Drag scraper vs box scraper

[jmf7112001]

What every happen to what to using a crosstie from the railroad or a skid from the local hardware store. Put a block on top of the skip and attach a chain. Its real expensive /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif, you surely have a chain on hand and the hardware store will give you the skid to haul it off. If the ground is real hard drive some large nail in it and go. It'll level the ground about as good as anything I've tried. Or sometime we've used chain length fence. Put a couple blocks on top and drag. Depends on hard the ground is.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Thanks, Bird.

With the blade sicking out the back of the tractor, any washboard the tractor drives over gets magnified.

With the blade suspended between the tractor rear wheels and another set of wheels behind the blade, the washboard effect is dampened. This assumes you are trying to hold level with the 3-pt hitch, vs letting the blade float on the rear wheels.

I agree I haven't seen rear wheels on a blade - I think the box blade took over be4 anyone got to that... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif It would mess up reversing the blade, add expense, and so on.

Since I know nothing about top&tilt, I was thinking it would be about the same, using the top, or using the 3-pt control to try to hold level. But it sounds like it is easier to control with the top control.

Thanks for the explinations.

--->Paul