Grading BX23 TBL, Which Kind and Size Back Blade

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devildog1

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I have a BX 23 TBL and want to add a three point back blade. I'm trying to decide on which kind of blade, which size and or a box blade or a regular blade.Now I have had a 7' rotating back blade before on my last tractor, a Oliver Super 55, which worked just fine for scraping driveway of snow. So here is what I intend to use this new back blade for. My main use will be for leveling out high spots in my finished lawn. It's about 1 1/2 acres, I did not have the equiptment when I built my house and put in lawn, so It's got some high and low spots which I want ot fix. But I was also thinking of using It in the winter to finish up some snow that was left behind after I snow- blowed the driveway. Driveway is about 160' long, and I have a large turn a round in front of large garage, about 75'X 100' of blacktop. I use my front BX2750 front mounted snowblower to do this task and want to use blade to clear snow away from close to garage doors or uneven walk paths. I'm looking at a Land Pride Box Blade model BB0554, it weighs 298 lbs. So is this to big for the BX23, to small? Or what are the opinions and my type and size for the tasks I have in mind? Please give me your real experiences with my size tractor and back blades to do this work, er, er, play.
DevilDog
 
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Hi DevilDog,

I have a BX22. Currently I have a 6' back blade and a 5' KK box blade.

The back blade works fine for clearing snow, I use it to clear 1/2 mile of road w/o problem. It also works fine for moving large amounts of loose dirt. When the ground gets tough and you take too big of a bite the tractor sits and spins. Also the back blade will just skid across turf.

If you are going to need to rip up turf, your best bet is a box blade. The box blade will rip up the turf with it's scarafiers, then you can raise the scarifiers (or tilt them up) and drag the areas flat. The problem you're going to have is clumps. The earth under the turf may be ok, but the turf clumps will make smoothing tough. You'll have to clear the turf clumps before final smoothing.

Or, you can till the crud out of the area to be smoothed and use a box or back blade to do the smoothing. But that requires a tiller.

Now as for size.. The 5' box blade I have will grab the ground and stop the tractor with all 5 scarifiers down in virgin soil. I need to pull up a couple of the scarifiers, bust up the ground, then pull them all up and smooth. With a full box, the tractor will pull the box provided the scarifiers are up and the blade is not digging too much.

And in general the tractor has plenty of power, but it lacks traction.

Hope this helps.
Jeff
 
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I have BX24 and have 4 ft backblade. It works fine for snow, but not heavy enough to scrape dirt to move high spots. I ended up using the tiller to loosen dirt and scoop with FEL. The 4fter is too small IMHO for snow. Get at least 5 ft, preferably 6ft if you can so the snow windrowing is more effeicent. I ended up using the truck plow on FEL arms to clear the snow and BB for touchups.;)
 
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I have BX24 and have 4 ft backblade. It works fine for snow, but not heavy enough to scrape dirt to move high spots. I ended up using the tiller to loosen dirt and scoop with FEL. The 4fter is too small IMHO for snow. Get at least 5 ft, preferably 6ft if you can so the snow windrowing is more effeicent. I ended up using the truck plow on FEL arms to clear the snow and BB for touchups.;)
Why not just use the FEL rather than a rear or box blade?
 
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BB cleans blacktop better and picks up after the fel mess - kinda like two things at once. Plus the BB does better job in protecting lawn when curve side out going forward then FEL in float mode over uneven terrain.
 
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I have a BX 23 TBL and want to add a three point back blade. I'm trying to decide on which kind of blade, which size and or a box blade or a regular blade.Now I have had a 7' rotating back blade before on my last tractor, a Oliver Super 55, which worked just fine for scraping driveway of snow. So here is what I intend to use this new back blade for. My main use will be for leveling out high spots in my finished lawn. It's about 1 1/2 acres, I did not have the equiptment when I built my house and put in lawn, so It's got some high and low spots which I want ot fix. But I was also thinking of using It in the winter to finish up some snow that was left behind after I snow- blowed the driveway. Driveway is about 160' long, and I have a large turn a round in front of large garage, about 75'X 100' of blacktop. I use my front BX2750 front mounted snowblower to do this task and want to use blade to clear snow away from close to garage doors or uneven walk paths. I'm looking at a Land Pride Box Blade model BB0554, it weighs 298 lbs. So is this to big for the BX23, to small? Or what are the opinions and my type and size for the tasks I have in mind? Please give me your real experiences with my size tractor and back blades to do this work, er, er, play.
DevilDog

DEVIL DOG,
I got this blade i bought at TSC.Its nice and tall for deep snow.It angles easy,and is really rugged,might be a nice counter balance for your blower also_Of course in this pic its in my bucket[because i have a rear blower]but ive used it behind the tractor,and it worked well.Its a 6 footer.You want it to clear your wheels ,when its angled,4 foot isnt enough for that,6 is. If i had it to do over,id still buy the same blade,I push it backwards to plow,pull it to scrape ,and its heavy enough to break up tough ice the bucket wont,and scrape clean.
ALAN
 

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Have the Woods RB60 -five foot - on my BX24. I got it because I wanted the tilt feature, but haven't even used it thus far. Otherwise I love it - good weight, just got my first snow time this week and was perfect. Have done 20-30 hours of grading dirt, realized I had no skill, so got the skid shoes - well worth it.

I would probably not go less than 5'. Six sounds good, but not sure I could swing the blade around without hitting the rear tires
 
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I would probably not go less than 5'. Six sounds good, but not sure I could swing the blade around without hitting the rear tires

Very Good point,dont know if the 6 ft will swing around .Istill think most push snow with the blade backwards,less aggressive,and easier on 3 point.Aggressive scraping most will pull the blade,which is what the 3 point is designed for .Been some posts on here about people damaging stuff pushing snow,so i think id like the blade backward so it dont dig in so much.Iguess if you are on tar it might be different
ALAN
 
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Thank you all for your input on back blades for my BX23. I'm going over to my dealer next week to see if he has any in stock or I have to order one. After reading the replys and thinking, I believe a 5' or 6' BB will do the things I'm interested in doing.
DevilDog
 

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