Box Blade Use Help

[Poopdeck Pappy]

lemonsp, I'm certainly no expert on box blades. In fact, I'm somewhat of a newb. But try this.

Lengthen your tractor's toplink so that the box blade is higher in the front than in the back. I.e., when the back of the box blade is sitting on the ground, the front is a little bit off the ground. If it has a hinged rear blade, make sure the hinge is locked shut so the rear blade can't swing.

I was having the same trouble as you when I had my box blade almost level (in fact, it was canted at little forward). Lengthening the top link and locking the hinged rear blade helped a lot. I'm still learning how to use a box blade.

 

[Reg]

It might be worth thinking of back dragging with the bucket as ground training for (some) box blading tasks.
Lengthening the top link until the back of the BB is lower than the front is very much like back dragging with the loader bucket, except that you have finer control with the dump/curl on the joy-stick and it is easy to see what is happening.

Watch a good skid steer operator some time - - they don't need no steenkin' box blades (-:

The sequence is often easier too.
Drive forward to the farthest point, dump, drive forward a little more, drop your bucket over the pile, adjust dump/curl, float the loader lift, back up.
You don't drive over your work, you don't "paint yourself into a corner".

HARD to park that BB, but for now I think you are probably MAKING more work than you are DOING with it.

 

[shadowshack]

Not to hijack things, but may I ask, Jeff, if you own a Hydraulink. And, if so, how well do you think it works? Thanks.

 

[jeff9366]

Not to hijack things, but may I ask, Jeff, if you own a Hydraulink. And, if so, how well do you think it works? Thanks.

Yes, I do. Hydraulink is very helpful with my Rollover Box Blade, but keep in mind ROBBs are less sensitive to Top Link length than standard Box Blades.

I thought Hydraulink was an excellent tractor to implement shock absorber when used on my B3300SU, light frame tractor/Loader. This is less important on current heavy frame L3560 tractor/loader.

There are eleven threads with HYDRAULINK in the title, in the T-B-N archive:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/search.php?searchid=1799634

 

[joshuabardwell]

It is easy to roll any tractor working on slopes. It is especially easy to roll a tractor working across a slope. Make sure you have the ROPS up and your seatbelt fastened. Be cautious. (It can be very hard to start a diesel tractor engine after tractor has rolled over.)

If you roll a diesel tractor, do not try to start it again until you are sure it is not locked up. Trying to start a diesel with fluid in the cylinders will result in expensive engine damage.