

 

[Bdavis]

discs can break on a stump.

I'd try to remove them..

soundguy

Yeah , that sounds like the safest way to go.

I don't have a disc now but was going to purchase one if that is what it takes. However, that was my concern also that a disc would also break .

I have burned some of the area since intially clearing the saplings last fall.

The areas I burned turned out pretty well and made it alot easier to see the stumps. I was also surpised that the grass really took hold in the burn areas instead of a bunch of vines and saplings. Most of the small samplings stumps and stumble burned.

After removing all the larger stumps , (everything I can see)

Should I put the rippers on my box blade down and try a few passes slow to break up any stumble ? Or leave the rippers high and just scrap the top ?

 

[Bdavis]

What kind of box blade are you using I have a united something it has pins that slide in the 3ph arms through clevis style metal. It is a solid built box blade 5' behind a 33 hp tractor. I have hit stumps rocks and numerous other things both with the teeth and the blades both forward and backwards and have never bent anything on my box blade. The only bend on the box blade I have is on the top from where my dad ran a chain around one of the support bars in the center of it and over the top let his wife my step mom drive the tractor pulling out his 2 ton dump truck she took off wide open with slack in the chain resulting in the bent top:laughing: other than that it is no worse for ware. One of the most used implements on my tractor is the box blade so I made sure to buy one of the stoutest i could find when I bought mine.

I might have the same box blade , it is a 5 foot united HD, 45 hp tractor. It is fairly new and good in shape, so far. ( hope to keep it that way - I can't weld
- grin)

I was thinking I would try to run over the area ( 1 acre I cleared of saplings and bush hogged last fall) slow with the teeth up. That should clear the grass and some of the stubble, so I can see what I have.
Then lower the teeth and get a little more agressive.

What do you think ?

 

[TGF]

I have snapped several teeth on my box blade and even broke a shank. I pull roots up with it sometimes that are 3 inches around. Maybe you don't have a heavy duty BB.

 

[clemsonfor]

I know I have some 4-6 inch stumps in some of the land I cleared. I cut them off low to the ground last fall. I was planning on trying to finish the area with my box blade this fall.

Would I be better served to try and disc it first ?
Or could that be a disaster too.

Not really sure of the best way to proceed.

Drill some holes in them, fill them with deisel and old motor oil and let them soak, then fill a few more times, then pile brush on them and start fires ontop of them. If their dry enough they will burn all the way out, may take some time but little effore involved some baby sitting then just come back the next day.

 

[magicheater]

Box blades are not designed for stump removal. They can on occasion be successful at the small stuff. A root grapple/digger bucket/backhoe is a better choice and THEN use the box blade for what it was intended for. I have one and I use it for moving material/leveling/driveway repair/ballast. I use my bucket for stump removal and the backhoe if it is a really large one.

 

[Bdavis]

Drill some holes in them, fill them with deisel and old motor oil and let them soak, then fill a few more times, then pile brush on them and start fires ontop of them. If their dry enough they will burn all the way out, may take some time but little effore involved some baby sitting then just come back the next day.

I like that plan, never thought about the holes.

Thanks

 

[Fordman1981]

The one thing that jumped out to me is your running a 5' box blade on a 45 horse tractor isn't that a 6' wide tractor?? that being said the 6' box blade i wouldn't think would be much heavier I could be wrong. I run my teeth down digging up small stump and stuff all the time I just spin or run out of power before i hurt the box blade. If i'm in 2 range on my HST I will bog if I"m in 1 range on my HST I'm going slow enough to just spin before any damage and this is on a 4x4 tractor. Don't know what to say other than maybe looking at reinforcing the Box blade some how but I do weld. Best of luck to you and hope you figure out a good way to deal with the area your working on. I am working on clearing land on both sides of my creek right now on my property pulling up stumps if its to big of stump i hook a chain to it with my FEL and then push it forward and pull back on it as i lift till i pull it out of the ground. That being said the type of tree depends on how big of stump i try that with if its to big i dig with my backhoe. What works best for me is cutting the trees leaving 3' or so of stump for the FEL to push and pull on.